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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 secured Taiwan the most favorable terms yet under Section 232 for semiconductors. But the US Supreme Court's invalidation of most of President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs has since frozen the agreement. Taiwan's Executive Yuan cannot submit it to the Legislative Yuan for review, and the prospect of zero-tariff US car imports has stalled along with it.
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, and next-generation industry clusters.
Monday 13 April 2026
Sysgration integrates core power technologies in drone push, BBUs to support 2H26 growth
Industrial PC (IPC) maker Sysgration saw consolidated revenue reach NT$292 million (US$9.2 million) in March 2026, buoyed by its three main product lines of backup battery units (BBUs), drones, and IPCs. Although this marks a slight year-on-year decline, the company nevertheless expects monthly revenue to grow going ahead, driven by an optimized product mix and increasing high-margin applications, as demand for AI computing drives expansion in data centers and edge AI deployments.
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 below that of semiconductor leaders such as TSMC and large AI server ODMs like Quanta Computer and Foxconn.
Monday 13 April 2026
Delta Electronics hits record revenue on AI server, liquid cooling surge
Delta Electronics' record March revenue signals a global shift as cloud providers ramp up AI infrastructure spending, boosting demand for AI server power supplies and liquid cooling. Worldwide operators face pressure to adopt liquid cooling and higher-voltage DC power, affecting data center design, supplier strategies, and procurement across regions and markets.
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 applications, achieving the world's largest capacitance across various rated voltages and sizes.
Sunday 12 April 2026
Pan-International bets on AI servers as automotive demand growth slows in 2Q26
Pan-International, a Foxconn subsidiary specializing in connectors, reported a year-over-year revenue decline in the first quarter of 2026 due to cautious customer sentiment and stagnant shipments of automotive products. However, the company expects revenues to rise monthly starting in the second quarter, driven by increased orders for AI servers, while maintaining its goal of double-digit growth for the full year.
Saturday 11 April 2026
Catcher adopts cautious outlook, citing supply chain bottlenecks and cost pressures
Despite revenue growth in March 2026, Catcher Technology is maintaining a prudent outlook for 2026, citing supply chain bottlenecks, cost pressures, and uncertain end-market demand.
Friday 10 April 2026
Spingence and Advantech accelerate AI edge deployment plans in South Korea manufacturing
In response to strong demand for data security and on-premises AI deployment within South Korea's manufacturing and semiconductor sectors, Taiwanese AI company Spingence Technology is aggressively expanding into the South Korean market starting this year through its enterprise edge large language model (LLM) platform, Edgestar.
Friday 10 April 2026
Why South Korean panel makers see rising profits despite chip price inflation
Amid rising chip prices, the industry generally anticipates a downturn in the mobile phone and notebook markets in 2026. For South Korea's panel industry, however, optimism continues to emerge. Analysts have pointed out that as demand for lower-end products continues to shrink, the overall end-user market is gradually consolidating toward high-end products. This puts South Korean manufacturers, which have long cultivated the high-end panel market, on a path to robust performance and resilience.
Friday 10 April 2026
Demand for AI infrastructure spreads shortages beyond memory chips to MLCCs

As global corporations accelerate spending on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, supply constraints are no longer limited to memory chips. Signs of tightening availability are now emerging in multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs), small but essential components used across a vast range of electronic systems. Lead times for these parts are lengthening across the industry, according to market data.

Thursday 9 April 2026
Haptic touchpads and AI vision chips propel Elan's early 2026 growth

Taiwan-based touch IC design leader Elan Microelectronics announced its March 2026 and first-quarter revenue figures, posting robust growth despite a traditionally slow season.

Thursday 9 April 2026
Microloops rides AI boom, aims to double 2026 revenue
Cooling module manufacturer Microloops has said its major cloud service provider (CSP) customer has been increasing pull-ins starting in the second quarterof 2026, driving significant growth in cooling product shipments related to artificial intelligence (AI) servers. This is expected to boost the share of AI-related cooling products in overall revenue quarter by quarter.
Thursday 9 April 2026
Transcend posts record March sales, 1Q26 revenue hits nearly 80% of 2025
Memory module maker Transcend reported a new monthly revenue high in March 2026 of NT$5.7 billion (approx. US$178.8 million), up 78.6% month-over-month and 3.8 times year-over-year. The company's consolidated revenue for the first quarter of 2026 reached NT$13.6 billion, marking the highest quarterly revenue in its history.
Thursday 9 April 2026
LinkCom sees 11% revenue drop in 1Q26 as DRAM shortage hits networking market
Magnetic component maker LinkCom Manufacturing reported that its revenue for the first quarter of 2026 fell by over 11% year-over-year, mainly due to the indirect impact of a supply-demand imbalance in the DRAM market, dampening short-term orders from network communication customers. The company has also been strategically optimizing its wireless charging business during this period.
Wednesday 8 April 2026
AI server boom lifts Taiwan's ACES Electronics into the high-speed interconnect race
As AI servers grow more complex and bandwidth demands surge, components once considered peripheral—connectors and high-speed cables—are emerging as critical determinants of system performance.
Wednesday 8 April 2026
Chicony Power eyes 2x growth in 2H26 communication power supply on notebook orders, satellite demand
Power supply manufacturer Chicony Power Technology reported on April 7 that its unaudited consolidated revenue for March 2026 reached NT$882 million (approx. US$27.6 million), up 35.92% sequentially, with first-quarter 2026 performance also meeting expectations.
Wednesday 8 April 2026
Commentary: China's AI chip dilemma revisits a familiar semiconductor fork in the road
The global AI race is no longer just about who builds the fastest chip. Increasingly, it is about who writes the rules.
Wednesday 8 April 2026
Humanoid robots drive tactile sensor development as Taiwan firms vie for differentiation
Labor shortages in the service sector are more severe than in manufacturing. This, coupled with its largely unstructured environments, makes it a market urgently keen on adopting AI robots. However, current AI robots still face limitations, including insufficient physical data and the ability to perceive real-world environments—key factors determining whether robots can effectively solve on-site problems.
Tuesday 7 April 2026
Wonderful Hi-Tech bets on AI servers and satellites for next growth wave

After a slower second half of 2025, marked by elevated customer inventories and a softer ordering pace, high-end cable material provider Wonderful Hi-Tech anticipates a rebound in 2026. According to the company, inventory adjustments are largely concluding in the first quarter, and customer orders and shipments have been steadily picking up since March, setting the stage for a quarter-by-quarter acceleration in revenue. The company aims to surpass its previously stated NT$10 billion (approx. US$313 million) revenue target, with Chairman Ming-Lieh Chang noting that current trends suggest actual results could exceed that benchmark.

Tuesday 7 April 2026
Formosa Plastics denies cutting PE supply amid US-Iran conflict, confirms March output increase
Impacted by the conflict in the Middle East, Taiwan has recently reported a shortage of plastic bags, raising questions about whether Formosa Plastics Group deliberately reduced production and stockpiled raw materials to drive up prices in the plastic pellet market.
Tuesday 7 April 2026
With Vera, Nvidia stops borrowing and starts building its own CPU muscle
Since artificial general intelligence (AGI) depends heavily on the CPU, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang aims to build the most efficient "AI factory" by tightly controlling CPU development. At GTC 2026, Nvidia aggressively promoted its next-generation self-developed Arm-based CPU designed specifically for agentic AI.
Sunday 5 April 2026
Apple pricing seen as key to 2026 smartphone slump
The global smartphone market is set for its steepest decline in more than a decade in 2026, as surging memory prices drive up device costs and weaken demand, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) and industry sources.
Thursday 2 April 2026
Precious metal surge drives price hikes for frequency components at TXC and Tai-Saw
Rising global economic uncertainty has fueled safe-haven demand alongside strong industrial consumption, pushing precious metal prices higher. In response, Taiwan's leading quartz component maker TXC announced a 5–10% price increase effective April 1, 2026. Tai-Saw Technology followed suit by raising prices on filters and other frequency parts, while other Taiwanese suppliers have begun negotiating with customers to reflect rising raw material costs, such as gold.
Wednesday 1 April 2026
China GPU maker Biren triples revenue on AI data center demand

Biren Technology reported 2025 revenue of CNY1.04 billion (approx. US$150.47 million), up 207.2% year-over-year, supported by demand from domestic data centers and AI enterprise customers. Gross margin rose to 53.8%, up 0.63pp. The company's BR10X general-purpose GPU remained the main revenue contributor, while its next-generation BR20X is set for launch in 2026.