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Tuesday 13 October 2026
AMEC chairman warns of AI bubble risk, sees consolidation ahead for China's chip equipment industry
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) chairman and general manager Gerald Yin has warned of a potential AI investment bubble, cautioning that surging demand for chipmaking equipment...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
AI demand squeezes capacitor, resistor capacity as Taiwan suppliers eye price hikes
Rising capital expenditures by global cloud service providers (CSPs) are accelerating orders for AI computing infrastructure, boosting both the specifications and volumes of passive...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Huawei foldable phone shipments top 20 million, claims over 70% China market share in 1H26
Huawei's cumulative global foldable smartphone shipments have exceeded 20 million units, with the company capturing more than 70% of China's foldable phone market in the first half...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Taiwan optical suppliers post record sales as Lumentum warns of shortages
Taiwanese optical networking suppliers reported strong September and third-quarter 2026 revenue growth, with EZconn and LuxNet posting record monthly sales as demand for high-speed...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Foxconn's Vietnam unit Fukang Technology more than doubles registered capital to US$710.4 million
Fukang Technology, a northern Vietnam subsidiary of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn), has raised its registered capital by more than 109% to nearly VND17.47 trillion (US$710.4...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Global PC shipments plunge 20% in 3Q26
Global PC shipments, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, fell more than 20% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2026 as inventory pressure and weak demand hit the market...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
South Korea's YMT targets fivefold rise in glass-substrate plating capacity
South Korean electronic materials supplier YMT is accelerating its expansion into glass-substrate electroplating. The company plans to increase related capacity to roughly four times...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Meta's Muse Wonder challenges OpenAI, Anthropic, but frontier AI comes at a higher price
Meta Platforms unveiled Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full on October 12, 2026, marking its strongest challenge yet to OpenAI and Anthropic in frontier AI. Developed by Meta Superintelligence...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Korea Alcohol Group speeds up pivot into semiconductors
Korea Alcohol Group is accelerating its shift toward semiconductor materials with a KRW450 billion (US$337 million) production base at Yesan County in South Korea's South Chungcheong...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Wistron, Wiwynn spotlight liquid-cooled AI compute, storage at OCP
Wistron and Wiwynn are showcasing next-generation AI compute and storage systems for AI factories at the 2026 Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit in San Jose, California, with...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
U-Best Innovative posts record September, third-quarter, nine-month revenue
U-Best Innovative posted record revenue for September, the third quarter, and the first nine months of 2026, as demand for footwear materials strengthened and the company pursued emerging...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Grenergy sees orders through 1H27 as low-speed EV demand grows
Grenergy Enterprise reported consolidated revenue of NT$34.83 million (approx. US$1.09 million) for September 2026, up 66% from the previous month and 38% from a year earlier. Growth...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Broadcom, Intel CEOs warn capital could become AI's biggest bottleneck
The AI boom could face a new constraint as financing costs and questions over returns threaten to slow infrastructure investment, even as demand for computing hardware remains stro...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Hamada Labs targets Taiwan, Japan manufacturing with AI platform
South Korean AI startup Hamada Labs is targeting traditional manufacturers and distributors in Taiwan and Japan with its WindyFlo platform, which connects enterprise data and workflows...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
SmartSens targets automotive CIS, robot vision growth with US$478M funding
Chinese CMOS image sensor (CIS) maker SmartSens completed a CNY3.2 billion (approx. US$478 million) capital increase in September 2026 to expand into automotive electronics and AI...