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Friday 11 September 2026

Academia Sinica to open 8-inch quantum chip platform in September 2026

Academia Sinica's Quantum Chip Fabrication Space (QC-Fab) in Tainan will open to external users at the end of September 2026, marking...

Friday 11 September 2026

Foxconn's global expansion signals a longer-term manufacturing shift

Kathy Yang, chief campus operations officer at Foxconn, said the company began moving abroad more than a decade ago as production shifted...

Friday 11 September 2026

Quantum computer development is more about national security than profits, says expert

Japanese electronics giant NEC stopped development of gate-based superconducting quantum computer hardware at the end of March 2026...

Thursday 10 September 2026

ITRI to showcase 3.2T silicon photonics and AI data center cooling

Taiwan's 2026 Innovation Technology Expo will run from September 17 to 19 at Taipei World Trade Center Hall 1. The Ministry of Economic Affairs Industrial Development Administration...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Taiwan pushes smart health care partnerships at Singapore medical trade show

Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council recently led hospitals and smart health care companies to Singapore for Medical Fair Asia 2026, the largest and most influential health...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Taiwan EV charging operators face profit squeeze despite rapid network expansion

Taiwan's EV charging industry remains in a fiercely competitive, fragmented phase, according to Blockcert chairman Chang Chung-I. While charging stations may appear to offer an unattended...

Thursday 10 September 2026

MicroIP lands NT$630 million AI smart-building contract in northern Taiwan

MicroIP said on Sept. 10 that it secured a systems integration contract worth about NT$630 million for a major AI smart residential project in northern Taiwan. The agreement is expected...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Samsung pushes into display-equipped smart glasses as Meta leads market

Samsung Electronics has begun developing its first smart glasses with an in-lens display, asking Samsung Display in August to develop a microdisplay that meets requirements for form...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Taiwan quantum leap expands scope to drug and finance

Taiwan's five-year National Quantum Team program is set to conclude in December 2026, and the government's second-stage quantum research initiative will begin in January 2027. The...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Navigating economies of scale: how South Korea and China are reshaping the OLED market

Economies of scale occur when a company's average cost per unit falls as overall production volume increases. In the competitive display industry, reaching this state relies on either...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Shinkong Synthetic Fibers partners with Earthbook, Jedsy to tap Taiwan's medical drone logistics market

Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation (SSFC) is stepping into Taiwan's emerging low-altitude economy, partnering with Taiwan-based drone-data and AI platform Earthbook and Swiss medical...

Thursday 10 September 2026

AUO matching glass substrate size stokes TSMC collab speculation

AUO is accelerating its transformation by extending its established large-format panel manufacturing capabilities into advanced semiconductor packaging.

Thursday 10 September 2026

Taiwan nuclear drill simulates drone attack, drawing on Ukraine war lessons

Taiwan is planning to deploy drone detection and countermeasure systems at nuclear power plants and other critical infrastructure to strengthen its ability to respond to security threats...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Europe's BEV running costs now 33% below ICE

Daily operating and maintenance costs for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in Europe are now 33% lower per kilometer than those for comparable internal combustion engine (ICE) cars,...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Elmos locks in SK keyfoundry wafer supply through 2037 as 8-inch capacity tightens

Germany's Elmos Semiconductor has secured wafer capacity from South Korea's SK keyfoundry through 2037, expanding an 18-year manufacturing...

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