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Thursday 15 October 2026
Murata eyes earlier MLCC expansion as AI server demand surges
Murata Manufacturing is considering additional investment and an earlier expansion of multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) capacity as demand from AI servers accelerates. The company...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Yulon Nissan sees Taiwan auto market holding at 420,000 units through 2027 amid EV, import growth
Yulon Nissan Motor president Chen-hsiang Yao expects Taiwan's auto market to remain at approximately 420,000 vehicles in 2026, excluding heavy vehicles, supported by growing demand...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Star Asia Vision targets digital out-of-home market with new products, Nichia partnership
Star Asia Vision (SAVC), a display and systems integrator under Taiwan-Asia Semiconductor, is focusing on growth in the digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising market by expanding software-hardware...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Energy Taiwan 2026 opens with record international participation
Energy Taiwan 2026 opened on October 14, bringing together more than 430 exhibitors across nearly 1,400 booths as the island seeks to strengthen energy resilience and accelerate decarbonization...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
300mm fab equipment spending to hit US$227 billion by 2029, SEMI says
Global spending on 300mm front-end fab equipment is projected to reach US$149 billion in 2026, up 31% from a year earlier. Spending is expected to keep growing at double-digit rates...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Tata's flagship chip fab faces pressure from its own shareholders
Tata Group's semiconductor fab in Gujarat, held up as the foundation of India's chipmaking ambitions, now faces scrutiny from within, as the group's controlling shareholder presses...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
ASE expands PowerSiP platform to improve AI data center power efficiency
ASE has expanded its PowerSiP platform with a 3D system-in-package solution aimed at vertical voltage regulator modules (VRMs) for AI data centers and high-performance computing systems...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Tsang Yow's semiconductor revenue share reaches 12%
Automotive drivetrain manufacturer Tsang Yow reported consolidated revenue of NT$86.36 million (US$2.69 million) in September 2026, down 2.3% month-over-month and 1.24% year-over-year...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Kingboard Laminates raises thin-cloth laminates, prepreg prices 15% in eighth hike of 2026
Kingboard Laminates Holdings (KB Laminates), a leading Chinese manufacturer, announced its eighth price increase of 2026 on October 13, raising prices by 15% for laminates and prepreg...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Ubiqconn satellite revenue jumps 175% as 3Q26 operations recover
Ubiqconn Technology reported September 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$142 million (US$4.4 million), up 32.4% month-on-month and 6.7% year-on-year. Third-quarter revenue rose 9.6%...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
SK Hynix HBM4 equipment installations reportedly face partial deferral to 2027
Some back-end manufacturing equipment intended for SK Hynix's sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) production may be deferred from the second half of 2026 into 2027, raising...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Microsoft adds US$132.5 billion in lease commitments—but AI capacity takes years to build
Microsoft's lease commitments that have not yet commenced reached US$329.1 billion in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, which ended in June, according to its latest regulatory filing...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
JCET redirects Korean factories towards AI to counter weak smartphone growth
JCET is directing most of its increased capital spending towards advanced packaging, modules and testing while reorganising its two South Korean factories to meet AI infrastructure...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Cisco, Nvidia target high-speed optical interconnects with 4x USFP density
Cisco and Nvidia announced at the 2026 OCP Global Summit that they are jointly developing an ultra-dense small form factor pluggable (USFP) optical module designed to support 400Gb/s...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
AI accelerator growth shifts toward value as custom ASICs move upmarket
The AI accelerator market is set to reach US$1.4 trillion by 2030, up 150% from Bloomberg Intelligence's January 2026 estimate of US$560 billion, as higher prices—not just shipment...