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Friday 13 March 2026

Taiwan PCB output reaches $43B in 2025, TPCA says

The Taiwan Printed Circuit Board Association (TPCA) held its annual member meeting, where chairman Lawrence Chang announced projections for the industry through 2026. The announcement...

Friday 13 March 2026

AW 2026: a reality check for the fully autonomous era

Global headlines may proclaim a fully autonomous era, but AW 2026 told a different story. The show made clear that robots are not yet fully autonomous — a fact obscured by modern...

Friday 13 March 2026

Monthly Chart: memory surge vs logic slump creates polarized February in Taiwan

The Taiwanese semiconductor sector reported a starkly bifurcated performance for February 2026, as a massive cyclical rebound in the memory market...

Friday 13 March 2026

Interview: Taiwan-UK MOU could deepen space supply chains and startup ties

At the 2026 Space-Comm Expo, ITRI and TSIDA signed an MOU with the UK’s ADS Group. This agreement marks a significant milestone in Taiwan-UK space cooperation, building on the...

Friday 13 March 2026

Hotai Group shifts Taiwan car market strategies from volume to value in 2026

As a key player in Taiwan's automotive industry, Hotai Group draws significant attention with its annual outlook released early each year, which is generally seen as an indicator of...

Thursday 12 March 2026

Taiwan IC designers in rack-level AI delivery

Rack-level delivery becomes a mainstream trend in cloud AI compute; MediaTek joins TPU design, influencing Taiwan's IC design status.

Thursday 12 March 2026

Middle East conflict rattles energy markets, squeezes IC distributors

The ongoing Middle East conflict is disrupting global oil and natural gas supplies and triggering an energy crisis that has pushed up international crude prices. Market expectations...

Thursday 12 March 2026

Middle East conflict raises helium supply risks for South Korean chipmakers

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reviewing their helium supply strategies as tensions in the Middle East disrupt key logistics routes, raising concerns over the availability of...

Thursday 12 March 2026

Samsung reportedly wins foldable iPhone DRAM supply deal; 12GB LPDDR5X prices double

Samsung has reportedly secured an order to supply 12GB LPDDR5X DRAM for Apple's first foldable iPhone, negotiating a sharply higher price than in previous memory contracts.

Thursday 12 March 2026

AMD CEO Lisa Su reportedly plans South Korea trip for Samsung, Naver talks during Nvidia GTC

Reports indicate AMD CEO Lisa Su will visit South Korea in the coming days to discuss cooperation with Samsung Electronics and Naver. Some...

Thursday 12 March 2026

Taiwan machinery industry sees limited impact from Middle East, freight costs in focus

Amid concerns that recent conflicts in the Middle East may impact industrial power supplies, Taiwan Association of Machinery (TAMI) chairman David Chuang noted that the machinery sector...

Thursday 12 March 2026

Honor flagship phone to launch in Taiwan by 2Q26, shaking up market

The Taiwanese smartphone market is set to welcome a new contender as Honor plans to open stores and begin selling phones and mobile accessories in 2026. After its flagship model, the...

Thursday 12 March 2026

ASE's Tien Wu: Taiwan leverages hardware strength as US chip rivalry intensifies

Given the global chip war and US-China rivalry, ASE Technology Holding COO Tien Wu says that in an era where AI is driving transformation in the technology industry, the new bottleneck...

Thursday 12 March 2026

TIER reports strong AI-driven demand lifts manufacturing sentiment despite rising caution among some firms

The Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) reported on March 11 that sectors such as AI servers, networking, and semiconductor testing equipment continued to register strong...

Thursday 12 March 2026

Satellite 2026 to showcase Taiwan-built end-to-end satcom system

Taiwan software-defined radio vendor YTTEK said it will exhibit and publicly unveil its end-to-end satellite communications technology for the first time at the annual global satellite...

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