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Saturday 13 June 2026
Taiwan drone suppliers push into Western defense chains as Ukraine demand climbs

Taiwan's drone suppliers are seeking deeper ties with Western defense contractors and Ukraine's wartime drone industry, as export demand...

Saturday 13 June 2026
Tesla-linked expansion by Taiwan's Aleees underscores shifts in global battery supply chains
Taiwanese cathode materials maker Aleees has disclosed an expansion plan to meet North American demand for lithium iron phosphate precursor materials. The move highlights Tesla's broader...
Saturday 13 June 2026
Commentary: Precision vs. breadth—Why Taiwan's lens giants have opposite CPO playbooks

Optical industry leaders Largan and Genius Electronic Optical (GSEO) have recently discussed progress in co-packaged optics (CPO), a...

Saturday 13 June 2026
Samsung to review strategy as memory boom pressures devices

Samsung Electronics is set to hold its semiannual global strategy meeting from June 16 to 18, with executives expected to review a split...

Saturday 13 June 2026
Taiwan IC distributor Edom eyes four growth engines beyond cloud AI

As cloud service providers ramp up investment in AI infrastructure, Edom chairman Wayne Tseng said rising costs for materials, production...

Saturday 13 June 2026
AI demand and grid upgrades are reshaping the outlook for Linkage's power equipment business
As AI computing demand rises alongside grid modernization, power infrastructure is becoming more important across the heavy electrical sector. Linkage is positioning itself in the...
Saturday 13 June 2026
Commentary: Five things I noticed at SuperAI Singapore that the keynotes did not tell you
Ten thousand attendees. One hundred and fifty speakers. Three exhibition floors. Two days. SuperAI Singapore 2026 generated enough keynote content, panel discussion, and product announcements...
Saturday 13 June 2026
SK Hynix weighs supplier price hikes as HBM boom lifts equipment makers

SK Hynix is reviewing rare price increase requests from several tier-one equipment suppliers, a sign that the high-bandwidth memory...

Saturday 13 June 2026
Commentary: The cost of over-concentration—How TSMC's liquidity dominance is reshaping Taiwan's banking system
TSMC's financial dominance has reached unprecedented heights, with the world's leading foundry posting first-quarter 2026 profit of over NT$570 billion (approx. US$18.04 billion) and...
Friday 12 June 2026
Shin-Etsu plans rare earth plant in Japan to counter China supply curbs

Shin-Etsu Chemical plans to build a new rare earth production facility in Fukui Prefecture, aiming to expand domestic smelting capacity...

Friday 12 June 2026
Samsung's packaging gap clouds chip comeback as TSMC, Intel push ahead

Samsung Electronics is regaining ground in high-bandwidth memory and foundry services, but advanced packaging remains a weak point...

Friday 12 June 2026
Taiwan compute suppliers rise on booming AI demand, with several firms extending strong growth
Taiwan's semiconductor and electronics supply-chain companies continued to post generally firm sales in May, according to monthly revenue data and company disclosures, with the strongest...
Friday 12 June 2026
South Korea taps LG to localize robot simulation tech

South Korea has launched a two-year, KRW34 billion (US$22.22 million) project to develop domestic world model and robot foundation model...

Friday 12 June 2026
South Korea concrete strike clouds chip supply: Samsung, SK Hynix fabs construction reportedly stalls

A strike by South Korea's ready-mix concrete transport union is disrupting major semiconductor construction sites and raising concerns...

Friday 12 June 2026
Aver South Korea push signals a broader bid for direct sales, local service, and higher-end AV demand
Global video solutions provider Aver is accelerating its expansion in South Korea, planning to formally establish a local subsidiary in June 2026 to meet rising demand from companies...