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Thursday 5 March 2026

Coex welcomes AW 2026, accelerating AI-driven industrial transformation

Asia's leading manufacturing AX expo, The Smart Factory + Automation World (AW) 2026, has commenced, taking place from March 4-6, 2026, at Coex in Seoul, South Korea. The event will...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Google and Taiwan partner to build world's first nationwide AI health network, shifting AI from audit tool to everyday care

Google announced a nationwide collaboration with Taiwan's Ministry of Health and Welfare to create what it describes as the world's first countrywide AI health network, elevating AI...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Keysight sees rising AI infrastructure test demand, order-to-ship ratio above 1

Keysight Technologies forecasts rapid growth in AI infrastructure testing and verification through 2026 as deployments expand from chip-level to cluster-scale, Taiwan chairman and...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Pichai congratulates Google Taiwan's 20th anniversary, eyes AI era milestones

Google Taiwan marked its 20th anniversary this year, highlighting its evolution into a major hardware and AI infrastructure hub outside the company's US headquarters. At a March 4...

Thursday 5 March 2026

UMC honorary vice chairman warns US-Iran war unlikely to end quickly, urges tech sector to build Taiwan value

With military conflicts escalating in the Middle East, United Microelectronics (UMC) honorary vice chairman John Hsuan warned that global supply chains will be disrupted by war. He...

Thursday 5 March 2026

AW 2026: Asus outlines edge AI strategy for smart city deployments

ASUS IoT is redefining the urban landscape by positioning itself as the high-performance backbone for modern smart cities, using edge AI and machine...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Suzuki to acquire Kanadevia's solid-state battery business to strengthen EV technology

Suzuki Motor Corporation said it will acquire the all-solid-state lithium-ion battery business of Japanese engineering firm Kanadevia Corporation, as the automaker steps up development...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Taiwan weighs power controls for AI data centers as compute push tests grid capacity

Taiwan is exploring regulatory measures to manage the rising electricity demand from AI computing infrastructure, even as the government...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Commentary: HBM hybrid bonding race heats up, but memory makers slow to adopt

Competition in the high bandwidth memory (HBM) market is intensifying, prompting equipment makers such as Hanwha Semitech and Semes to accelerate...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Analysis: AI PCB rivalry across four economies puts Taiwan under pressure

Rising geopolitical tensions and surging demand for AI applications are reshaping the global printed circuit board (PCB) industry. The Taiwan Printed Circuit Association (TPCA) notes...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Apple builds US chip supply chain with TSMC and Foxconn

Semiconductors are a core technology of the digital economy. While most chip design still takes place in the US, manufacturing has long been concentrated in Asia, particularly Taiwan...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Singapore's small-state strategy offers new insights for Taiwan's tech industry

Often dubbed the "Little Red Dot," Singapore is a city-state that lacks natural resources, and previously even had to turn to neighboring countries for drinking water. Yet in a span...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Samsung DRAM prices reportedly double in 1Q26, jumping from 70% to 100% increase in a month

Reports indicate that Samsung raised DRAM prices by more than 100% in the first quarter of 2026. The increase had initially been negotiated at around 70% in January 2026, but expanded...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Glass fiber shortage hits IC substrates, MGC follows Resonac with 30% CCL price hike

Demand from Nvidia and Apple has intensified shortages of high-end glass fiber cloth used in IC substrates, driving broad price increases...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Tesla's Grunheide overhaul signals shift to multi-product 'superfactory' with implications for European automakers

Tesla's Gigafactory in Grunheide, Germany, is being repurposed into a multi-product manufacturing hub after CEO Elon Musk outlined five transformation initiatives to address falling...

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