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Trends in industrial computing
Digitimes trackes the latest trends in industrial computing applications, including IoT, Industry 4.0 and automation and robotics.
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Thursday 17 September 2026
Taiwan machine tool makers target aerospace, semiconductor boom at major trade shows
Taiwanese machine tool manufacturers are taking part in two major manufacturing trade shows in Europe and the US this September. The participation reflects a shift in Taiwan's machine...
Thursday 17 September 2026
Onsemi puts power density at the center of its next-decade strategy

Onsemi is seeking to capture more value from AI, electrification, and automation by expanding from individual semiconductors into integrated...

Monday 14 September 2026
DIGITIMES Insight: Taiwanese firms lead in FOPLP as overseas rivals race to catch up
Taiwanese chip packaging firms are advancing fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP) and glass-substrate development as AI processors demand ever-larger reticle sizes and more complex...
Monday 14 September 2026
Weekly news roundup: HBM4 strain, Intel price hikes and the next AI infrastructure buildout
AI demand remained the dominant force across semiconductors, memory, foundry and data-center infrastructure this week. Intel raised CPU prices while Qualcomm and MediaTek targeted...
Monday 14 September 2026
Lite-On revenue rises in August on cloud power demand
Lite-On Technology posted NT$19.6 billion (approx. US$622.1 million) in consolidated revenue in August 2026, up 3% month-over-month and 25% year-over-year, as strong demand continued...
Monday 14 September 2026
Scaling Photonics: Assembly, Test and Fiber Automation at SEMICON Taiwan
As AI continues to accelerate demand for high-speed optical connectivity, technologies such as silicon photonics, CPO, LPO, NPO and OCS are moving rapidly toward commercial deployment...
Sunday 13 September 2026
Column: What is SLAM? The first step in Physical AI
We previously discussed how automation removes environmental uncertainty, while autonomy requires systems to operate in complex settings. The biggest difference is that autonomous...
Thursday 10 September 2026
Samsung SDS broadens AI push from software to factory robots
Samsung SDS is using its enterprise AI strategy to move beyond office automation and into factory robotics, betting that its systems-integration experience can turn fragmented robot...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Ennoconn reports August growth as Kontron stake rises to 48.36%
Industrial computer maker Ennoconn Technologies said its business recorded growth in August 2026 across all three of its main business units, supported by stronger demand for Physical...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Intel CPU prices reportedly rising 10% again as Qualcomm and MediaTek target IPC and IoT gaps
Intel's PC CPU prices have continued to rise since the end of 2025, and supply chain sources said the company is expected to raise them by another 10%. Its low-margin small-core line...
Monday 7 September 2026
Dark fab cybersecurity: Why autonomous manufacturing needs zero trust
AI-driven automation is reshaping the cybersecurity requirements of semiconductor manufacturing, with zero-trust architecture, trusted data, and interoperable standards becoming increasingly...
Friday 4 September 2026
Taiwan automation specialist Kenmec targets semiconductor packaging plants with low-clearance OHT, AI digital twins
Rising semiconductor packaging and testing demand is exposing space and logistics constraints at existing plants. Kenmec Mechanical Engineering is targeting the upgrade market with...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Column: From automation to autonomy—what robotics still needs to make the leap
I visited Automation Taipei 2026 in mid-August, where the show looked lively and occupied a footprint 7% larger than in 2025. Physical AI and vision-language-action (VLA) models dominated...
Monday 31 August 2026
Smart manufacturing, robotics drive renewed growth in industrial PCs
The industrial PC (IPC) industry is entering a new AI-driven recovery cycle as artificial intelligence moves into a broader range of real-world applications. Market research estimates...
Monday 31 August 2026
Agentrys, agentic chip design startup backed by MediaTek, raises US$24.5M in funding
Chip design company Agentrys announced last week that it raised US$24.5 million in funding from backers including MediaTek. It is one among an emerging crop of startups using agentic...