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Tuesday 13 October 2026
Taiwan panel makers enter semiconductor fight as structural challenges persist
Entering the fourth quarter of 2026, panel makers face pressure from rising component costs and weakening demand. However, price hikes and production cuts led by Chinese panel manufacturers...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Energy law overhaul drives Taiwan storage demand
Taiwan's Energy Management Act is undergoing its first major revision in nearly a decade, driving businesses to reassess self-generation and energy storage systems (ESS) as the market...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
AI substrate material shortages ease, but advanced equipment emerges as expansion bottleneck
As the customer base for AI accelerators expands rapidly and consumes IC substrate capacity, advanced packaging remains a critical industry bottleneck. Consequently, supply chain attention...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
SK Hynix unveils low-power processor design for SSDs
SK Hynix has unveiled a new processor architecture designed to reduce power consumption and chip area in solid-state drive (SSD) controllers, expanding its efforts to address storage...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
AMEC chairman warns of AI bubble risk, sees consolidation ahead for China's chip equipment industry
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) chairman and general manager Gerald Yin has warned of a potential AI investment bubble, cautioning that surging demand for chipmaking equipment...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
AI demand squeezes capacitor, resistor capacity as Taiwan suppliers eye price hikes
Rising capital expenditures by global cloud service providers (CSPs) are accelerating orders for AI computing infrastructure, boosting both the specifications and volumes of passive...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Taiwan seeks new grid, renewable energy solutions as AI computing hubs hit power constraints
As the global AI industry and AI data centers (AIDCs) experience explosive growth, developing compute hubs presents severe power supply challenges alongside stringent international...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Taiwan optical suppliers post record sales as Lumentum warns of shortages
Taiwanese optical networking suppliers reported strong September and third-quarter 2026 revenue growth, with EZconn and LuxNet posting record monthly sales as demand for high-speed...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
AI server tracker: Taiwan's CCL, PCB and IC substrate suppliers see widening growth gap despite AI boom

Taiwan's copper-clad laminate (CCL), printed circuit board (PCB) and IC substrate suppliers are seeing uneven returns from AI infrastructure spending...

Tuesday 13 October 2026
Global PC shipments plunge 20% in 3Q26
Global PC shipments, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, fell more than 20% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2026 as inventory pressure and weak demand hit the market...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
AI server tracker: Supply, not demand, caps BMC growth as Aspeed's 2027 orders top this year's revenue
Taiwan-based server management chip supplier Aspeed Technology reported consolidated revenue of NT$1.636 billion (approx. US$51.16 million) for September 2026, up 100.93% year-over-year...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Intel CEO warns AI hardware shortages could last up to 3 years
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan warned in Singapore that demand for AI infrastructure continues to outpace supply, with hardware shortages unlikely to ease significantly over the next 2–3...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Taiwan telecom leaders post stellar September results on iPhone upgrades, AI service growth
Taiwan's three leading telecom operators reported strong revenue and earnings growth in September 2026, driven by replacement demand following the launch of Apple's iPhone 18 Pro series...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
TSMC power plant funding talks still conceptual, says Taipower
Electricity demand from semiconductor manufacturing, memory production, advanced packaging, and server assembly is rising rapidly, fueling reports that Taiwan Power Company (Taipower)...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
U-Best Innovative posts record September, third-quarter, nine-month revenue
U-Best Innovative posted record revenue for September, the third quarter, and the first nine months of 2026, as demand for footwear materials strengthened and the company pursued emerging...