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Monday 2 November 2026
Macronix wins IEEE Milestone — chair reveals how sNOVA transformed Taiwan's chipmaking
Memory chipmaker Macronix International Co. has become Taiwan's first semiconductor company to receive an IEEE Milestone, in recognition of its pioneering sNOVA engineering data analysis...
Monday 2 November 2026
AI data center boom in Taiwan faces power, high-voltage line hurdles
As AI data centers expand, Taiwan is facing challenges in securing power supply, battery backup, and cooling systems, with the state-run Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) requiring about...
Monday 2 November 2026
Samsung partners with PXPay to bolster Samsung Wallet in Taiwan
Samsung Electronics Taiwan is partnering with local mobile payment platform PXPay as part of its expansion of Samsung Wallet applications. The move, announced on October 30 with services...
Monday 2 November 2026
DIGITIMES chairman: Taiwan-South Korea cooperation beats competition in AI race
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly expanding global semiconductor demand, prompting Taiwan and South Korea to shift from straightforward competition toward cooperation as the...
Monday 2 November 2026
Rebuilding the American edge: How TSMC is driving US manufacturing and economic opportunity
The ambition to repatriate advanced manufacturing to the United States has reached a critical turning point. Central to this national push is the massive expansion of Taiwan Semiconductor...
Monday 2 November 2026
Taiwan’s R&D investment reaches NT$1.13 trillion in 2025
Master’s degree holders remain the backbone of Taiwan’s technology R&D workforce, while locally trained PhD students generally show weaker research capabilities, according...
Monday 2 November 2026
Weekly news roundup: Taiwan debates talent distribution; SK Hynix looks beyond HBM
This week’s coverage highlights intensifying competition and capacity constraints across the global semiconductor industry. Taiwan faces debate over whether public R&D funding...
Sunday 1 November 2026
The 20% problem: why Taiwan's imported equipment parts still carry 70% of the cost
Taiwan can manufacture some of the world's most advanced chips, package them into increasingly complex AI systems, and connect much of the surrounding electronics supply chain within...
Sunday 1 November 2026
TWM's BNPL users rise 49.9% as Taiwan targets gig-worker demand
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) said its buy now, pay later (BNPL) service is expanding beyond e-commerce checkout to travel, pet care, and other consumer scenarios, driven by the growth of atypical...
Sunday 1 November 2026
Six decades in the making: Why the world can't easily copy Taiwan's chip ecosystem
Taiwan's semiconductor strength is often described today through leading-edge process nodes, advanced packaging capacity, or its pivotal role in the global AI supply chain. At the...
Saturday 31 October 2026
TSIA 30: The manpower problem behind Taiwan's semiconductor resilience
Taiwan's semiconductor industry has earned its reputation for chip dominance through decades of sustained investment in solving some of the world's hardest technological challenges...
Saturday 31 October 2026
TSIA 30: Taiwan builds the AI backbone — but can it capture the AI economy?
Taiwan already manufactures much of the physical infrastructure on which the AI boom depends. Advanced logic, packaging, substrates, testing, power delivery, cooling, and server assembly...
Saturday 31 October 2026
TSIA 30: AI is breaking the sequential supply chain — Taiwan may be built for what comes next
The AI hardware race is usually measured in nanometers, memory bandwidth, and accelerator performance. But another constraint is emerging much earlier in the development process: whether...
Saturday 31 October 2026
Compeq plans sustained investment as AI infrastructure, LEO satellite demand grows

Compeq Manufacturing is reshaping its product portfolio and expanding capacity in Taiwan and overseas as demand rises for AI data center infrastructure and next-generation low Earth...

Saturday 31 October 2026
Interview: Why this Taiwan mmWave maker chose to sidestep SpaceX and look to niche markets for demand
Millimeter-wave (mmWave) technology was previously used mainly in military and aerospace applications, where costs were extremely high. Now, as high-frequency communications and non-terrestrial...