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Monday 19 January 2026

KLA Strengthens Taiwan Presence, Investing NT$465M in Talent and Technology

The semiconductor industry stands at one of its most pivotal moments. As AI drives explosive demand for computing power, chip manufacturing grows exponentially - die...

Monday 19 January 2026

Taiwan PCB industry gearing up for record investment driven by AI cloud computing

Taiwan's printed circuit board (PCB) industry is entering a new growth cycle fueled by a surge in cloud artificial intelligence (AI) computing orders. Manufacturers are ramping up...

Monday 19 January 2026

Taiwan's DDI chipmakers fight for survival beyond displays

Taiwanese DDI vendors rode a post-pandemic growth wave, but demand turned increasingly uncertain in 2025. Weak consumer end markets, slowing...

Sunday 18 January 2026

South Korea signs IP pact again, China-linked tech leaks still dominate

South Korea's Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on intellectual property cooperation with China's National Intellectual Property Administration...

Sunday 18 January 2026

Taiwan's HCMF Group and Kinpo Electronics team up to navigate an AI-driven auto industry

The automotive electronics industry is undergoing a structural transformation unlike any it has seen before. As artificial intelligence moves from the margins to the core of vehicle...

Sunday 18 January 2026

SK Hynix accelerates advanced packaging from Korea to Indiana

SK Hynix plans to invest KRW19 trillion, about US$12.9 billion, to build an advanced semiconductor packaging plant in Cheongju, South Korea, as it moves to secure capacity for AI-driven...

Saturday 17 January 2026

TSMC speeds up US expansion while keeping FX strategy simple

TSMC is speeding up its multibillion-dollar expansion in Arizona after posting strong earnings, signaling confidence in long-term artificial intelligence demand and the US push to...

Saturday 17 January 2026

Internal memo reveals Micron has locked in PSMC HBM capacity through prepayment

Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) has provided new details on its planned sale of the Tongluo P5 fabrication plant...

Saturday 17 January 2026

NIAR launches chip-level advanced packaging platform to boost Taiwan's semiconductor edge

As the global semiconductor industry enters the post-Moore's Law era amid surging demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC), advanced packaging has...

Saturday 17 January 2026

Top 10 Chart: Taiwan's IC design sector ends 2025 with an AI-led split

Taiwan's IC design segment posted a visibly divergent finish in December 2025, with AI/HPC, data center, and enterprise storage-related suppliers closing the year strongly, while consumer...

Saturday 17 January 2026

US rollback on Chinese drone ban to only have limited influence on Taiwan IPC sector

The US Department of Commerce recently revoked restrictions imposed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in late December 2025 that banned imports of new drones and components...

Saturday 17 January 2026

Amkor to close longstanding Japan chip plant as EV demand slows

Amkor Technology, the US-based semiconductor packaging and testing company, said it will close its Hakodate plant in northern Japan by...

Saturday 17 January 2026

Canon eyes 2027 inkjet wafer planarization launch

Canon said on January 13 that it has developed a new wafer planarization technology designed to uniformly smooth surface irregularities...

Saturday 17 January 2026

Yageo secures full voting control of Shibaura Electronics after Tokyo delisting

Taiwan-based passive component maker Yageo said Japan's Shibaura Electronics was officially delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on January...

Friday 16 January 2026

How the 'Taiwan Model' works in Washington's latest tariff deal

After months of high-stakes negotiations, Taiwan has secured a reciprocal tariff rate of 15% with the United States. Officials in Taipei are presenting the result as both a diplomatic...

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