Foxconn held a two-day year-end outlook conference starting February 9 at its Huyue headquarters in Tucheng. The event brought together nearly 1,000 employees from Taiwan and overseas, along with dozens of chairmen, general managers, and senior executives from consolidated subsidiaries and affiliated companies to review 2025 and outline the 2026 outlook. Business group leaders also gathered to exchange operational updates and reinforce group coordination.
Taiwan's server supply chain is entering what suppliers expect to be its strongest first quarter on record. ODMs, including Quanta, Wistron, Inventec, Wiwynn, Foxconn, and MiTAC, reported high double-digit year-over-year revenue growth in January 2026, with Wistron and Wiwynn achieving triple-digit expansion. Suppliers expect first-quarter demand to remain above seasonal norms, driven by concurrent strength in AI and general-purpose servers.
Taiwanese ODM Wistron is projecting robust growth in 2026, with confidence extending beyond revenue to profitability. Jeff Lin, Wistron's president, said the company anticipates strong performance across the board. In response to concerns that Nvidia's procurement strategies might compress supply chain margins, Lin declined to comment on specific clients but emphasized that Wistron's business remains stable and its profitability intact.
Dr. Patrick Lo, Senior Fellow, Technology Development at GlobalFoundries (former Chief Technology Officer, AMF), outlined how photonic technologies are shaping the next phase of semiconductor innovation during a presentation at the third Asia Photonics Expo (APE 2026). His talk, titled "Integrated Photonics: A New Engine for Singapore's Semiconductor Innovation," focused on the role of optoelectronics in computing and communications.
EMS provider Flex reported fiscal third-quarter 2026 results that exceeded its guidance and raised its full-year forecast, citing continued strength across its diversified businesses.
Alphabet Inc. capped a historic fiscal year with a record-breaking surge in infrastructure spending, signaling an aggressive bid to cement its dominance in the artificial intelligence era.
