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Monday 11 May 2026
Nan Pao targets semiconductor specialty materials as revenue hits record for April
Nan Pao Resins Chemical Group said April revenue rose 15.0% year on year to NT$2.285 billion (US$72.77 million), a record for the month, while cumulative revenue for January to April...
Monday 11 May 2026
Qisda sees recovery driven by AI and semiconductors, expects profit rebound through 2026
Qisda said its operations began to recover in the first quarter of 2026 after profits bottomed out in 2025, with chairman Peter Chen saying visibility for the second and third quarters...
Monday 11 May 2026
APLEX forecasts charging-station shipments as medical business ramps in 2027
APLEX Technology said it secured a charging-pile order from a leading US customer and expected mass production shipments in the fourth quarter, while medical product trials with a...
Monday 11 May 2026
AI surge drives Taiwan push for second-source PCB materials as market booms
The global copper-clad laminate market expanded sharply as AI computing demand forced higher-spec hardware, and Taiwan's printed circuit board supply chain moved to secure second-source...
Sunday 10 May 2026
Coupang Taiwan details local response to 2025 breach affecting 200,000 accounts, launches bug bounty
Coupang Taiwan’s chief information security officer spoke at CYBERSEC 2026 in Taiwan to detail a November 2025 customer data breach that exposed information from about 33.7 million...
Saturday 9 May 2026
Adata sees DRAM, NAND prices rise 40% in 2Q26
Adata said DRAM and NAND flash contract prices will each climb more than 40% in the second quarter of 2026, as supply is kept tight by cloud server giants that have already locked...
Saturday 9 May 2026
Global semiconductor market faces shortages as AI demand strains supply chains

Since the second half of 2025, the global semiconductor industry has been squeezed by a rare convergence of forces: surging artificial...

Friday 8 May 2026
2D NAND shortage spirals after Samsung, Micron, and rivals exit market
Major international NAND manufacturers are gradually exiting the mature-process 2D NAND market, triggering panic buying and a sharp spike in prices. Industry sources suggest the supply...
Friday 8 May 2026
Topco hits record 1Q26 revenue, profit on semiconductor materials demand
Topco Scientific reported record first-quarter 2026 revenue and profit on May 7, driven by strong demand for photoresists, photomask substrates, and silicon wafers used in advanced...
Friday 8 May 2026
HannStar pivots to automotive, reflective displays after US$333 million factory sale
Taiwan panel maker HannStar Display, which posted losses in 2025, is repositioning its 2026 strategy around Generation 5.3 α-Si production, targeting full-capacity utilisation...
Friday 8 May 2026
AUO tops US$3 billion in circular economy value
AU Optronics (AUO) chairman and group CEO Paul Peng said the panel maker generated more than NT$101.6 billion (US$3.23 billion) in circular economy benefits from 2018 to 2025, with...
Friday 8 May 2026
Transcend 1Q26 profit jumps 20-fold as gross margin hits 76%
Memory module maker Transcend Information posted strong financial results in the first quarter of 2026, with gross margin reaching 76.39%, comparable to levels seen at major international...
Friday 8 May 2026
Memory shortages choke AI storage orders, says Hitachi Vantara

AI-driven demand is turning storage into one of the hottest segments in enterprise infrastructure, but tightening memory supply and rising...

Thursday 7 May 2026
Global chip sales surge in 1Q26, signaling supply and investment shifts
Global semiconductor sales reached US$298.5 billion in the first quarter of 2026, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported, underscoring robust worldwide demand with possible...