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Tuesday 29 September 2026

Taiwan breaks ground on aerospace and drone hub, targeting 2028 completion

Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) broke ground on the Minxiong Aerospace and Drone Industrial Park on September 28, aiming to provide critical...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Column: Why Micron's US$250M venture fund is about more than HBM margins—Taiwan has a stake in it

Micron unveiled the Micron Ventures Paradigm Fund, a US$250 million venture vehicle, in mid-August 2026, as the memory maker pairs more than US$25 billion in fiscal 2026 capex with...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

South Korea AI compute squeeze hits researchers and startups

South Korea's AI sector is facing a growing GPU shortage as research institutes and small companies struggle to secure enough compute for model training and deployment. As government...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

MicroIP unveils AI drone and edge systems at Taiwan Expo USA

MicroIP Technology showcased its AI drone vertical mission system at the 2026 Taiwan Expo USA in Dallas, drawing attention from organizers and US stakeholders. The company said the...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Samsung bonus plan to lift South Korea talent race

Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions division is set to announce the calculation and payout rules for its special management performance...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

GlobalFoundries eyes GaN expansion to challenge TSMC in AI

GlobalFoundries (GF) is preparing a major global capacity expansion as TSMC is set to gradually exit gallium nitride (GaN) foundry services...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Taiwan's Brave Eagle reaches 55% domestic content, bringing 200 suppliers into aerospace

Taiwan's Brave Eagle advanced jet trainer program officially concluded its production phase in 2026, but the capabilities developed...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Chips make up nearly half of South Korea's September exports; China, Hong Kong account for 52% of them

Semiconductors made up nearly half of South Korea's exports in the first 20 days of September, while China and Hong Kong combined accounted for more than half of the country's chip...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

South Korea looks beyond high-nickel NCM in battery push

South Korea is broadening its battery strategy beyond high-nickel NCM, stepping up investment in sodium-ion, all-solid-state and lower-cost technologies after acknowledging that its...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Trump-Xi state dinner puts tech titans at the head table, spotlighting Taiwan's quiet supply chain clout

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, arrived at the White House on the evening of September 24 US time to attend...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

LG AI Research expands sovereign AI push into Kazakhstan, Middle East

LG AI Research is moving into Kazakhstan and the Middle East to capture demand for sovereign AI in emerging markets. The South Korea-based unit is using its model development and commercialization...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

South Korean component makers face price cuts as memory costs climb

South Korean electronics component suppliers are under growing pressure as rising memory prices drive chip inflation deeper into the...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Posco Future M lands KRW1.1 trillion LFP cathode deal with SK On

Posco Future M signed a large lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode materials supply contract with SK On for 2027 to 2029, in a deal worth about KRW1.1 trillion (US$810 million). The...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Advantech's North America expansion signals a deeper shift toward local manufacturing, services

Advantech is expanding manufacturing, engineering, and fulfillment capabilities in North America as demand grows for locally designed...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Taiwan PCB output hits record high on AI demand, putting NT$1 trillion year within reach

AI server, high-speed networking, and memory demand continued to lift Taiwan's PCB industry in the second quarter of 2026, boosting...

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