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Monday 11 May 2026
Dayuan 1Q26 rebounds on North America broadband and defense orders
Dayuan Optoelectronics' consolidated revenue for the first quarter of 2026 reached NT$443 million (US$14.11 million), a 42.7% increase year on year, driven by North American broadband...
Monday 11 May 2026
ASE, Wus to jointly build Kaohsiung advanced packaging plant by 2029
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and PCB manufacturer Wus Printed Circuit are teaming up to build a new packaging facility in southern Taiwan, as the world's largest chip assembler...
Monday 11 May 2026
AI boom drives Taiwan's semiconductor testing industry into record expansion

To secure a foothold in the booming market for advanced AI chip packaging and testing, Taiwan's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test...

Monday 11 May 2026
Weekly news roundup: Taiwan freezes trading in MediaTek; 2D NAND shortage spirals
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of May 4-10, 2026:
Monday 11 May 2026
India roundup: India accelerates semiconductor and display ambitions with new approvals, AI infrastructure expansion

India is advancing its electronics and semiconductor manufacturing strategy through new approvals...

Monday 11 May 2026
Mecademic: Redefining Precision with Micro-Automation

Mecademic Industrial Robotics, a Montreal-based robot manufacturer in Canada, is redefining the landscape of precision manufacturing through its pioneering work in mi...

Monday 11 May 2026
From Basement to Deep Space: How AON3D is Redefining High-Performance 3D Printing

Montreal-based AON3D is setting a new standard through its mastery of high-performance materials and precision 3D printing technology.

Monday 11 May 2026
DaoAI Brings Agentic AI to AOI with Feature Cognition Inspection at Its Core

As global manufacturing accelerates its smart-factory transition, computer vision is taking on an increasingly critical role in industrial quality inspection. Canadian...

Saturday 9 May 2026
Power chip shortages deepen as AI server demand and GaN battles escalate

Global power semiconductor suppliers are entering a new upcycle marked by tightening supply, rising prices, and intensifying technology...

Friday 8 May 2026
TSMC reports record April sales as AI chip demand puts Asia supply in focus
TSMC said on May 8 that revenue for the first four months of 2026 rose 29.9% from a year earlier, offering a further sign of the strength of the world's largest contract chipmaker...
Friday 8 May 2026
Nvidia, Corning lock in US AI optics expansion with new fiber plants
Nvidia and Corning are expanding their partnership in a move that underscores how the artificial intelligence infrastructure race is rapidly shifting beyond GPUs and into optical connectivity,...
Friday 8 May 2026
Sony, TSMC form Japanese joint venture to push image sensors into automotive and robotics
TSMC and Sony Semiconductor Solutions have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to establish a joint venture (JV) for next-generation image sensor development and manufacturing,...
Friday 8 May 2026
Foxconn bets on Poland as its European EV beachhead, partnering with state-owned EMP
Foxconn announced a strategic partnership with ElectroMobility Poland S.A. (EMP), a Polish state-owned enterprise, to jointly evaluate building an electric vehicle manufacturing and...
Friday 8 May 2026
HannStar pivots to automotive, reflective displays after US$333 million factory sale
Taiwan panel maker HannStar Display, which posted losses in 2025, is repositioning its 2026 strategy around Generation 5.3 α-Si production, targeting full-capacity utilisation...
Friday 8 May 2026
Samsung reportedly scales back Micro LED TV push as new TV chief takes over
Samsung Electronics is reportedly scaling back its Micro LED TV business, as high production costs and limited demand weigh on the commercial prospects of the premium display technology,...