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Tuesday 25 August 2026

AI infrastructure boom drives Taiwan export orders, exposing power bottleneck, net-zero tech needs

Global artificial intelligence infrastructure buildouts and rising capex by cloud service providers pushed Taiwan's July export orders...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

Tactical drone market reshapes as startups and incumbents compete

The tactical drone market is entering a turning point in which legacy platform suppliers and software-driven startups are competing head-on while also seeking new roles through collaboration...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

Taipower pushes 'information flow' strategy to ease northern Taiwan's AI data center power crunch

As artificial intelligence chip power consumption continues to rise, server racks are moving toward the megawatt (MW) scale. Amid the "electrical power is computing power" trend, the...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

AIDC eyes 2H26 lift from drones, jets

Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) is cautiously optimistic about business momentum in the second half of 2026 as Taiwan's drone policy becomes clearer and defense work stays...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

SK Hynix and Alibaba tackle the next AI bottleneck: getting more value per chip

The AI infrastructure race has been marked by a near-fixated drive to expand AI-powered buildouts, as demand for increasingly complex chip configurations pushes against the physical...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

Samsung Display resumes A7 construction as foldable demand rebounds

Samsung Display has resumed construction at its second campus in Asan, South Chungcheong Province, reviving a long-dormant OLED project...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

CNFI White Paper outlines solutions as labor, transformation, and energy headline Taiwan's industry hurdles

Navigating volatile US tariff policies, escalating geopolitical tensions, and a productivity revolution driven by agentic AI, Taiwan's industrial sector has reached a decisive cros...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

Applied Materials executive says data centers set new AI competition standard

Commenting on the current surge in artificial intelligence (AI), Erix Yu, group vice president of Applied Materials and president of...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

Nvidia memory demand widens the gap between SK Hynix and Samsung

Nvidia's AI memory orders helped drive a sharp split between SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics in the first half of 2026. According to...

Monday 24 August 2026

Hotai and Nan Yang cut Taiwan auto market outlook as risks linger

Taiwan's new-car market is cooling, with Hotai Motor and Nan Yang Industrial both taking a cautious view of the second half of 2026. The companies cited geopolitical uncertainty, volatile...

Monday 24 August 2026

How Nvidia's whitelist was beaten: 74 B300 servers, Taiwan to China

Taiwan's Keelung District Prosecutors Office has indicted nine people over the illegal export of high-end AI servers built on Nvidia's B300 GPUs. The indictment lays out, step by step,...

Monday 24 August 2026

TPK TGV pilot line to start by September, Thailand plant eyes 2027 ramp

TPK Holding is accelerating its move from consumer touch panels into semiconductors, with its Through Glass Via (TGV) pilot line in Taoyuan, Taiwan set to begin operations in August...

Monday 24 August 2026

AI energy bottleneck is driving semiconductor materials innovation, says Applied Materials

Rising demand for artificial intelligence (AI) computing is driving a new wave of technological transformation in the semiconductor industry, while energy is emerging as the next bottleneck...

Monday 24 August 2026

Samsung's DRAM capacity lead shrinks as SK Hynix expands faster

Samsung Electronics' DRAM wafer capacity will grow only marginally through 2027, with investment directed at node migration and line...

Monday 24 August 2026

Taiwan's Iron Force shifts airbag output to Poland, targets AI server component ramp in 2027

Taiwan-based Iron Force Industrial is reshaping its manufacturing footprint as pressure on its traditional auto-parts business weighs on earnings. The company plans to expand its Poland...

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