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Wednesday 12 August 2026
Zhong Yang ramps up Thailand production as drone orders shift from China

Taiwan-based optical lens maker Zhong Yang Technology is benefiting from redirected orders from Europe and the US as customers seek alternatives to China-made components,...

Wednesday 12 August 2026
Japan's US$430B 2040 chip plan hinges on Rapidus 2nm

Japan has drawn up a plan for more than JPY370 trillion (approx. US$2.33 trillion) in combined public and private investment across 17 strategic...

Wednesday 12 August 2026
OCP APAC 2026: Microsoft leans on Taiwan supply chain for 'silicon-to-systems' AI buildout

Microsoft sources roughly 70% of the hardware content in its cloud infrastructure from Taiwan and the wider Asia-Pacific region, executives...

Wednesday 12 August 2026
MediaTek, Realtek, Himax, Elan eye optical communications boom in 2027
The use of optical communications in cloud AI data-center interconnect architectures is rising sharply, and Taiwan IC design firms including MediaTek, Realtek Semiconductor, Himax...
Wednesday 12 August 2026
DB HiTek profit jumps 43% as TSMC, Samsung scale back 8-inch capacity
DB HiTek posted a 43% jump in second-quarter operating profit as tighter 8-inch foundry supply and stronger power semiconductor demand kept its fabs running near full capacity, with...
Wednesday 12 August 2026
SPIL breaks ground on NT$100B Douliu plant, targeting operations in 2028

Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), a subsidiary of ASE Technology Holding (ASEH), broke ground on a new plant in Douliu, Yunlin...

Wednesday 12 August 2026
South Korea deepens semiconductor ceramics collaboration amid chip industry expansion

South Korea is moving to reinforce its semiconductor materials and components ecosystem as chipmakers accelerate capacity expansion...

Wednesday 12 August 2026
AI server tracker: King Slide, Quanta and AIC lead July growth

July revenue trends across Taiwan's server supply chain remained broadly positive year over year, although sequential performance varied...

Wednesday 12 August 2026
Tsang Yow's semiconductor parts business drives profit growth in 2Q

Tsang Yow said its semiconductor equipment components business had become a major growth driver in July, as the Taiwan transmission-system...

Wednesday 12 August 2026
From Campus to Global R&D: Joining Phison in Malaysia

For Malaysian engineering students entering their final semesters, the transition from academia to the professional world can feel daunting. Nicholas Tan Peng Gen, a...

Wednesday 12 August 2026
Taiwan's 20-qubit superconducting quantum computer wins 2026 Future Tech Award

Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) announced the winners of its annual Future Tech Award on August 10, with the...

Wednesday 12 August 2026
Samsung weighs power subsidiary to secure semiconductor electricity by 2027
Samsung Group was reported to be considering a dedicated in-house power-procurement subsidiary to secure electricity directly for its semiconductor production facilities, with operations...
Wednesday 12 August 2026
DEEPX wins South Korean air base contract for domestic AI surveillance NPU
South Korean IC design firm DEEPX will deploy its neural processing unit in an AI perimeter surveillance system at a South Korean Air Force base. The project is the first in the country’s...
Wednesday 12 August 2026
Power, not GPUs, is now AI data centers' real bottleneck: Wistron CTO

Surging demand for AI computing is accelerating server and data center infrastructure deployment. Speaking at Delta Electronics' Sustainable...

Wednesday 12 August 2026
As renewables overtake coal, microgrids become AI's next frontier

AI-driven power demand is surging, and Delta Electronics Chairman Ping Cheng said microgrids and energy resilience are becoming the...