Qisda President Cally Ko said future infrastructure supporting autonomous physical AI would evolve beyond simply providing connectivity and power to also deliver sensing, computing, and autonomous dispatching capabilities. She also disclosed that the company's commercial drones had already secured orders and entered production, while its quadruped robots were expected to be unveiled publicly in early 2027.

UMT's revenue increased 71% year-over-year in the first three quarters of 2026 as global demand for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite deployments lifted sales of millimeter-wave communications products. The Taiwan-based company said it would begin advancing manufacturing expansion plans in Taiwan, the US, and Vietnam from the fourth quarter of 2026 to support international customer demand and strengthen delivery flexibility.

ADATA Technology reported record results for the third quarter and first nine months of 2026, driven by strong demand for memory and storage products as global artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure expanded. Net income attributable to shareholders reached NT$12.61 billion (US$388.6 million) in the third quarter, up 616.4% year-over-year, while earnings per share (EPS) rose to NT$38.69. For the first nine months, EPS reached NT$101.47, and net income exceeded ADATA's combined profit over its previous 25 years.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is reviewing how Nvidia's acquisition of Hugging Face could affect competition in the AI industry, while a years-long antitrust investigation continues into the company's broader practices. The probes target a chipmaker that has grown into the world's biggest company by market capitalization, with business interests spanning multiple parts of the AI value chain, and is a major backer of data center development.

CyberLink faces mounting pressure from rising memory prices and removal of some of its products from Apple's platform, with the multimedia software provider warning that restoring its developer account could take up to a year. CyberLink chairman Jau Huang criticized Apple for what he called heavy-handed handling of small software developers.

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) expects wafer foundry pricing to continue rising in 2027, with CEO Jason Wang projecting approximately 10% year-over-year growth in the company's full-year average selling price (ASP).

ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China's leading producer of DRAM memory, is reportedly planning to begin production of HBM3E, despite yields so far only reaching 20% to 30%. This reflects the memory shortage faced by China's market as it seeks to expand its domestic capacity while facing restrictions on critical equipment imports.

SpaceX's Starship super-heavy rocket completed its 14th test flight on September 28, successfully reaching Earth orbit and deploying 26 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites. A 15th test flight is expected within weeks.

Taiwan's Ministry of Environment (MOENV) will establish an urban forestry smart governance demonstration site around National Taipei University of Technology and the cultural site at the former Air Force Command Headquarters, using digital twin technology to simulate shade and cooling. The system is scheduled to be completed and launched by the end of 2026, with the goal of expanding it to more cities.

As Elon Musk predicts that more than 200 new cloud providers, or neoclouds, face impending bankruptcy or acquisition in a global market consolidation, a new report from Frost & Sullivan and LeadLeo Research indicates that SenseTime Group secured nearly half of China's neocloud market in the first half of 2026. The market share was captured primarily through its AI infrastructure platform, SenseCore.

Soaring memory prices have pushed some IC design firms to develop and manufacture their own SRAM as a substitute for DRAM, while electronics assemblers and brand manufacturers that still need DRAM face challenges in passing on higher costs and securing supply through long-term contracts.