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Tuesday 26 May 2026

Taiwan's quantum research enters second phase, eyeing Finland for HPQC collab

Taiwan's state-funded quantum technology research team will enter a second phase running from 2027 to 2031, with a focus on accelerating the transfer of research results to leading...

Tuesday 26 May 2026

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan Taiwan-bound for closed-door meetings ahead of Computex

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is set to arrive in Taiwan this weekend, joining AMD CEO Lisa Su and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in a high-stakes push by the world's top chip leaders to deepen ties...

Tuesday 26 May 2026

Taiwan MLCC makers plug into AI server demand

AI servers are driving a surge in demand for high-end passive components, rapidly eating into multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) capacity and extending lead times to more than 16–20...

Tuesday 26 May 2026

NTT updates tsuzumi 2 to read charts and boost numerical reasoning

NTT updated its lightweight Japanese large language model, tsuzumi 2, to better understand charts, graphs, and other visuals in business documents, thereby strengthening numerical...

Tuesday 26 May 2026

Advantech deepens partnerships in South Korea to push hybrid edge for manufacturing AI

Advantech has deepened partnerships with Nvidia, AMD, and South Korean startups to push a hybrid edge architecture for manufacturing AI, promising faster on-site inference and continuous...

Tuesday 26 May 2026

Recharge Power to list and partner with J&V to pursue millisecond-response storage for AI data centers

J&V Energy Technology announced the launch of a subsidiary focused on supercomputing. It said its system-level energy storage unit, Recharge Power, will list on the emerging stock...

Tuesday 26 May 2026

Chun Yuan Steel positions for growth as Toyota readies Taiwan production base

Chun Yuan Steel outlined strategic moves on May 25 as it pursues new growth opportunities tied to Toyota's plan to establish a Taiwan production base and to rising demand from China's...

Tuesday 26 May 2026

GUC showcases VSORA Jotunn8 AI processor at TSMC Europe Symposium

Global Unichip Corp. (GUC), the Advanced ASIC Leader, will showcase Jotunn8, a next-generation data center AI inference processor developed by VSORA, at the TSMC Europe...

Tuesday 26 May 2026

Samsung's silicon photonics push adds new layer to Korea-Dutch chip ties

South Korea and the Netherlands are looking to broaden their semiconductor partnership beyond ASML's EUV lithography machines, as silicon...

Tuesday 26 May 2026

TSMC promises faster bonus growth in 2026 after employees threaten Samsung-style strike

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will reportedly cut employee bonuses by 15%, prompting some employees to voice dissatisfaction on social media. They argued that while...

Monday 25 May 2026

Taiwan, China wafer foundry industry, 2Q 2026: Cross-strait revenues to surge over 25%

Taiwan and China's wafer foundry industry off-season was not slow, and the price hike effect will drive up cross-strait industry revenues in the second quarter of 2026 and full-year...

Monday 25 May 2026

Japan's Axelspace plans mid-2026 SpaceX launch for next-gen Earth observation constellation

Japanese space startup Axelspace has formally announced plans to launch up to seven next-generation GRUS-3 Earth-observation microsatellites in as early as July 2026 aboard a Falcon...

Monday 25 May 2026

Beyond Silicon Valley: Lam Capital's startup contest goes global

Lam Research's Lam Capital recently held its fourth startup competition, drawing teams from the US, South Korea, Singapore, India, and Taiwan to vie for a sizeable prize pool. US startup...

Monday 25 May 2026

BYD and Chery lead China's advance into Europe's EV market

Chinese automakers are rapidly gaining ground in Europe's electric-vehicle market, underscoring a transformation from low-cost challengers into formidable global competitors.

Monday 25 May 2026

Nvidia's reporting pivot and AMD's US$10B Taiwan bet signal a new frontier in AI chip war

Nvidia's structural pivot to isolate its ACIE market and AMD's US$10 billion investment in Taiwan infrastructure signal a profound realignment in the AI chip war. Both developments...

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