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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...
Friday 16 January 2026
Micro LED, robotics, photonics lift LED industry from price wars
The LED industry has entered its traditional off-season, with tariffs and macroeconomic uncertainty in 2025 prompting end customers to adopt more conservative procurement strategies...
Friday 16 January 2026
AI's next bottleneck: Power infrastructure in Taiwan
At CES 2026, physical AI emerged as a central theme as real-world deployments gathered pace. Industry discussions shifted away from isolated performance metrics toward system-level...
Friday 16 January 2026
Foxconn, SoftBank deepen AI ties through sports sponsorships
Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) announced on January 14 that the 2026 Taiwan Foxconn Ladies Golf Tournament, which it sponsors, has officially been elevated to a main tour event...
Friday 16 January 2026
Memory supply shortage to boost secondhand smartphone market growth
The ongoing memory supply shortage is impacting overall smartphone shipments, with no immediate resolution in sight. Market forecasts predict a decline in global smartphone demand...