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Wednesday 25 February 2026

Without memory chips, Korea's semiconductor edge over China erodes, KIET warns

As the AI era accelerates, South Korea's competitive position is weakening relative to China. Even semiconductors, long a pillar of the Korean economy, are now assessed as being in...

Wednesday 25 February 2026

SK Hynix signals seller's market as memory prices set to climb all year

SK Hynix, one of the world's top three memory chip makers, told investors on a recent Goldman Sachs conference call that the global memory market has fully shifted to a "seller's market,"...

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Chart: Why Taiwan's OSAT sector just flipped the switch

The latest January revenue data for Taiwan's Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) sector—disclosed this month—confirms...

Wednesday 25 February 2026

China's humanoid robot Big 5 confirms participation in Smart Factory & Automation World 2026

As the global manufacturing and robotics industry shifts towards humanoid robots, China's world-leading Big 5 humanoid robot companies will gather in Korea for the first time this...

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Sigurd invests NT$1.54B to acquire Unimicron's Hukou plant amid strong AI, ASIC demand

Taiwan's IC packaging and testing supply chain is accelerating expansion as Sigurd announced it will invest NT$1.54 billion (approx. US$49M) to purchase a factory in the Hukou Industrial...

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Taiwan's state-owned energy firms push ahead on carbon capture

As hyperscalers' energy consumption continues to rise, pressure to cut carbon emissions is intensifying. Oil giant ExxonMobil recently disclosed during its earnings call that carbon...

Wednesday 25 February 2026

MLCC prices to climb as AI demand hits full capacity

The global multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) market is on the brink of a price surge as Japanese and Korean giants grapple with record demand from AI data centers. Samsung Electro-Mechanics...

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Exclusive: Dong Fang Offshore expands cable-laying fleet for maritime energy market

Amid rising offshore wind power development in Taiwan and across Asia, alongside increasing cross-border communication cable installations, Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) is aggressively...

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Taiwan offshore wind faces test as localization protection ends

Taiwan's offshore wind sector is entering the third phase of block development (Phase 3-3) vendor selection, marking the first time localization requirements have been removed. The...

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Elon Musk recruits South Korean chip talent as HBM sparks global war

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has amplified recruitment of South Korean semiconductor talent via social media, deepening competition for engineers as global tech firms increasingly target the...

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Exclusive: Inside Apple’s China entanglement, with ‘Apple in China’ author Patrick McGee

In an interview with DIGITIMES, Patrick McGee, author of 'Apple in China,' joined DIGITIMES vice president Eric Huang in dissecting the...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

A three-nation chip pact takes shape: Japan’s capital, Taiwan’s know-how, India’s talent

What if the next pillar of the global semiconductor industry isn't built in one country — but three?

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Chart: Small specialists outrun giants in Taiwan's semiconductor materials market

Following the February 10th disclosure deadline for Taiwan-listed companies, the January 2026 revenue reports for the semiconductor materials sector...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Taiwan bets on local production for 1,600-unit unmanned vessel fleet

Taiwan's military is rapidly expanding its unmanned vehicle fleet, with drone numbers surpassing 200,000 and procurement of over a thousand unmanned surface vessels (USVs) reportedly...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

South Korean battery leaders ramp up LFP production for North American ESS market

The surge in demand for energy storage systems (ESS) in North America is fueling a competitive push among South Korea's three leading battery manufacturers—LG Energy Solution...

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