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Sunday 29 March 2026

Samsung's 2026 strike poses bigger challenges despite economic shift and tripled scale

Samsung Electronics is facing a looming labor strike in May as its memory and foundry businesses take off, marking a more complex challenge than the initial 2024 walkout. The upcoming...

Sunday 29 March 2026

AMD, Meta reportedly audit Samsung HBM4 lines as supply shifts from pledges to validation

Samsung Electronics' next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) program is entering a customer validation phase, according to...

Saturday 28 March 2026

Taiwan pivots toward Europe and global democratic alliances as US-China AI race intensifies

As the global AI arms race intensifies, Taiwan is positioning itself as the primary AI partner for nations besides the US and China. Wedged between these two geopolitical giants, Taiwan...

Saturday 28 March 2026

AI Expo Taiwan 2026: NCHC showcases Taiwan's top AI computing power

Amid a growing wave of enterprises adopting GenAI technologies, the National Center for High Performance Computing (NCHC) is showcasing national-level computing resources and AI development...

Saturday 28 March 2026

Holy Stone Enterprise expands Japan and Taiwan capacity, signaling tighter MLCC supply for AI power supplies

Holy Stone Enterprise plans to invest another NT$3 billion (US$94 million) to add a production line at its Hokkaido R&D center and expand capacity at its Yilan Lize plant in Taiwan...

Saturday 28 March 2026

Samsung bets on turnkey strategy as non-memory strength becomes critical

Samsung Electronics is aggressively pushing its semiconductor "super-gap" core strategy centered on a turnkey solution model. However, the success of this approach hinges on restoring...

Saturday 28 March 2026

Taiwan's Hsinchu faces water supply issue as MOEA aims for no industrial cuts before June 2026

Taiwan's key technology hub in Hsinchu is experiencing severe water supply tensions amid a booming memory, AI, and advanced chip manufacturing cycle. On March 26, 2026, Yuan-Peng Lin,...

Friday 27 March 2026

SK Hynix CEO expected to meet Microsoft executive on memory supply

SK Hynix CEO Kwak Noh-jung is expected to meet Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of Cloud and AI at Microsoft, in Seoul this week...

Friday 27 March 2026

Taiwan machine tools emerge as key in US-Taiwan economic 'Golden Era,' says AIT

The 2026 Taiwan International Machine Tool Show (TMTS), an annual machine tool industry exhibition, has returned to Taichung this year, a move seen as particularly significant given...

Friday 27 March 2026

Taiwan's ALi bets on custom chips for 2026 turnaround

At a series of year-end gatherings in Hsinchu and Taipei this week, Star Fusion and its affiliated companies outlined their business outlook for 2026, pointing to a shift toward higher-value...

Friday 27 March 2026

C SUN invests in Contrel, cementing role in G2C+ semiconductor alliance

C SUN and Contrel have announced a significant equity partnership, as C SUN agreed to invest approximately NT$1.02 billion (approx. US$32 million) as a strategic investor to acquire...

Friday 27 March 2026

Taiwan weighs response as China expands 'long-arm jurisdiction' reach

More than a decade after Taiwanese display makers were swept up in a global antitrust crackdown, officials in Taipei are again warning of the risks posed by expanding legal reach across...

Friday 27 March 2026

Mitsubishi Electric, Toshiba, Rohm open power semiconductor merger talks

Japan's power semiconductor sector is moving toward consolidation, with Rohm, Toshiba, and Mitsubishi Electric entering negotiations to...

Friday 27 March 2026

Interview: Quantum wave boosts Taiwan's semiconductor and system integration industries

While sharing insights on quantum technology investment, commercialization, and development, Ching-Ray Chang, a Global Quantum 100 honoree, emphasizes that as quantum tech matures,...

Friday 27 March 2026

Dell presents data-driven, human-centered vision for AI implementation

With AI technologies now entering large-scale applications, a key challenge for corporations is to turn lab-based proofs-of-concept (PoC) into tangible business outcomes. Speaking...

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