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Thursday 20 August 2026

InPsytech 1H26 revenue jumps over 50% on AI data center wins

InPsytech held its second-quarter 2026 earnings briefing and reported strong first-half results, with first-half revenue reaching NT$289 million (approx. US$9 million), up 50.4% from...

Thursday 20 August 2026

CXMT planned to use Samsung process data to develop DRAM, ex-engineer says

A former Samsung Electronics researcher has testified that ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) intended from its earliest days to develop DRAM using Samsung process data, an account...

Thursday 20 August 2026

LG targets 100,000 hours of robot training data ahead of 2027 humanoid debut

LG Electronics is scaling up its robot training infrastructure with Nvidia, targeting 100,000 hours of real and synthetic data by the end of 2026 as it pushes its physical AI strategy...

Thursday 20 August 2026

Intel Malaysia packaging expansion draws HBM flows from Taiwan

South Korean export data showed a sharp shift in high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, shipments toward Malaysia and away from Taiwan, according...

Thursday 20 August 2026

China dominates global robot shipments as World Robot Conference opens in Beijing

While robotics companies worldwide vie for business opportunities, Chinese vendors currently account for more than 90% of global humanoid...

Thursday 20 August 2026

Samsung repays 20 trillion won SDC loan early as memory demand surges

Samsung Electronics fully repaid a KRW20 trillion unsecured loan from Samsung Display ahead of schedule in the second quarter of 2026,...

Thursday 20 August 2026

AI server market CAGR nears 40%; rack power density surging 100-fold poses grid strain

Speaking at the 2026 Taiwan AI Academy Annual Conference held on August 18 at Academia Sinica's Social Sciences building, Neo Yao, CEO of Foxconn's Visionbay.ai, and Huang-Jen Chiu,...

Thursday 20 August 2026

Henkel Launches LOCTITE ABLESTIK CDF900 Series Conductive Die Attach Film

Henkel Adhesive Technologies today announced the launch of Loctite ABLESTIK CDF900, its next-generation conductive die attach film (cDAF) series, at SEMICON Taiwan 2026...

Wednesday 19 August 2026

Vietnam eyes city upgrades for Samsung hub Bac Ninh and Quang Ninh

Vietnam is considering plans to turn Bac Ninh, a major Samsung Electronics manufacturing hub, and Quang Ninh into centrally administered cities as the country builds out its northern...

Wednesday 19 August 2026

TAITRA Chair: Taiwan's economy relies on AI capex; warns of weak ROI risk

Speaking at the opening of the 2026 Taiwan Artificial Intelligence Conference on August 18, Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) Chairman James C.F. Huang urged engineering...

Wednesday 19 August 2026

Taiwan seeks shift from drone supplier to strategic partner in entering US market

Industry figures and analysts from Taiwan and the United States gathered on August 19 at an international unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) forum to discuss how Taiwan can move beyond...

Wednesday 19 August 2026

Taiwan Mobile sees Systex deal as AI-driven expansion play, targets 14% ICT market share

Taiwan Mobile (TWM) recently announced a tender offer for Systex, setting a goal of doubling its share of Taiwan's information services market from 7% to 14% within six years. TWM...

Wednesday 19 August 2026

Tatung to complete self-built AI data center PoC by September, secures edge AI order

Taiwan's Tatung held an earnings call on August 18, during which company president Sung-pin Chang stated that the group's self-built artificial intelligence (AI) data center proof...

Wednesday 19 August 2026

Socionext taps Intel 18A-P process for high-performance compute chiplet development

Custom System-on-Chip (SoC) designer Socionext has selected Intel Foundry's 18A-P process node to build its next-generation custom silicon, aiming to accelerate workloads across data...

Wednesday 19 August 2026

EU tightens recycled-content rules as material traceability becomes a new battery market barrier

The European Union is moving to tighten recycling requirements for rechargeable batteries, including electric vehicle batteries, industrial energy storage batteries, and automotive...

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