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Wednesday 30 September 2026

AI boom strains PCB supply chain as materials, equipment shortages persist into 2027

Rapid growth in AI server and high-speed networking demand since the second half of 2025 has tightened supply across printed circuit boards (PCBs), integrated circuit (IC) substrates,...

Wednesday 30 September 2026

Powering Next-Gen AI: Materials Enabling Advanced Packaging's Future

As artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) drive unprecedented demands on semiconductor performance, materials are playing an increasingly critical...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Amazon buys NT$1.59 billion stake in one of its Taiwanese AI server suppliers

Amazon will take an equity stake in Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE), a Taiwanese maker of printed circuit boards (PCBs) for AI servers and network switches. GCE's board approved the...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Mercedes-Benz and ProLogium expand solid-state battery testing partnership

ProLogium Technology said it has signed a joint testing agreement with Mercedes-Benz, giving the automaker priority access to evaluate the battery maker's latest Gen4 cells. The companies...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

SoftBank subsidiary Saimemory taps Shinko to bring ZAM closer to commercialization

Saimemory, a SoftBank subsidiary, has brought Shinko Electric Industries into its effort to commercialize Z-Angle Memory (ZAM), adding packaging-substrate, high-density integration...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

In global semiconductor race, Singapore bets on critical, mature technologies

Amid the ongoing restructuring of the global semiconductor supply chain, Singapore is focusing on advanced packaging, heterogeneous integration, silicon photonics, and optical interconnects,...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Samsung reshuffles DRAM roadmap, prioritizing B1b hybrid bonding for D0a, HBM5

Samsung Electronics is reshaping its next-generation dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) roadmap, elevating its B1b wafer-to-wafer (W2W) hybrid bonding technology from a project-specific...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Foxtron writes a new chapter in Taiwan auto history

Taiwan's auto market has faced plenty of challenges in recent years, from broader industry headwinds to continued scrutiny of domestic car production. Against that backdrop, Foxconn-backed...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Taiwan breaks ground on aerospace and drone hub, targeting 2028 completion

Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) broke ground on the Minxiong Aerospace and Drone Industrial Park on September 28, aiming to provide critical...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Column: Why Micron's US$250M venture fund is about more than HBM margins—Taiwan has a stake in it

Micron unveiled the Micron Ventures Paradigm Fund, a US$250 million venture vehicle, in mid-August 2026, as the memory maker pairs more than US$25 billion in fiscal 2026 capex with...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

South Korea AI compute squeeze hits researchers and startups

South Korea's AI sector is facing a growing GPU shortage as research institutes and small companies struggle to secure enough compute for model training and deployment. As government...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

MicroIP unveils AI drone and edge systems at Taiwan Expo USA

MicroIP Technology showcased its AI drone vertical mission system at the 2026 Taiwan Expo USA in Dallas, drawing attention from organizers and US stakeholders. The company said the...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Samsung bonus plan to lift South Korea talent race

Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions division is set to announce the calculation and payout rules for its special management performance...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

GlobalFoundries eyes GaN expansion to challenge TSMC in AI

GlobalFoundries (GF) is preparing a major global capacity expansion as TSMC is set to gradually exit gallium nitride (GaN) foundry services...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Taiwan's Brave Eagle reaches 55% domestic content, bringing 200 suppliers into aerospace

Taiwan's Brave Eagle advanced jet trainer program officially concluded its production phase in 2026, but the capabilities developed...

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