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2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
Huawei's Tau Law proposal is rapidly redirecting attention across China's semiconductor industry away from pure lithography competition and toward advanced packaging, 3D stacking, optical interconnects, and system-level architecture design.
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is scheduled to hold a company-wide communication meeting on the morning of May 27, during which chairman C.C. Wei is expected to explain in person the latest employee bonus policy, following online backlash over reports that the company will cut employee bonuses by 15%.
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
Samsung Electronics' tentative 2026 wage agreement has cleared a union vote with 73.7% approval, moving a months-long labor dispute closer to settlement while exposing a deeper divide between workers in the company's chip and consumer electronics businesses, according to Korean media reports.
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
SK Hynix has unveiled a new high-bandwidth memory technology designed to reduce heat buildup in next-generation AI systems, as rising computing density turns thermal management into a more critical front for HBM suppliers.
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
The world's largest chip designers are steadily growing more bullish on the future of cloud artificial intelligence (AI) chips known as ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits) — a market increasingly seen as the next major battleground in the global AI boom.
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who is visiting Taiwan for two weeks, stated that the island's manufacturing sector is developing rapidly and needs more electricity.
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
Nvidia held an "employee town hall" on the morning of May 27 at the T17 and T18 sites in Beitou-Shilin Technology Park (BSTP), where CEO Jensen Huang met staff, gave away Dom Pérignon, and framed Taiwan as central to the company's AI expansion. Taipei Mayor Wayne Chiang attended only as a "guest."
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
Qualcomm has reached a deal to supply AI data center chips to ByteDance, giving the US smartphone processor designer a potentially high-volume customer as it tries to expand into AI infrastructure and custom silicon.
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
China has formally brought AI chips into its national security and reliability evaluation framework for the first time, marking a further expansion of the country's Information Technology Application Innovation procurement policy into AI computing infrastructure.
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
Transcend announced it will exhibit enterprise solid-state drives, DDR5 7200 memory, and embedded camera modules at COMPUTEX 2026 in the Storage and Management Solutions area, saying the showcase will demonstrate integrated capabilities in AI computing storage, high-speed transmission, and reliable data processing. The firm highlighted that as AI expands to endpoint applications, performance and s
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
WinWay Technology's orders are already booked out five to six months in advance, says company Chairman Mark Wang. He expects new production capacity coming online at the company's Kaohsiung facilities to gradually ease supply shortages and help drive record monthly and quarterly revenue growth throughout the second half of 2026.
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
The agreement between Qualcomm and ByteDance positions the former for large-scale AI ASIC demand from the latter, as reported by Bloomberg, but market viability remains uncertain amid intense AI chip competition, evolving China procurement preferences, and regulatory pressures affecting cross-border semiconductor adoption.
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
Taiwan-based Daxin Materials posted stronger revenue and profitability in 2025 as rapid growth in semiconductor materials offset a still-cautious display market recovery, with AI- and HPC-driven demand emerging as the company's primary growth engine.
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
Printed circuit board (PCB) drill bit manufacturer Topoint Technology approved a private placement of unsecured convertible corporate bonds with a maximum issuance amount of NT$600 million (approx. US$19.10 million) at its shareholders' meeting on May 26. The company also welcomed Unimicron Technology, Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE), and Zhen Ding Technology Group (ZDT) as strategic investors.
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
Kinpo Electronics outlined its 2026 core strategy at a shareholders' meeting on May 25, centering on "bearing fruit" as it builds on years of product-mix adjustments, expands into AI-related products, and accelerates its shift toward an ODM model.
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
First Micron, then SK Hynix, join the trillion-dollar club, capping an extraordinary repricing of an industry once dismissed as a commodity play. The milestone is more than a valuation story: it crystallizes a structural debate about whether AI has permanently transformed memory's earnings profile, a bubble concern as Chinese rivals ramp capacity, and a sharpening geopolitical contest over who con
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
US efforts to rebuild its semiconductor supply chain are exposing a critical gap in domestic packaging and testing capacity, a bottleneck that industry sources expect to ease only after 2028 as the US OSAT ecosystem gradually takes shape.
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
Wah Lee Industrial said it has formally moved into investments in standard gases and other supplies needed by wafer fabs, with its Tainan logistics center set to open in the second half of 2026 to support future growth. Chairman Gary Chang also confirmed that the company will pass on higher costs for semiconductor and PCB products quarterly as raw material prices climb.
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
Computex 2026 is set to officially open in Taipei, and Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) Chairman James C.F. Huang has stated that the combined market capitalization of foreign companies participating in forums and keynote sessions at this year's event exceeds US$10 trillion. He also said that TAITRA has allocated the entire Taipei International Convention Center (TICC) exclusivel