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Amazon's move to acquire satellite communications operator Globalstar for approximately US$11.57 billion is widely seen as a step toward deeper consolidation in the satellite industry, while signaling a broader structural shift—from traditional broadband services toward direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity....

Despite a challenging auto market in 2026, MiTAC remains confident it can sustain double-digit growth. President Steve Chang says the company's next phase will be defined by the integration of hardware and software in the age of AI, with fleet management emerging as a central growth engine....

To more fully showcase Taiwan's role in the global mobility industry, three of its flagship trade shows—Taipei AMPA, E-Mobility Taiwan, and Autotronics Taipei—were combined in 2026 into a single platform, the 360° Mobility Mega Shows. Taiwan External Trade Development Council Chairman James C. F. Huang said Taiwan's automotive components exports have reached NT$214.6 billion, while total automotive output stands at roughly NT$500 billion (approx. US$15 billion). Only by integrating these strengths into a comprehensive ecosystem, he argued, can Taiwan expand its presence in global markets....

AI and high-performance computing (HPC) are driving increasingly stringent chip performance demands, marking a pivotal shift in advanced packaging technology from traditional wafers to large-size panels. Semiconductor equipment leader Skytech's CEO George Yi announced that its self-developed 310x310mm panel-level packaging physical vapor deposition (PLP PVD) system, a world first, has completed delivery and been successfully integrated into production lines at major OSAT firms including ASE Technology Holding....

Taiwan's networking equipment makers reported stronger-than-seasonal performance in the first quarter of 2026, supported by demand from AI data centers and upgrades to Wi-Fi 7. Accton Technology, Sercomm and WNC each posted record revenue for the period. However, rising memory prices are beginning to pressure cost structures across the sector....

As the global electronics and advanced semiconductor manufacturing sectors expand in 2026, the stability of semiconductor and electronics plant utilities systems has become critical to meeting new factory construction schedules. Kemflo Group CEO Eugene Lin pointed out that, leveraging its integrated strengths across water resources, industrial water treatment, and metal products, Kemflo is establishing itself as an indispensable high-end water treatment partner amid labor shortages in plant operations....

The second edition of GITEX AI Asia 2026 opened at Marina Bay Sands, bringing together participants from more than 110 countries, as industry focus shifts from artificial intelligence model development to large-scale deployment....

Worker protests broke out in mid-April across the Noida–Greater Noida industrial belt, a major center for smartphone and electronics manufacturing, disrupting factory operations and prompting a government response. The demonstrations were concentrated in industrial zones such as Phase-2 and Sector 60, where thousands of workers gathered to demand higher wages and improved working conditions....

Optical lens giant Largan held its first quarter of 2026 earnings call on April 16, hosted by chairman En-Ping Lin. The company posted 7% year-on-year revenue growth — but headwinds are building as smartphone makers look to downgrade specifications....

Glass core substrates, valued for their low dielectric loss and warpage reduction, are key to next-generation advanced semiconductor packaging. In South Korea, traditional glass makers KCC Glass and LX Glass have entered R&D efforts to capture market opportunities....

Chinese LED giant Sanan Optoelectronics has abandoned its US$239 million bid to acquire Lumileds, the Dutch high-end LED maker, after the deal was blocked on national-security grounds by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)....

TSMC's first-quarter 2026 earnings call delivered the expected headline numbers — $35.9 billion in revenue, a 66.2% gross margin, and full-year revenue growth guidance raised to above 30% in US dollar terms. The financial story was strong and largely anticipated....

Taiwan-based startup Fortune AI will attend the Plug and Play Silicon Valley Summit in May, one of five Taiwanese startups selected for this year's cohort. Its flagship product, SAFE SWIM, uses computer vision with a large language model (LLM) backend to detect drowning risks in real time, delivered as a B2B SaaS subscription to aquatic facilities. Founder and CEO Andrew Chen spoke with DIGITIMES Asia ahead of the event, discussing the product's commercial logic, technical moat, and the realities of entering the US market....

The surge in AI data center demand is rapidly accelerating the need for high-speed data transmission, prompting LED manufacturers to target opportunities in optical communications. best-Epitaxy Manufacturing's (bEMC) CEO Evan Wu said the company has focused on data transmission since its inception and recently began proof-of-concept (POC) testing with a leading cloud service provider (CSP). Their short-distance Micro LED transmission currently reaches speeds of 4Gbps, aiming to achieve 8Gbps per chip in 2026....

The global AI boom is shifting infrastructure bottlenecks from GPUs to CPUs, as inference-heavy and agentic AI workloads push compute demands beyond accelerator capacity into system-level constraints....

Elon Musk is reportedly accelerating plans to build a vertically integrated AI chip complex, reaching out across the semiconductor supply chain in what could become one of the most ambitious attempts to reshape AI infrastructure....

Samsung Electronics has initiated a workforce restructuring through a voluntary retirement program as strong semiconductor earnings contrast with weaker profitability in its device business, according to Korean media reports....

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited, China's dominant electric vehicle battery manufacturer, is accelerating its push up the supply chain, pairing strong earnings with an aggressive expansion into upstream mining as it positions for the next phase of growth in electric vehicles and energy storage....

The 2026 International Symposium on VLSI Technology, Systems and Applications (VLSI TSA) kicked off on April 14, gathering over 800 semiconductor professionals worldwide. The conference focused on next-generation core areas including GenAI inference acceleration, wafer-level computing, and terahertz wireless communication, while also delving into quantum computer system architectures and extending the reach of semiconductors to AI-driven cardiac analysis and other smart healthcare applications....

Rising memory prices are reshaping the global smartphone market. The shift is triggering a broad slowdown and accelerating structural shifts across China's handset industry. Data from Omdia and IDC point to weakening shipments in the first quarter of 2026, with cost pressure and product strategy adjustments weighing heavily on Chinese brands, particularly Xiaomi....