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Thursday 7 May 2026

Taiwan freezes trading in MediaTek as AI chip rally pushes valuation past US$165 billion

Taiwan's stock exchange placed MediaTek — the chip designer behind silicon used in Samsung phones, Chromebooks, and a growing share of AI hardware — under trading restrictions...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Singapore chip firms showcase cross-border manufacturing and testing strengths

Headquartered in Singapore, MPics Innovations is staffed by several former executives from Broadcom's isolation products division. The company has long focused on the automotive, industrial,...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Chinese semiconductor equipment makers deepen SEA OSAT presence

Chinese semiconductor equipment makers CCtech and Nextool Technology are expanding into Southeast Asia's OSAT hubs as Malaysia and Singapore emerge as key packaging and testing centers...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Gemtek sees no end to high-end optical demand, 1.6T mass production set for 4Q26

Network equipment maker Gemtek Technology, following the launch of its 800G linear-drive pluggable optics (LPO) optical module in 2025, announced on April 6 that it has successfully...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Taiwan notebook industry, 1Q 2026: 1Q26 beats expectations, but US-Iran war clouds 2Q26 outlook

Affected by the US-Iran war and notebook price hikes, global notebook shipments are likely to increase only 4.4% quarterly in the second quarter of 2026.

Thursday 7 May 2026

SEMI reports stronger wafer shipments with global implications

The SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group reported a 13.1% year-over-year rise in global silicon wafer shipment area to 3,275 million square inches in the first quarter of 2026, signaling...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Pentagon deploys 100,000 AI agents, escalating algorithm warfare with China

The Pentagon has deployed more than 100,000 AI agents through its GenAI.mil platform, marking a broader shift toward algorithm-driven warfare and expanding the US military's push into...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Alphabet's global debt blitz underscores explosive AI funding boom across tech industry

Alphabet has significantly expanded its global borrowing program to finance artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, raising nearly US$17 billion through euro- and Canadian dollar-denominated...

Thursday 7 May 2026

From market leader to exit: Samsung pulls out of China's home appliances market

Samsung Electronics' decision to withdraw from China's home appliance market marks the end of a long and gradual erosion of its once-dominant...

Thursday 7 May 2026

From chips to telecoms, South Korea faces an AI-era labor reckoning

Labor tensions across South Korea's technology sector are intensifying, and the conflict is no longer confined to traditional disputes between workers and management. Increasingly,...

Thursday 7 May 2026

ByteDance's Doubao tests paid AI tiers to challenge ChatGPT subscriptions

China's AI market has expanded rapidly through free and low-cost offerings, but rising computing costs and deeper enterprise adoption are beginning to reshape the sector's business...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Taiwan delays in gas plants drive push for energy storage and virtual power plants

Taiwan's expanding semiconductor and AI-related industries have driven up electricity demand, prompting officials and researchers to call for the faster deployment of energy storage...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Exclusive: China's automakers leap forward in next generation of car architecture

As the global auto industry shifts toward software-defined vehicles (SDVs), the evolution of electronic and electrical architectures has...

Thursday 7 May 2026

MetaAge posts 27% revenue increase as AI demand boosts server shipments

MetaAge, a unit of Qisda, reported consolidated first-quarter 2026 revenue of about NT$6.02 billion, up NT$1.29 billion (US$192 million) from NT$4.73 billion a year earlier, a 27%...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Intel shifts data center chip packaging to Vietnam and expands EMIB advanced packaging integration

Intel is relocating a data center chip production line from Costa Rica to its Vietnam facility. The move, flagged in a Saigon Hi-Tech Park management board report to the Ho Chi Minh...

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