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Tuesday 14 April 2026
King Yuan Electronics posts record 1Q26 revenue, raises capex to NT$50 billion
Benefiting from continued demand driven by artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), and application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC), semiconductor testing...
Tuesday 14 April 2026
Phison eyes US$1.4B fundraising to tackle severe NAND shortage in 4Q26
Phison Electronics founder and CEO Pua Khein-Seng warned that the current NAND Flash shortage will worsen significantly in the second half of 2026, with an acute supply crunch expected...
Tuesday 14 April 2026
Samsung boosts Galaxy S26 production by 600,000 units in April
Samsung Electronics has raised its production plans for the Galaxy S26 series in April 2026 from 2.4 million to 3 million units, driven mainly by strong demand for its top-tier Galaxy...
Monday 13 April 2026
Pegatron reports modest recovery as shipments pick up
Pegatron on April 10 reported March revenue of NT$83.97 billion (US$2.6 billion), rebounding more than 20% from February's low of NT$67.98 billion, as production normalized after a...
Monday 13 April 2026
Energy shock from Middle East unrest fuels petrochemical rally in Taiwan

Rising geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran in late February 2026 drove a sharp rally in global crude oil and petrochemical feedstock...

Monday 13 April 2026
RFID maker Arizon expands market share despite 20% global market decline in 2025
Arizon RFID Technology saw its performance in 2025 impacted by a 20% contraction in the global RFID market last year, with the company posting full-year revenue of NT$3.953 billion...
Monday 13 April 2026
Gudeng targets record 2026 revenue on EUV pod and FOUP demand surge
Taiwan's Gudeng Precision Industrial is set to sustain double-digit revenue growth in 2026, buoyed by robust demand for EUV reticle pods and FOUP wafer carriers as advanced-node production...
Monday 13 April 2026
Taiwan's AI revenue boom masks deeply divided industry: 1Q26 data analysis
The headline numbers for Taiwan's listed tech companies in the first quarter of 2026 are strong, but a sector-by-sector breakdown of 238 companies reveals a story far more nuanced...
Monday 13 April 2026
MediaTek revenue hits record on AI chip demand, TPU orders key
Taiwan-based chip designer MediaTek reported record monthly revenue in March 2026, highlighting how new growth drivers are helping cushion a weakening smartphone market.
Monday 13 April 2026
Taiwan DDI makers see 1Q26 revenue decline; small to mid-size demand remains weak
Taiwanese display driver IC (DDI) manufacturers have reported broadly declining revenues for the first quarter of 2026, reflecting ongoing challenges in the small- and mid-size segments...
Monday 13 April 2026
Global chip sales expect to top US$1 trillion in 2026 on AI demand

Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain posted stronger-than-expected results in the first quarter of 2026, as artificial intelligence (AI)...

Monday 13 April 2026
Silicon photonics scaling hits wafer testing bottleneck
AI demand is pushing data transmission to its limits, making 2026 a critical year for silicon photonics (SiPh) and co-packaged optics (CPO) to move into large-scale deployment. The...
Monday 13 April 2026
Weekly news roundup: Shortages spread to MLCCs; SK Hynix reportedly in talks with Microsoft and Google
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of April 6-April 13, 2026:
Monday 13 April 2026
Hormuz conflict exposes Southeast Asia's energy fault lines
A blockage of the Strait of Hormuz following conflict between the US and Iran is raising energy supply risks for Southeast Asia, with import-dependent economies most exposed. If the...
Monday 13 April 2026
Supreme Court ruling stalls Taiwan-US trade deal, zero-tariff car imports in limbo
Taiwan and the US signed the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) on February 13, 2026, capping 10 months of negotiations. The deal set a reciprocal tariff of 15% without stacking and...