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Thursday 20 August 2026
LG targets 100,000 hours of robot training data ahead of 2027 humanoid debut
LG Electronics is scaling up its robot training infrastructure with Nvidia, targeting 100,000 hours of real and synthetic data by the end of 2026 as it pushes its physical AI strategy...
Thursday 20 August 2026
Robotics leaders present future of physical AI, but also deployment challenges
Tech leaders converged at the 2026 International Robotic Forum on August 19, where they laid out their visions for the evolution and next stages of physical AI. They noted that a robot's...
Thursday 20 August 2026
Solomon unveils AI vision tools for smart manufacturing at Automation Taipei 2026

AI vision company Solomon is presenting new factory automation tools at Automation Taipei 2026, including an agentic physical AI platform,...

Thursday 20 August 2026
China dominates global robot shipments as World Robot Conference opens in Beijing

While robotics companies worldwide vie for business opportunities, Chinese vendors currently account for more than 90% of global humanoid...

Thursday 20 August 2026
Techman Robot lifts SI mix to 20% as server-heavier builds spur robot demand
Techman Robot said on August 19 at Automation Taipei 2026 that it remains cautiously optimistic about the second half of 2026, expecting business to outperform the first half on continued...
Thursday 20 August 2026
Samsung repays 20 trillion won SDC loan early as memory demand surges

Samsung Electronics fully repaid a KRW20 trillion unsecured loan from Samsung Display ahead of schedule in the second quarter of 2026,...

Thursday 20 August 2026
AI server market CAGR nears 40%; rack power density surging 100-fold poses grid strain
Speaking at the 2026 Taiwan AI Academy Annual Conference held on August 18 at Academia Sinica's Social Sciences building, Neo Yao, CEO of Foxconn's Visionbay.ai, and Huang-Jen Chiu,...
Thursday 20 August 2026
Innolux turns panel fabs into FOPLP capacity, banking on sticky advanced packaging ties

Innolux is accelerating its dual-track transformation and asset-light strategy, with second-quarter 2026 earnings per share rising 185%...

Thursday 20 August 2026
WPG sees chip supply remaining tight into 2027, plans NT$15 billion convertible bond sale

Taiwan-based IC distributor WPG Holdings expects AI-driven semiconductor demand to remain strong into 2027, with capacity tight across...

Thursday 20 August 2026
Sunplus expects automotive orders to rise in 3Q26 as memory costs threaten demand

Taiwanese IC design house Sunplus Technology expects its automotive orders to strengthen further in the third quarter of 2026, but warned...

Wednesday 19 August 2026
TAITRA Chair: Taiwan's economy relies on AI capex; warns of weak ROI risk
Speaking at the opening of the 2026 Taiwan Artificial Intelligence Conference on August 18, Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) Chairman James C.F. Huang urged engineering...
Wednesday 19 August 2026
GigaDevice profit surges 1,092% on memory upcycle, niche DRAM and NAND gains
GigaDevice Semiconductor posted record first-half 2026 results, with tight memory supply and rising prices across niche products lifting earnings well beyond its full-year 2025 lev...
Wednesday 19 August 2026
Tatung to complete self-built AI data center PoC by September, secures edge AI order
Taiwan's Tatung held an earnings call on August 18, during which company president Sung-pin Chang stated that the group's self-built artificial intelligence (AI) data center proof...
Wednesday 19 August 2026
Taiwanese firms' China investment returns hit record high on AI boom

Driven by surging global demand for AI and high-performance computing (HPC), Taiwanese listed companies achieved record combined profits...

Wednesday 19 August 2026
Xiaomi's costs are rising faster than its sales can absorb

Xiaomi Corporation's second quarter showed a company being squeezed from both ends of its business at once: a surging memory-chip bill...