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Tuesday 13 January 2026

WT Microelectronics and WPG post record 2025 revenues driven by AI momentum

Leading IC distributors WT Microelectronics and WPG reported strong revenue growth in 2025, fueled by robust demand from AI and data-center sectors. WT Microelectronics posted a record...

Tuesday 13 January 2026

EU plans to adjust rules on Chinese EV imports; shifts from tariffs to minimum import prices

The EU said this week that it is considering setting minimum import prices for Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs), a move that would...

Tuesday 13 January 2026

Taiwan's EMS/ODM sector ends 2025 with AI servers driving record months and reshaping the rankings

Taiwan's electronics manufacturing services (EMS) and original design manufacturing (ODM) sector closed December 2025 with a sharply bifurcated performance: AI server and cloud data-center...

Tuesday 13 January 2026

Taiwan OSAT sector posts broad 2025 revenue gains as AI testing offsets weak consumer recovery

Taiwan's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) industry closed December 2025 with a pattern that investors have increasingly come to expect: revenue growth was widespread...

Tuesday 13 January 2026

DeepSeek V4 update: Conditional memory reshapes large-model efficiency

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng has published a new paper with a research team from Peking University, outlining key technical directions for next-generation sparse large language models...

Tuesday 13 January 2026

CES 2026: Chinese humanoid robots dominate the spotlight

Humanoid robots emerged as a centerpiece of CES 2026 this week as the world's largest technology trade show pivoted from traditional consumer electronics toward the commercialization...

Tuesday 13 January 2026

CES 2026: The auto industry's AI boom meets growing doubts

The exhibition halls brimmed with visions of the future: autonomous vehicle cabins designed for emotional interaction, humanoid robots capable of perceiving their surroundings with...

Tuesday 13 January 2026

Nvidia denies requiring Chinese customers to prepay for H200 chips

Nvidia said it does not require customers to make upfront payments for its H200 artificial intelligence chips. The statement pushes back against a Reuters report claiming...

Tuesday 13 January 2026

Unprecedented AI infrastructure frenzy sparks global memory shortage, hits consumer wallets

The global race to build AI data centers has triggered an unexpected casualty: the memory supply that powers everyday consumer electronics.

Tuesday 13 January 2026

Exclusive: Behind the scenes at CES 2026, the SDV vision meets hard limits

If the main stage at CES 2026 still tried to preserve a sense of future possibility for software-defined vehicles, conversations away...

Tuesday 13 January 2026

Exclusive: EVs gain edge as computing hits ceiling in fuel vehicles

At CES 2026, the global auto industry's conversation has shifted. The focus is no longer confined to the aspirational language of software-defined...

Tuesday 13 January 2026

MediaTek nears NT$600B revenue in 2025, eyes automotive and ASIC growth in 2026

MediaTek recently announced its December 2025 and full-year revenue results. December revenue reached NT$51.266 billion (approx. US$1.6 billion), up 9.32% month-over-month and 22.99%...

Tuesday 13 January 2026

Google–Apple AI deal signals a new phase of competition beyond models

Google and Apple have entered a multiyear collaboration under which the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be built on Google's Gemini models and cloud technology. The...

Tuesday 13 January 2026

Laster Tech sees 4Q25 shipment growth, adopts strategic order approach in China

Benefiting from increased shipments of new and existing electric vehicle (EV) models, LED automotive lighting module maker Laster Tech reported consolidated revenue of NT$2.201 billion...

Tuesday 13 January 2026

Why AI robotics may not spare automakers from looming AI bubble risks

Venturing into the artificial intelligence (AI) robotics sector may seem like a way for automakers to find an alternative path in the fiercely competitive automotive market. Yet, it...

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