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Thursday 10 September 2026
Taiwan courts international talent as special experts qualify for permanent residency in 1 year
Taiwan is stepping up efforts to attract and retain foreign talent as its population declines, with the government easing permanent residency rules and offering faster pathways for...
Wednesday 9 September 2026
China GPU developer Biren expands AI chip R&D into optical interconnects, advanced cooling
Chinese GPU developer Biren Technology has teamed up with Shanghai University to establish an Integrated Circuit Intelligent Chip Joint Laboratory, expanding their cooperation into...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Taiwan and Saxony start building the talent pipeline behind TSMC's German fab
TSMC's investment in a fab in Germany's Free State of Saxony has drawn close attention from across Europe. Eva Ins Obergfell, Rector of Leipzig University, one of Germany's leading...
Thursday 13 August 2026
From lab bench to IPO: How Taiwan's top university aims to turn professors into founders, campus into a unicorn factory

National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), one of Taiwan's leading research universities, has spent more than a decade cultivating a campus...

Wednesday 12 August 2026
From Campus to Global R&D: Joining Phison in Malaysia

For Malaysian engineering students entering their final semesters, the transition from academia to the professional world can feel daunting. Nicholas Tan Peng Gen, a...

Thursday 18 June 2026
SK Hynix scraps degree rules to court AI chip talent

SK Hynix has eliminated degree requirements from its regular recruitment process for new employees, as the memory chip giant seeks...

Wednesday 20 May 2026
Universities and governments emerge as new pillars of AI commercialization, accelerator says
Saeed Amidi, founder and CEO of Plug and Play, opened the first day of the Plug and Play May Summit in Sunnyvale with a characteristically freewheeling address that wove together billion-dollar...
Wednesday 6 May 2026
Taiwan researchers create non-toxic blue-light material that could enable glasses-free 3D displays
Researchers at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University announced a new non-toxic, metal-free light-emitting silicone that produces blue fluorescence when mechanically stressed, a...
Wednesday 22 April 2026
Focus: South Korea builds a semiconductor talent pipeline

South Korea's long-running experiment with job-guaranteed semiconductor education is entering a more consequential phase, with the first...

Sunday 15 March 2026
After Space-Comm: How global alliances and pension reform are scaling UK space
For years, the story of the British space sector followed a predictable, frustrating arc: a brilliant startup would ignite in a university lab, only to flicker out or flee to Silicon...
Tuesday 11 November 2025
China's Zhejiang University launches FabGPT to bring AI into chip manufacturing
China is advancing its use of artificial intelligence (AI), with a breakthrough from Zhejiang University (ZJU)'s College of Integrated Circuits drawing industry attention. The university...
Sunday 26 October 2025
Taiwan's secret: A century of elite talent driving chips, electronics, and healthcare
Taiwan currently shines on the global stage with three standout industries: its healthcare system, electronics manufacturing services (EMS), and semiconductors. Though each sector's...
Thursday 23 October 2025
Taiwan's chip and AI boom drains talent from academia; NSTC explores possible solutions

As Taiwan's semiconductor and AI industries continue to surge, universities are facing an unexpected casualty of economic success: a talent...

Tuesday 21 October 2025
Taiwan's academic rocket program reaches milestone with new launch
In a testament to Taiwan's growing academic presence in aerospace innovation, a cross-laboratory team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung...
Tuesday 16 September 2025
Kumamoto University revises education strategy as result of TSMC's Japan fab
Jun Otani, executive vice president of Kumamoto University, highlighted the university's 268-year history during a Taiwan-Japan semiconductor supply chain talent forum. Following JASM's...