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Saturday 22 August 2026

Automation Taipei 2026: If AI is advancing so fast, why is the factory floor still so hard to automate?

For all the extraordinary progress made by artificial intelligence, the physical world remains stubbornly difficult to automate.

Saturday 22 August 2026

Column: Lessons in supply chain resilience from China Huadian's power-compute coordination model

As AI develops rapidly, data centers are driving equally rapid growth in electricity demand. The stability of future energy supplies will directly determine whether AI computing capacity...

Friday 21 August 2026

DS Technology shifts from custom automation to modular systems, eyes Brazil and Mexico

Taiwanese automation integrator DS Technology is shifting more of its highly customized robotic automation work toward standardized,...

Friday 21 August 2026

Vecow eyes robotics growth as North America, EMEA account for 65% of business

Taiwan industrial computer supplier Vecow is stepping up its push into robotics and edge AI, with North America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) together accounting for...

Friday 21 August 2026

Hiwin expands into CPO optical coupling process; 2H26 robotics revenue outlook brightens

Hiwin Technologies Chairman Eric Y. T. Chuo stated that the company has supplied samples of miniature ball screws and single-axis robots to co-packaged optics (CPO) vendors across...

Friday 21 August 2026

Lee Jae-myung meets SK chief Chey Tae-won with US chip investment pressure in focus

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has begun a fresh round of talks with the country's leading business figures, starting with a private dinner with SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won,...

Friday 21 August 2026

CoWoS boom lifts Taiwan semiconductor equipment makers, Bosch Rexroth targets 2027 volume growth

Bosch Rexroth, the industrial technology subsidiary of Bosch, showcased advanced semiconductor and smart manufacturing solutions at the 2026 Taipei International Industrial Automation...

Friday 21 August 2026

Taiwan automation shifts from hardware specs to AI platforms and open robot architectures

Taiwan's automation industry is moving beyond the traditional race over robot-arm payload, servo precision, and sensor resolution. At the 2026 Automation Taipei and Taiwan Automation...

Friday 21 August 2026

Automation Taipei 2026: German suppliers target aerospace's hidden manufacturing bottlenecks

Aircraft and spacecraft may be judged by thrust, payload capacity, and range, but the German Industry Solutions Session held at Automation Taipei 2026 on August 20 suggested that some...

Friday 21 August 2026

SK Hynix weighs Japan memory fab in Miyagi, but says no investment is final

SK hynix is considering a large-scale memory semiconductor investment in Japan, with Miyagi Prefecture emerging as a potential site, although the company has stressed that no decision...

Friday 21 August 2026

HP Korea localizes AI strategy with Upstage in healthcare, finance

HP Korea is sharpening its localized AI strategy through a partnership with large language model (LLM) startup Upstage, and has already moved into AI transformation (AX), eyeing demand...

Friday 21 August 2026

Explainer: Why South Korea's semiconductor concentration may fare better than Taiwan's

As South Korea's semiconductor exports continue to power its economic expansion, market concerns are growing regarding the risks of excessive concentration in the tech sector. Recent...

Friday 21 August 2026

FOPLP's race to scale: Taiwan leads while three technical hurdles test mass production

Rising demand for AI computing power is increasing chip package sizes, bringing fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP) into sharper focus...

Friday 21 August 2026

Taiwan export orders near US$98 billion in July, with US as top buyer

Taiwan's export orders climbed by US$207.3 billion, or 52.5%, in the first seven months of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, according to data released on August 20 by the...

Friday 21 August 2026

Charts: TSMC's share of Taiwan chip manufacturing revenue falls to 81.8% as memory makers scale up

Foundry leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) grew 37% year to date — and still lost four percentage points of the sub-sector's revenue share, because the...

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