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Monday 5 January 2026
Weekly news roundup: TSMC widens 2 nm edge as South Korea boosts chip spending; Huawei eyes memory bottlenecks
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of Dec 29 - Jan 4.
Monday 5 January 2026
Asus pulls back from smartphone market after two decades of losses
Asus announced on January 2, 2026, that it will not release any new smartphones this year, effectively suspending a mobile business the Taiwanese hardware giant has sustained for...
Monday 5 January 2026
Foxconn reportedly emerges in supply chain reports tied to OpenAI's rumored AI devices
OpenAI is accelerating plans to enter the consumer hardware market, with reports indicating that the company is preparing a new voice-focused AI model to underpin its first generation...
Saturday 3 January 2026
Analysis: Chip boom squeezes device makers as surging component costs threaten margins
The global semiconductor market is projected to reach US$1 trillion as early as 2026, significantly ahead of previous industry forecasts targeting 2030. The World Semiconductor Trade...
Friday 2 January 2026
Asus to pause new smartphone launches in 2026, maintain mobile operations
Smartphone distributors in Taiwan have recently said they are no longer able to obtain Asus handsets through local agents and claimed they had received information indicating that...
Friday 2 January 2026
Budget impasse halts Taiwan's first quantum-classical hybrid platform, undermining computing sovereignty
Taiwan's push to build strategic AI, robotics, and quantum computing infrastructure is facing delays after the National Science and Technology Council's (NSTC) NT$10.85 billion (approx...
Friday 2 January 2026
Smartphones and notebook prices could increase as memory lead times extend
Demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) is crowding out production capacity for consumer memory. Despite capacity expansions by major memory makers, including Micron, Samsung, and...
Friday 2 January 2026
CES 2026 to spotlight AI as central theme with hardware and everyday life integration
The upcoming CES 2026 is set to elevate artificial intelligence (AI) from a prominent topic to the exclusive central theme, reflecting the technology's maturation toward everyday...
Friday 2 January 2026
CES 2026 set to highlight AI innovations with major tech companies unveiling new products
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has announced that artificial intelligence (AI) will be the central theme of CES 2026, under the banner "AI Forward." The event will emphasize...
Wednesday 31 December 2025
E-paper is turning colorful, and the supply chain is scaling fast
With the shift from black-and-white to color boosting pull-in demand, ESG, and AI, e-paper terminals are thriving. Both E Ink Holdings, the leading global e-paper materials supplier,...
Wednesday 31 December 2025
Top tech topics in 2025 (2): turbulent year for end-device and downstream applications
2025 proved turbulent for downstream applications and end-user devices. Tariffs and geopolitical tensions dominated the first half, while AI gained momentum later in the year. Global...
Wednesday 31 December 2025
Weblink bets on memory price surge and AI server boom for double-digit growth in 2026
Taiwan-based tech products distributor Weblink International is riding a surge in memory prices and robust demand for AI servers, positioning the company for strong growth in 2026...
Wednesday 31 December 2025
Asustek announces price hike from January 5 amid soaring memory costs
Facing severe memory shortages and rapidly rising prices, global PC brands are implementing strategies to offset cost pressures, including price increases or maintaining prices with...
Wednesday 31 December 2025
Ability Opto-Electronics eyes strong 2026, expands in Vietnam
Ability Opto-Electronics Technology (AOET) expressed optimism for its 2026 operations during its earnings call on December 30, despite the notebook market being impacted by rising...
Tuesday 30 December 2025
Inpaq expects PC/notebook upgrade momentum to continue; CEO says component price hikes are inevitable
Passive components maker Inpaq, under Passive System Alliance (PSA), held its annual investor conference. Looking ahead, CEO Eunice Chen expects 2025 orders driven by the PC/notebook...