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Friday 8 May 2026
Commentary: Trump-Xi Summit puts Taiwan's chip industry at center of global politics

US President Donald Trump is expected to visit Beijing on May 14-15 for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. If the trip proceeds...

Friday 8 May 2026
HannStar pivots to automotive, reflective displays after US$333 million factory sale
Taiwan panel maker HannStar Display, which posted losses in 2025, is repositioning its 2026 strategy around Generation 5.3 α-Si production, targeting full-capacity utilisation...
Friday 8 May 2026
Samsung reportedly scales back Micro LED TV push as new TV chief takes over
Samsung Electronics is reportedly scaling back its Micro LED TV business, as high production costs and limited demand weigh on the commercial prospects of the premium display technology,...
Friday 8 May 2026
Analysis: Samsung's China appliance exit signals Chinese brands' upmarket march
Samsung Electronics remains one of the global capital market's major beneficiaries of the AI memory boom, with its market value briefly surpassing US$1 trillion in May. Yet another...
Friday 8 May 2026
Power Win builds lithium battery circular economy with SEA push
Power Win said it is expanding its lithium battery recycling business as demand from energy storage and electric vehicles (EVs) surges and geopolitical tensions elevate scarce metals...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Singapore chip firms showcase cross-border manufacturing and testing strengths
Headquartered in Singapore, MPics Innovations is staffed by several former executives from Broadcom's isolation products division. The company has long focused on the automotive, industrial,...
Thursday 7 May 2026
MediaTek opens AI R&D data center in Taiwan with Nvidia DGX SuperPOD
MediaTek announced the opening of a new research and development data center at the Tongluo Science Park in Miaoli, Taiwan, aimed at supporting growing demand for edge AI and cloud...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Chinese semiconductor equipment makers deepen SEA OSAT presence
Chinese semiconductor equipment makers CCtech and Nextool Technology are expanding into Southeast Asia's OSAT hubs as Malaysia and Singapore emerge as key packaging and testing centers...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Nuvoton BMC demand grows as per-rack chip count rises to 120
Nuvoton is seeing stronger demand for baseboard management controller (BMC) chips as AI servers drive higher requirements for remote server control and system monitoring. The company...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Global chip sales surge in 1Q26, signaling supply and investment shifts
Global semiconductor sales reached US$298.5 billion in the first quarter of 2026, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported, underscoring robust worldwide demand with possible...
Thursday 7 May 2026
South Korea's US$344.3 million push to localize power chips
South Korea plans to provide KRW500 billion (US$344.3 million) in state funding for a large-scale research and development project aimed at localizing next-generation power semiconductors,...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Alphabet's global debt blitz underscores explosive AI funding boom across tech industry
Alphabet has significantly expanded its global borrowing program to finance artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, raising nearly US$17 billion through euro- and Canadian dollar-denominated...
Thursday 7 May 2026
From chips to telecoms, South Korea faces an AI-era labor reckoning
Labor tensions across South Korea's technology sector are intensifying, and the conflict is no longer confined to traditional disputes between workers and management. Increasingly,...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Yotta Data Services reportedly weighs IPO as India's AI infrastructure race accelerates
Yotta Data Services is considering an initial public offering in Mumbai that could raise as much as US$900 million, according to sources familiar with the matter, as reported by Bloomberg...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Intel shifts data center chip packaging to Vietnam and expands EMIB advanced packaging integration
Intel is relocating a data center chip production line from Costa Rica to its Vietnam facility. The move, flagged in a Saigon Hi-Tech Park management board report to the Ho Chi Minh...