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Thursday 9 July 2026
China's AI chip buyers turn from Nvidia to local suppliers in H20 squeeze

Chinese companies are shifting more AI accelerator spending away from Nvidia and toward domestic suppliers, a sign that US-China technology...

Thursday 9 July 2026
Asian VCs urge startups to expand regionally before targeting the US

Venture capitalists from Japan, Singapore, and Salesforce Ventures converged at the 2026 Asia VC Summit in Taipei to argue that Asian...

Thursday 9 July 2026
Aurona sees strong PCB demand as AI and high-end chip trends lift sales

Aurona Industries said demand for its PCB process materials remains strong, with order intake rising year over year, and high-end products...

Thursday 9 July 2026
Interview: UK courts Taiwan suppliers for AI hardware buildout

The UK is pitching itself as a new base and technology partner for Taiwanese electronics suppliers as AI demand shifts from models to...

Thursday 9 July 2026
Salesforce Ventures shares AI investment playbook at Asia VC Summit, eyes Taiwan startup

Salesforce Ventures laid out how the AI boom has reshaped its investment strategy over the past three years at the 2026 Asia VC Summit...

Thursday 9 July 2026
Macronix and Winbond post record June revenue as memory prices stay firm
Macronix and Winbond Electronics reported record consolidated revenue in June 2026 and for the second quarter of the year as memory chip demand and pricing strengthened. The Taiwanese...
Wednesday 8 July 2026
Novatek beats second-quarter revenue guidance on strong customer stockpiling
Novatek reported June revenue of NT$10.023 billion, up 6.48% from the previous month and 18.96% from a year earlier, pushing second-quarter revenue to NT$28.66 billion. The chip designer's...
Wednesday 8 July 2026
Samsung's Jae-yong Lee heads to Sun Valley Conference for likely AI talks

Samsung Electronics Chairman Jae-yong Lee departed for the Sun Valley Conference in the US on July 7, marking his second straight year...

Wednesday 8 July 2026
CPUs return to AI spotlight as agentic workloads reshape data center demand; Perplexity plans to adopt Nvidia's Vera
As AI workloads pivot toward emerging needs for systems that can perform tasks with a coordinated balance between speed and control, the hardware race is moving beyond GPUs. While...
Wednesday 8 July 2026
China unveils memristor chip for real-time neural dynamics, pushes computing into millisecond range

A Chinese research team has developed a phase-change memristor-based neural dynamical system chip, offering a potential hardware path...

Wednesday 8 July 2026
PGC 2Q26 revenue hits record as advanced-node orders stay strong
IC design service provider Progate Group Corporation (PGC) reported preliminary revenue of NT$159 million (approx. US$5.0 million) for June 2026, down 12.3% from May but up 88.4% from...
Wednesday 8 July 2026
As Synopsys exits legacy manufacturing software, chipmakers may move toward in-house factory tools
Synopsys is preparing to discontinue a suite of manufacturing process control software used by semiconductor manufacturers, marking a strategic shift that reflects changing priorities...
Wednesday 8 July 2026
Foxconn pivots to strategic investing, says timing and team trump tech

Speaking at the Taiwan Venture Capital and Private Equity Annual Conference on July 7, Foxconn Chairman Young Liu outlined the company's...

Tuesday 7 July 2026
Zhen Ding 2H26 outlook brightens on server and optical demand

PCB maker Zhen Ding said June revenue climbed to a fresh 2026 high, extending strong year-over-year growth as demand for AI-related...

Tuesday 7 July 2026
Japanese startup completes AI chip validation with Oppstar and UMC support, moves toward mass production

Tokyo Artisan Intelligence said it has finished validating its Sting Ray test chip, a step that could broaden access to lower-power...