Oracle posted a strong close to its fiscal year, with fourth-quarter revenue climbing 21% to US$19.2 billion — slightly ahead of analyst expectations — driven by near-doubling growth in its cloud infrastructure division. Yet shares fell roughly 5% in after-hours trading as investors focused on a capital spending bill that came in higher than the company had previously projected.
AI servers and high-voltage electric vehicles (EVs) are tightening the global supply of high-end multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs), prompting some Taiwan supply chain players to qualify Chinese alternatives such as Chaozhou Three-Circle as lead times lengthen.
Taiwan's optical suppliers are entering the smart-camera market along two main paths: some are pushing deeper into system integration and software, while others are concentrating on high-end lenses and sensing components for drones, robots, smart glasses, and autonomous vehicles.
Recent market speculation suggests that Nvidia's ambitious transition to a native 800-volt direct-current (800VDC) architecture for AI data centers may be delayed by up to a year, pushing large-scale production and deployment beyond 2028. The reports also claim that major cloud service providers (CSPs) could postpone adoption of the technology.
Grab is seeking to enter Taiwan through an acquisition of Foodpanda, but the deal remains under regulatory review. If approved, the transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026, though concerns have already emerged over data security, antitrust risks, and Grab's links to Huawei and Uber.
China's electric vehicle (EV) leader, BYD, is pushing aggressively into the next frontier of automotive competition: artificial intelligence.
Unitree Robotics' Nvidia-backed H2 Plus has sparked debate in China over who controls the robot body, AI brain and autonomy in a global ecosystem.
As artificial intelligence (AI) fuels an unprecedented surge in demand for advanced semiconductors, Applied Materials is deepening its commitment to one of Asia's most important chipmaking hubs.
During COMPUTEX 2026 and Nvidia GTC Taipei, energy once again dominated the AI data center conversation — only this time the question was not whether enough electricity existed, but whether it could arrive on time, arrive clean, and sustain 24/7 carbon-free operations.
Wistron ITS has officially changed its name to WITS. Chairman Ching Hsiao pointed out that the rebranding signifies the company's transition from software into the new frontier of "software-hardware integration."
Sharp's June 9 fiscal year 2026 business briefing highlighted a deeper partnership with Foxconn, with AI servers becoming the main focus. Sharp said it will begin selling AI servers in fiscal 2027, signaling a shift in both its business model and its role in Japan's AI infrastructure market.
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