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UMC held its shareholders' meeting on May 27, with CEO Jason Wang saying that as AI applications expand rapidly, long-term semiconductor demand still has room for growth. In addition to deepening its strengths in mature and specialty processes, UMC is also advancing next-generation technologies, including a US-based 12nm FinFET platform, advanced packaging, and silicon photonics, to prepare for fu
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Yageo, one of the world's largest passive component suppliers, said demand from AI-related applications has pushed its book-to-bill ratio to 1.3, surpassing levels seen at Japanese peers, including Murata, as tightening supply across the sector continues to extend lead times.
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Hotai Motor Co. told shareholders on May 27 that Taiwan's auto market was expected to strengthen in 2026 as demand for semiconductors and AI applications supported exports and the broader economy. The company forecast the full-year vehicle market could reach 440,000 units, attributing the outlook to a stabilizing global economy, policy continuity and a pickup in replacement demand.
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South Korean semiconductor testing company QRT is expanding its equipment business with a portable chip radiation reliability testing system, aiming to build a larger presence in aerospace and defense markets.
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Marvell Technology used its first-quarter fiscal 2027 earnings call to detail accelerating progress across optical, copper, and silicon photonics-based connectivity, signaling that AI infrastructure is shifting from compute-centric bottlenecks toward networking-driven architectures. The company's expanded interconnect portfolio, new silicon photonics acquisition, and emerging scale-up switch progr
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Nvidia's new Taiwan headquarters is expected to begin construction by the end of 2026 and officially open in 2030, and CEO Jensen Huang is propagating that Taiwan "needs more electricity" to fund projects. With the AI cluster revolving around Nvidia, Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) estimates that power demand in the Beitou-Shilin Technology Park (BSTP) area will reach approximately 180MW.
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Synopsys raised its fiscal 2026 revenue target after reporting a 42% year-over-year rise in second-quarter sales, driven by continued demand for AI-related chip design tools and verification systems.
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Passive component manufacturer Yageo held its 2026 annual shareholders meeting on May 27. In a post-meeting interview, chairman Pierre Chen confirmed that the world's two largest multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) makers, Japan's Murata Manufacturing and South Korea's Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco), have recently issued price increase notices to customers and distributors.
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Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. completed its board election at the 2026 annual shareholders' meeting on May 27 as the semiconductor test interface maker prepared for rising AI chip demand and a planned capacity expansion over the next two to three years. The company announced the reappointment of four board members and the retention of three independent directors as it outlined near-term production
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On May 27, Marvell Technology reported record revenue in the fiscal first quarter of 2027 and raised its long-term outlook, citing accelerating demand for AI-related data center infrastructure, particularly in high-speed interconnect, Ethernet switching, and custom silicon solutions used in hyperscale cloud deployments.
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Synopsys reported divergent regional performance in the second quarter, with China showing sequential growth while North America and Europe declined, as demand patterns for semiconductor design tools and simulation software remained uneven across end markets.
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Huawei's "Tau (τ) Scaling Law," unveiled at ISCAS 2026 on May 25, has become a global semiconductor flashpoint, drawing scrutiny from financial institutions, media outlets, chip analysts, and research firms.
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Synopsys said the rise of agentic artificial intelligence and the integration of Ansys are creating new growth opportunities across electronic design automation (EDA) and simulation software, as semiconductor and industrial customers adopt more complex AI-driven engineering workflows.
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Nvidia's plan to launch Rubin CPX, an inference-focused graphics processing unit for its Vera Rubin platform, has become increasingly uncertain as supply-chain activity around the product appears to have stalled, according to The Elec.
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During the 2026 Europe Day Dinner, Taiwanese President Ching-te Lai referenced how coal and steel formed the foundation of peace in Europe, comparing that to how semiconductors and AI shape global prosperity and democratic security for Taiwan. He said Taiwan's semiconductor ecosystem integrates critical technologies from leading European companies, praising the nature of like-minded partners worki
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Peking University researchers have unveiled a prototype electronic design automation (EDA) tool built for "true-3D" chip design, offering a potential missing link for Huawei's LogicFolding architecture and its broader Tau (τ) Scaling Law roadmap.
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Solidigm, the enterprise storage brand under SK Hynix, announced a leadership reshuffle this spring, naming two executives as co-chief executive officers to divide responsibilities between global operations and commercial growth. One co-CEO was appointed in March 2026, and the other took office on May 1, with leadership stating the change aims to accelerate product execution and business performan
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ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China's top DRAM maker, has been cleared by China's securities regulator for its highly anticipated IPO, which could raise funds worth CNY29.5 billion (approx. US$4.4 billion) for the company. The Shanghai Stock Exchange said on May 27 that it had cleared a listing review for its STAR Board.
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What on-die visibility reveals, and why it's especially important for AI, automotive, a...