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Thursday 29 October 2026
SDC chief meets Applied Materials executives amid FMM-free OLED push
Samsung Display (SDC) President Lee Chung-hwan recently met with senior executives from US equipment maker Applied Materials as SDC accelerates development of fine metal mask (FMM)-free...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Kuen Tong debuts on TPEx Emerging Board, riding LEO satellite and AI cooling dual engines
Taiwan's Kuen Tong Technology, a high-end precision metal components maker and major supplier to a US low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite operator, is set to list on the Taipei Exchange's...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix invest KRW110 trillion as memory supply boost slips to 2028
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are undertaking their largest-ever equipment investments in 2026, but the memory supply increase is not expected to materialize until 2028. By then,...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Memory surge leaves CPI stable, hits consumer electronics hardest
Soaring memory prices have pushed some IC design firms to develop and manufacture their own SRAM as a substitute for DRAM, while electronics assemblers and brand manufacturers that...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Samsung EUV data leak case: researcher in university partnership indicted
Samsung Electronics' next-generation semiconductor process data was allegedly removed without authorization by a university-industry research partner in South Korea, raising concerns...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Taiwan central bank head deems AI bubble crash scenario extreme
Central Bank Governor Chin-long Yang said predictions that the AI bubble will burst in January 2028 represent an extreme scenario, as global cloud service providers (CSPs) face mounting...
Thursday 29 October 2026
AI, semiconductors drive foreign investor gains, weakening Taiwan dollar
Taiwan's AI and semiconductor stocks have delivered substantial gains for foreign investors, who have recently taken profits, converted the proceeds into US dollars, and repatriated...
Thursday 29 October 2026
LG Electronics ties AI cooling and robot plans to new plants and a 2030 humanoid target
LG Electronics used its third-quarter earnings call on October 28 to add physical milestones to its two main AI bets. In data center cooling, it named a US production site and new...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Foxconn Tech Day 2026: Three EV signals to watch
Foxconn Technology Day (HHTD) is set to take place at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center on October 30, with "Accelerating Intelligence" as its theme for 2026. While AI infrastructure...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Global Technology's first automotive chip headed for Hyundai, Kia
South Korean chip designer Global Technologies (GT) has secured a place in Hyundai Motor and Kia's supply chain with its first automotive semiconductor product, a smart LED module...
Thursday 29 October 2026
AerosoarX skips the mega-factory to take on global drone makers
AerosoarX founder Max Lo has returned to Taiwan's drone industry with a distributed manufacturing strategy to link local suppliers with democratic allies. As global orders grow, the...
Thursday 29 October 2026
KT turns AI tokens into a telecom utility with 500-model enterprise platform
As AI spreads across industries and everyday life, the experience of using it is becoming increasingly measurable, routable, and billable. The rapid proliferation of models is turning...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Samsung's AI memory boom drives record profit as device division stays in loss
Samsung Electronics' latest results show AI infrastructure demand increasingly determining the group's earnings, with soaring semiconductor profit offsetting continued losses in its...
Thursday 29 October 2026
SpaceX's AI spending surge opens doors to direct orders for Taiwan ODMs
SpaceX is expanding its AI computing infrastructure to meet rising demand for AI applications, securing US$40 billion in financing commitments for GPUs and equipment. The surge in...
Thursday 29 October 2026
AerosoarX seeks to reshape Taiwan's drone industry through allied defense networks
Max Lo, founder of GEOSAT Aerospace & Technology, has launched AerosoarX to shift Taiwan's drone sector from standalone manufacturing toward international defense-system integration...