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Saturday 9 May 2026
Quanta, Compal notebook shipments sink 30%-plus in April as Q1 pull-forward hangover hits
Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics, two of Taiwan's largest notebook contract manufacturers, posted April shipment declines exceeding 30% as a wave of orders pulled into late March...
Friday 8 May 2026
Samsung chiefs address pay talks as strike deadline nears
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman and Device Solutions (DS) head Jun Young-Hyun, along with Device eXperience (DX) head Roh Tae-moon, issued a joint statement to all employees on the...
Friday 8 May 2026
Taiwan firms' US investment tops forecasts; government lines up US$50 billion financing
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) announced on May 6 that, excluding TSMC, about 20 Taiwan companies plan to invest US$35 billion in the US. The statement comes after US President...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Apple expands clean energy and water investments in India as supply chain sustainability efforts accelerate
Apple said it is increasing investment in renewable energy and water sustainability projects globally, including new solar and water initiatives in India, as the company pushes toward...
Thursday 7 May 2026
HTC reports steep April revenue decline as AI smart-glasses push expands overseas
HTC on May 6 released operating results showing consolidated revenue for April 2026 dropped to NT$151 million (US$4.81 million), down 54.64% from March, while cumulative revenue for...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Nvidia, AMD and Intel starve the PC market to feed the AI boom
The AI boom is beginning to cannibalize the very consumer hardware market that once fueled the PC industry's growth.
Wednesday 6 May 2026
'Chipflation' hits Samsung, boosts Apple results
As soaring memory prices fuel "chipflation," Samsung Electronics and Apple are taking sharply different approaches. Samsung's Mobile eXperience (MX) division is trying to protect profitability...
Wednesday 6 May 2026
Synnex posts record first-quarter revenue and profit as AI demand drives semiconductor and cloud sales
Synnex Technology International Corp. reported record consolidated results for the first quarter as accelerating AI commercialization drove triple-digit growth in data-center products...
Wednesday 6 May 2026
Weblink posts record first-quarter revenue as business PC refresh fuels 70% hardware surge
Weblink International Inc. reported record consolidated revenue of NT$7.78 billion (US$247 million) for the first quarter of 2026, up 19.8% year on year, and net profit after tax of...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
Intel PC chip roadmap takes shape as Razor Lake, Titan Lake stay on track
Intel is gaining momentum in both chip design and foundry operations. Its PC platform roadmap for the next two years is coming into sharper focus as process technology and yield improve,...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
Memory price hikes push smartphone shipments down more sharply than notebooks
Rising memory prices have squeezed handset demand and are expected to widen the gap between smartphone and notebook shipment declines in 2026, according to industry reports. Global...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
Apple's AI-driven architecture shift could reshape Taiwan supplier roles and industry competition
Apple's product strategy is moving toward an AI-centered architecture, prioritizing on-device intelligence, tighter chip integration, and system-level design, a shift that could change...
Monday 4 May 2026
Apple's cash pivot: A new CEO and strategy for the AI arms race
In a landmark shift coinciding with its second quarter of fiscal 2026 results, Apple has announced that it will no longer maintain its formal "net cash neutral" target. This financial...
Friday 1 May 2026
Samsung strike threat highlights rising labor risk to AI chip supply chain and corporate pay models
Samsung Electronics is facing its largest labor escalation in years after unions representing tens of thousands of workers voted to authorize strike action. The dispute centers on...
Friday 1 May 2026
Apple earnings call signals a supply-constrained handoff to the Ternus era

Apple's fiscal second-quarter earnings call was less about the beat and more about positioning the next phase of leadership. The message...