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Thursday 26 March 2026
Enterprises must treat agentic AI as engineering discipline, experts say
Enterprises seeking to harness agentic artificial intelligence must move beyond viewing the technology as a simple "time-saving" tool and instead treat it as a disciplined extension...
Thursday 26 March 2026
China captures global machine tool market share from Taiwan as Russia-Ukraine war disrupts exports
Tongtai Machine & Tool's chairman warned that shifts caused by the Russia-Ukraine war and China's industrial growth have global implications for supply chains and industrial sourcing,...
Thursday 26 March 2026
Coupang opens 4th Taiwan logistics center, eyes central and southern expansion
US-based Coupang announced on March 26, 2026, the official launch of its fourth warehouse and logistics center in Taiwan, further expanding its storage and logistics capacity.
Thursday 26 March 2026
AI shifts to inference as costs rise, memory constraints emerge, researcher says

Artificial intelligence is entering a new phase in which inference, rather than training, is becoming the dominant driver of computing...

Thursday 26 March 2026
AI Expo Taiwan 2026 opens as Industry 4.0 deepens, highlighting global industrial sovereignty implications
AI Expo Taiwan 2026 opened as global automotive manufacturing accelerates into Industry 4.0, highlighting widening industrial sovereignty gaps that will significantly affect global...
Thursday 26 March 2026
Dell sees stronger AI demand boosting early PC orders despite memory price hikes
Dell Taiwan general manager Terence Liao said enterprise adoption of AI will continue expanding in scope and scale through 2026. Dell has shipped Nvidia's B300 and GB300 AI servers,...
Thursday 26 March 2026
Hiwin order surge signals industrial recovery amid geopolitical and cost risks
Hiwin Technologies reported stronger-than-expected order momentum, driven largely by demand for semiconductor equipment, artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, automation, robotics,...
Thursday 26 March 2026
Taiwan faces AI talent shortage despite excess of compute capacity
Greta Wen, CEO of the Artificial Intelligence Foundation (AIF), warned at DIGITIMES' AI EXPO that Taiwan faces an oversupply of AI computing power but a critical shortage of AI talent...
Thursday 26 March 2026
Chief Telecom to invest over NT$3 billion in fourth AI data center at Central Taiwan Science Park
Chief Telecom announced on March 24 that its board of directors has approved an investment exceeding NT$3 billion (US$93.5 million) to build a fourth AI data center in the Central...
Thursday 26 March 2026
MediaTek advances Taiwanese language AI amid linguistic and security challenges
MediaTek highlighted at AI EXPO Taiwan 2026 how language-specific challenges complicate the deployment of AI globally, as Taiwanese tonal variety, mixed writing systems, and local...
Thursday 26 March 2026
MicroIP debuts automotive AI solutions at AI EXPO Taiwan 2026
MicroIP unveiled automotive AI advances at AI EXPO Taiwan 2026, signaling wider availability of driver monitoring and electronic rearview mirror solutions for global fleets and aftermarket...
Thursday 26 March 2026
Taiwan firms form sovereign AI industry alliance
Industry leaders hail 2026 as the inaugural year for sovereign AI. On March 23, software firm TPIsoftware held a signing ceremony to launch the AISO sovereign AI industry alliance,...
Thursday 26 March 2026
South Korea freezes 2Q26 electricity rates, amplifying stress on pricing mechanism and future bills
South Korea will keep electricity rates unchanged for the second quarter of 2026 amid geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, which are pushing global energy prices higher, a decision...
Thursday 26 March 2026
Chinese EV makers edge out Tesla in Europe's budget market
Europe's new car market posted modest growth in February 2026. BEV and PHEV sales drove the gains, while internal combustion engine (ICE) models continued to lose ground. Chinese automakers...
Thursday 26 March 2026
Samsung SDI secures LFP cathode supply to strengthen North American ESS push
Samsung SDI has secured a multi-year supply of LFP cathode materials from L&F, strengthening its North American energy storage system (ESS) strategy and reducing reliance on Chinese...