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Wednesday 29 April 2026

Taiwan drone exports exceed 2025 in 1Q26, with Czech Republic as top buyer

Taiwan's drone export momentum continues to surge, with first-quarter 2026 shipments already surpassing the entire 2025 annual total. The market landscape has shifted as well, with...

Wednesday 29 April 2026

American-made Fords are selling out in Taiwan — and prices are going up to match

Ford's Taiwan distributor, Ford Lio Ho, is raising prices on 2026 model-year vehicles built in the US, citing rising shipping costs and surging demand that has outpaced supply.

Wednesday 29 April 2026

Chroma Paper Award: Boosting AI Innovation and Industry-Academia Ties

Chroma ATE Inc. successfully concluded the 3rd Chroma Paper Award on March 19, marking another milestone in the company's ongoing commitment to industry-academia collaboration...

Wednesday 29 April 2026

Analysis: Taiwan's two major panel makers enter semiconductor packaging; CPO and FOPLP become key

Optical communication technology is shifting from traditional pluggable optics toward co-packaged optics (CPO) architectures. Advanced packaging technologies are extending from wafer-level...

Wednesday 29 April 2026

PCB industry urges four policy moves in Thailand expansion

Amid global supply chain restructuring, Asia's PCB industry is moving toward closer regional collaboration. Industry experts say that as southbound expansion in the PCB sector takes...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Acer's 50th anniversary focuses on talent cultivation in Taiwan

Acer is celebrating its 50th anniversary, having started in 1976 with a total capital of NT$1 million (US$31,800 in today's value). As of April 27, 2026, the broader Acer Group family...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Taiwan's 2026 exports set to top US$800 billion as AI fuels electronics surge

Taiwan's exports were forecast to surpass US$800 billion in 2026, driven by strong demand for electronic components and information and audiovisual products tied to artificial intelligence,...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Analysis: Why Tokyo Electron's China problem goes deeper than a data breach

Amid growing geopolitical tensions over the global semiconductor supply chain, what initially appeared to be an internal personnel matter is evolving into a broader case study of the...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Samsung fast-tracks Pyeongtaek fabs to turn HBM4 edge into AI memory scale

Samsung is accelerating one of its most aggressive memory capacity buildouts in years, aiming to bring its Pyeongtaek Line 4 fab, or P4,...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

New flagship launches expected to narrow Taiwan phone shipment decline in the second quarter

The Taiwan smartphone market showed resilience after the Lunar New Year peak as manufacturers introduced multiple new flagship models, and industry sources said the launches should...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Taiwan payment firm targets small merchants to push non-cash transactions past NT$10 trillion

Systex Fintech said it will focus on onboarding small merchants who currently transact in cash to help drive the island's non-cash transaction value from NT$6 trillion in 2023 toward...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Kakao Mobility launches Level 4 robotaxi, scales AI mobility platform

South Korea's leading mobility platform, Kakao Mobility is accelerating the commercial rollout of Level 4 autonomous driving, placing artificial intelligence at the center of a "physical...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

TSMC 2nm leak case results in NT$150M fine for TEL; company says no confidential data was leaked and discussions are underway

In the trade secret leak case involving TSMC's 2nm process, the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court ruled on April 27, 2026, that Tokyo Electron (TEL), the equipment supplier...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Why the AI boom still runs through Taiwan — and why that won't change

As trade tensions simmer and geopolitical flashpoints multiply, Taiwan's technology sector is holding firm. Anchored by surging AI infrastructure demand and a pivotal shift in how...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Commentary: What Amap reveals about AI navigation, data control

AI-powered navigation platforms such as China's Amap are forcing a rethink of how convenience, competition, and data governance intersect. The debate in Taiwan over Amap's near-real-time...

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