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Friday 16 January 2026
Samsung to lift DRAM output 5% in 2026 as supply tightness persists
Samsung Electronics is expected to increase DRAM production by about 5% this year, but the expansion is unlikely to ease the global supply shortage as demand continues to outpace available...
Friday 16 January 2026
Aeva secures spot in Nvidia's autonomous driving ecosystem with LG Innotek role
US LiDAR company Aeva Technologies has been selected as a partner for Nvidia's next-generation autonomous driving platform, Drive AGX Hyperion, drawing attention to its integration...
Friday 16 January 2026
Taiwanese power semiconductor firms report mixed 2025 results amid supply chain shifts
Taiwanese power semiconductor companies, including Taiwan Semiconductor Company (TSC), Panjit International, and Eris Tech, have recently disclosed their 2025 revenue results, anticipating...
Friday 16 January 2026
Formosa Chemicals plans to exit petrochemical red ocean and enter high-end electronics
The petrochemical industry has been stuck in an intensely competitive red ocean market. The Chinese government has begun promoting measures to curb excessive internal competition,...
Friday 16 January 2026
Quanta says AI industry faced three major waves in 2025, sees strong growth over next 2-3 years
Quanta Computer held its year-end banquet on the evening of January 15, 2026, during which company chairman Barry Lam highlighted three major waves that hit 2025. He named the tariff...
Friday 16 January 2026
Honlynn pivots to cloud, cybersecurity, and AI as TPEx debut nears
Honlynn, a subsidiary of Abico Group, will be listed on the Taipei Exchange's Emerging Stock Board on January 16, 2026, marking a strategic inflection point as the company pivots from...
Friday 16 January 2026
CES 2026 turns dexterous hands into a China-South Korea showdown
Unlike previous CES editions that focused on full humanoid robot systems, CES 2026 highlighted the standalone importance of dexterous hands. As the core interface for human–machine...
Friday 16 January 2026
Quanta's Yang sees triple-digit growth in 2026, no bubble concerns

Quanta Computer Executive Vice President and Quanta Cloud Technology President Mike Yang said on January 15 that the company's AI business...

Friday 16 January 2026
Commentary: TSMC's unstoppable momentum faces one wild card
Record profits. Soaring margins. Relentless demand. TSMC's January 15, 2026, earnings call painted a picture of semiconductor dominance so complete it seems almost untouchable. Alm...
Friday 16 January 2026
CES 2026 review: Robots master origami, tickle the ivories, and fold your laundry
While CES 2025 focused on robots' mobility, humanoid robots at the 2026 event displayed impressive improvements. They showed off folding paper pinwheels, folding clothes, playing ping-pong,...
Friday 16 January 2026
Huawei matches Nvidia in China's AI chip market, 2026 power shift in play
Soaring demand for high-end computing power, combined with geopolitical pressure and supply-chain constraints, is reshaping China's AI chip market at a structural level. Bernstein...
Friday 16 January 2026
US extends AI chip controls to cloud access, China's overseas compute plans under risk
US export controls on artificial intelligence and high-performance computing are no longer limited by geography. In mid-January 2026, the US House of Representatives passed the Remote...
Friday 16 January 2026
US cuts Taiwan tariffs to 15%, ties relief to US chip factory expansion
The US and Taiwan reached a trade agreement on January 15, 2026 (US time), cutting reciprocal tariffs on most Taiwanese goods from 20% to 15% without stacking them onto existing most-favored-nation...
Friday 16 January 2026
TSMC predicts rising advanced process costs; consumer SoCs may struggle to keep up
At its earnings call on January 15, 2026, TSMC signaled that its capital expenditures for 2026 will increase to US$52-56 billion, far exceeding market expectations. On top of demand...
Friday 16 January 2026
Taiwan launches Smart Robot Research Center to advance everyday service robotics
The rapid evolution of robots with stable gait and agile manipulation—spotlighted at CES 2026—signals that robots integrated into daily life are moving from vision to reality...