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Wednesday 27 May 2026

TSMC CEO to address bonus backlash in person as Jensen Huang's visit puts Taiwan chipmaker in spotlight

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is scheduled to hold a company-wide communication meeting on the morning of May 27, during which chairman C.C. Wei is expected to...

Tuesday 26 May 2026

Chiplet boom puts Taiwan's InPsytech and its AI connectivity IPs in the spotlight

As the global semiconductor industry pivots toward chiplet-based designs — where multiple smaller chips are packaged together rather than built as a single monolithic die —...

Tuesday 26 May 2026

Kinpo Electronics pushes beyond manufacturing with AI servers, satellite systems, and quantum computing

At its annual shareholders' meeting on Sunday, Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Kinpo Electronics provided new details on its transition toward higher-value ODM businesses, alongside...

Tuesday 26 May 2026

AMD and Nvidia deepen investments in Taiwan semiconductor ecosystem

When AMD CEO Lisa Su arrived in Taiwan on May 20, she announced plans to invest more than US$10 billion with local supply-chain partners...

Tuesday 26 May 2026

Samsung's P4 HBM push could worsen DRAM crunch in 2027

Samsung Electronics is reportedly preparing to allocate much of its Pyeongtaek P4 cleanroom capacity to next-generation high-bandwidth...

Tuesday 26 May 2026

ASML expands Taiwan hiring and operations to meet advanced chip demand

Grace Wang, vice president and general manager of ASML in Taiwan, said that ASML plans to deploy extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and next-generation high numerical aperture (high-NA) EUV...

Tuesday 26 May 2026

Commentary: Stellantis' capital shift signals quiet reshaping of Europe's auto industry

In recent weeks, Stellantis, one of the world's five largest automakers, unveiled an ambitious five-year plan titled

Tuesday 26 May 2026
Taiwan's quantum research enters second phase, eyeing Finland for HPQC collab
Taiwan's state-funded quantum technology research team will enter a second phase running from 2027 to 2031, with a focus on accelerating the transfer of research results to leading...

Tuesday 26 May 2026
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan Taiwan-bound for closed-door meetings ahead of Computex
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is set to arrive in Taiwan this weekend, joining AMD CEO Lisa Su and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in a high-stakes push by the world's top chip leaders to deepen ties...

Tuesday 26 May 2026
Taiwan MLCC makers plug into AI server demand
AI servers are driving a surge in demand for high-end passive components, rapidly eating into multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) capacity and extending lead times to more than 16–20...

Tuesday 26 May 2026
NTT updates tsuzumi 2 to read charts and boost numerical reasoning
NTT updated its lightweight Japanese large language model, tsuzumi 2, to better understand charts, graphs, and other visuals in business documents, thereby strengthening numerical...

Tuesday 26 May 2026
Advantech deepens partnerships in South Korea to push hybrid edge for manufacturing AI
Advantech has deepened partnerships with Nvidia, AMD, and South Korean startups to push a hybrid edge architecture for manufacturing AI, promising faster on-site inference and continuous...

Tuesday 26 May 2026
Recharge Power to list and partner with J&V to pursue millisecond-response storage for AI data centers
J&V Energy Technology announced the launch of a subsidiary focused on supercomputing. It said its system-level energy storage unit, Recharge Power, will list on the emerging stock...

Tuesday 26 May 2026
Chun Yuan Steel positions for growth as Toyota readies Taiwan production base
Chun Yuan Steel outlined strategic moves on May 25 as it pursues new growth opportunities tied to Toyota's plan to establish a Taiwan production base and to rising demand from China's...

Tuesday 26 May 2026
GUC showcases VSORA Jotunn8 AI processor at TSMC Europe Symposium
Global Unichip Corp. (GUC), the Advanced ASIC Leader, will showcase Jotunn8, a next-generation data center AI inference processor developed by VSORA, at the TSMC Europe...

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