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Monday 13 April 2026

Pony.ai charts a different path into the European robotaxi market

The competition to deploy robotaxis across Europe is intensifying. A partnership led by European start-up Verne, alongside Uber and China's Pony.ai, has been described by industry...

Monday 13 April 2026

Supreme Court ruling stalls Taiwan-US trade deal, zero-tariff car imports in limbo

Taiwan and the US signed the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) on February 13, 2026, capping 10 months of negotiations. The deal set a reciprocal tariff of 15% without stacking and...

Monday 13 April 2026

Taiwan ramps up science park expansion as TSMC growth pushes capacity limits

Powered by surging semiconductor investment—led by TSMC—Taiwan's science parks are nearing full capacity, accelerating government efforts to expand land, infrastructure,...

Monday 13 April 2026

Taiwan panel makers keep sub-7.5G lines, pivot to flexible capacity strategy

BOE former chairman Wang Dongsheng once predicted that panel production lines below Generation 7.5 would eventually be phased out following the end of the industry's oligopolistic...

Monday 13 April 2026

Taiwan and US forge a cross-Pacific robotics axis

Taiwan and the US are accelerating efforts to build a bilateral robot ecosystem as embodied AI converges with robotics. GeoAsia Foundation chairman C.Y. Huang says Taiwan is now assembling...

Monday 13 April 2026

Samsung caught between worker payouts and chip ambitions

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics is facing a large-scale strike threat, and whether it will extend into May remains an open question, as labor-management negotiations remain...

Monday 13 April 2026

AI server tracker: Taiwanese thermal solution providers entering structural AI growth phase as liquid cooling adoption accelerates

Taiwan's thermal management suppliers are emerging as one of the fastest-growing segments in the AI hardware ecosystem in 2026, even though their absolute revenue scale remains far...

Monday 13 April 2026

Robotaxis enter a new phase: Regulation over innovation

As companies like Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, and Waymo begin rolling out autonomous vehicles across Europe and the US, the bottleneck...

Monday 13 April 2026

India roundup: Domestic chip firms anchor India's semiconductor ambitions

India is advancing its semiconductor ecosystem via design alliances and acquisitions, while recalibrating...

Monday 13 April 2026

Taiwan's chip program covers 200+ high-end devices to boost advanced IC design talent

The Chip-based Industrial Innovation Program (Taiwan CBI), a decade-long, NT$300 billion (US$9.4 billion) initiative launched by the Executive Yuan to support academic and research...

Sunday 12 April 2026

Murata produces seven automotive MLCCs for autonomous driving and power supply markets

Murata Manufacturing, a leading Japanese passive component manufacturer, announced that it has begun mass production of seven types of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) for automotive...

Sunday 12 April 2026

TSMC's Kumamoto impact drives Autopass one-stop mobile payment launch in Japan

As TSMC's entry into Kumamoto accelerates local industry, population, and tourism growth, Taiwanese smart mobility integrator Autopass announced on April 9, 2026, its plan to export...

Sunday 12 April 2026

How long can the AI server ODM boom last as growth begins to slow

Taiwan's AI server ODM and EMS sector continues to deliver exceptional revenue growth in the first quarter of 2026, driven by sustained hyperscaler investment in artificial intelligence...

Sunday 12 April 2026

Why some ASIC design service firms are missing out on the AI boom?

Taiwan's ASIC design service providers delivered sharply divergent results in the first quarter of 2026, underscoring how exposure to artificial intelligence (AI) demand does not translate...

Saturday 11 April 2026

Europe becomes the next testing ground for driverless taxis

The competition in robotaxis is expanding beyond the US and China into Europe, where 2026 is widely seen as the first year of commercial...

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