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Thursday 5 March 2026

Coex welcomes AW 2026, accelerating AI-driven industrial transformation

Asia's leading manufacturing AX expo, The Smart Factory + Automation World (AW) 2026, has commenced, taking place from March 4-6, 2026, at Coex in Seoul, South Korea. The event will...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Advantech optimistic about 1Q26 outlook with strong edge AI orders and B/B ratios

Industrial PC (IPC) vendor Advantech held its 2025 fourth quarter and full-year earnings conference on March 4, 2026, chaired by Chairman K.C. Liu, President Eric Chen, and President...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Anthropic reportedly reopens Pentagon AI talks after blacklist threat

Negotiations between AI startup Anthropic and the US Department of Defense have resumed after talks collapsed last week, while a leaked...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Huawei reveals 896-channel automotive LiDAR with dual-optical architecture

Huawei on March 4 unveiled what it said is the world's first mass-produced 896-channel automotive LiDAR, a sensor designed to significantly...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Elan eyes growth from AI drone modules despite PC market decline

Touch chipmaker Elan held an investor briefing on March 3, 2026, sharing a positive outlook despite challenges in the PC sector. The company noted that customers are accelerating orders...

Thursday 5 March 2026

OpenAI is reportedly developing a GitHub alternative, raising questions for the AI industry

OpenAI is developing an alternative to GitHub, Microsoft's popular code repository that lets software engineers store, share, and collaborate on computer code, according to The...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Keysight sees rising AI infrastructure test demand, order-to-ship ratio above 1

Keysight Technologies forecasts rapid growth in AI infrastructure testing and verification through 2026 as deployments expand from chip-level to cluster-scale, Taiwan chairman and...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Excellence Opto's Mexico expansion and AI orders set stage for margin improvement and supply-chain resilience

Excellence Optoelectronics reported a new monthly revenue high of NT$606 million (approx. US$19.31 million) for February 2026, a 7.38% increase from January and a 31.58% rise year-over-year,...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Pichai congratulates Google Taiwan's 20th anniversary, eyes AI era milestones

Google Taiwan marked its 20th anniversary this year, highlighting its evolution into a major hardware and AI infrastructure hub outside the company's US headquarters. At a March 4...

Thursday 5 March 2026

UMC honorary vice chairman warns US-Iran war unlikely to end quickly, urges tech sector to build Taiwan value

With military conflicts escalating in the Middle East, United Microelectronics (UMC) honorary vice chairman John Hsuan warned that global supply chains will be disrupted by war. He...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Jack Ma: AI tech evolves weekly, outpacing society's readiness

Amid the intensifying global race in generative AI, Alibaba founder Jack Ma recently appeared alongside senior executives at Hangzhou Yungu School to address the technology's rapid...

Thursday 5 March 2026

AW 2026: Asus outlines edge AI strategy for smart city deployments

ASUS IoT is redefining the urban landscape by positioning itself as the high-performance backbone for modern smart cities, using edge AI and machine...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Suzuki to acquire Kanadevia's solid-state battery business to strengthen EV technology

Suzuki Motor Corporation said it will acquire the all-solid-state lithium-ion battery business of Japanese engineering firm Kanadevia Corporation, as the automaker steps up development...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Taiwan weighs power controls for AI data centers as compute push tests grid capacity

Taiwan is exploring regulatory measures to manage the rising electricity demand from AI computing infrastructure, even as the government...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Nvidia's OpenAI bets likely capped, Huang says, with implications for other AI investors

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he does not expect the company's investment in OpenAI to reach US$100 billion and suggested the recent US$30 billion equity commitment may be the last...

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