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The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) on March 11 launched investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 against 16 major trade partners, including China, the European Union, South Korea, Japan, India, and Taiwan. Taiwan's government said the move was anticipated after the recent Supreme Court of the US ruling that struck down tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), prompting Washington to seek alternative legal mechanisms to maintain its tariff framework....

South Korea's leading battery makers showcased next-generation solid-state battery technologies at InterBattery 2026 as the industry pivots to new technologies amid slowing overall market growth. Major battery manufacturers are targeting mass production of solid-state batteries between 2027 and 2029, making product maturity and performance demonstrations the key highlights of this year's exhibition....

Facing ongoing DRAM shortages and widespread capacity constraints, chipmaker Winbond has raised the price of its 4Gb DDR3 chips to match that of equivalent DDR4 products. The company is rapidly increasing DDR4's share to 60-70% of output, with small shipments of 16nm 8Gb DDR4 already underway and sales growth expected in the second quarter of 2026....

Compound semiconductor maker Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI) reported that its indium phosphide 200G PIN products have become the company's main revenue driver as demand for optical communication rises with AI data center vertical scaling. Optical communication now represents 51.8% of sales, surpassing electronic products....

Pan-International Industrial Corp. expects double-digit revenue growth in 2026 by concentrating on AI servers and robotics as its two main growth engines, chairman Kuang-yao Lee said. The company aims to boost new business contributions and "launch a high-growth cycle." Full-year 2025 revenue, however, is expected to remain roughly flat year over year amid tariff and raw material headwinds....

M31 Technology posted a record consolidated revenue of NT$1.78 billion (US$55.94 million) for 2025, up 20.3% year on year, with the fourth quarter of 2025 delivering a new quarterly revenue high and a recovery in operating margin to 17.4%....

Recent years have seen the dawn of a new era in warfare as militaries incorporate AI technologies into their operations. With countries seeking to gain the military edge, companies like EdgeRunner AI argue that they are the next frontier in warfare, creating products better suited for battle than LLMs such as Anthropic's Claude....

AI-driven demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) is pushing Taiwanese memory suppliers toward lower-power, high-bandwidth alternatives. Nanya Technology Corp. (NTC) said its Ultra Wide I/O (UWIO) memory has begun generating revenue, with several customers entering specification design and pilot production. The company is working with more than a dozen global clients....

Taiwanese flat-panel maker Innolux is seeking buyers for its Fab 2 and Fab 5 facilities as part of a consolidation strategy aimed at addressing persistent oversupply in the display industry, chairman Jim Hung said....

The war in the Middle East has triggered the most severe disruption to Gulf aviation hubs since the Covid-19 pandemic, forcing airlines to suspend flights and reroute global travel corridors amid missile and drone attacks across the region, according to an Aviation Week podcast and international media reports....

James C. Liao, president of Academia Sinica — Taiwan's foremost government-funded research institution and the country's equivalent of a national academy of sciences — has a sobering message for an era captivated by artificial intelligence: neither human experience nor computational power can accurately forecast the future....

Nexchip has confirmed that it has raised prices for certain wafer foundry products, aligning its pricing strategy with market conditions, customer demand, and ongoing operational improvements, according to the company's March 6, 2025 investor relations briefing, released on March 9, 2025....

Flytech surpassed NT$5 billion (approx. US$160 million) in 2025 revenue while improving margins, and plans to pivot from a hardware supplier toward a solutions and services provider to pursue sustained profit margin growth....

Generative AI is rapidly reshaping the global computing industry, driving demand for advanced processors and accelerating China's push for domestic AI chips. Among the emerging players, Hygon Information Technology has become one of the most closely watched, combining rapid revenue growth with a key role in China's effort to build an independent AI computing infrastructure....

On March 12, 2026, the US Trade Representative launched investigations covering 60 economies under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 to determine whether each economy's acts, policies, and practices — related to a failure to impose and effectively enforce a ban on the importation of goods produced with forced labor — are unreasonable or discriminatory and burden or restrict US commerce....

The global AI server supply chain continues to demonstrate steady growth, according to February 2026 revenue reports from key companies in the testing, design services, and mechanical infrastructure sectors. While seasonal factors such as the Lunar New Year holiday influenced month-over-month figures, significant year-over-year surges underscore a sustained demand for high-performance computing (HPC) and AI applications....

ByteDance, the Chinese technology company best known as the owner of TikTok, is seeking to secure large amounts of advanced artificial intelligence computing power outside China, underscoring the growing geopolitical tensions surrounding the global AI chip supply chain....

The Smart City Summit & Expo and Net Zero City Expo will open next week across Taipei and Kaohsiung, maintaining a dual-city format for 2026 and expanding its focus from net zero and sustainable energy to AI-driven end-user applications....

Tesla's next-generation AI processor schedule change has disrupted Samsung Electronics' foundry timelines, delaying mass-production plans for South Korean startup DeepX's next AI accelerator by roughly six months....

APMIC announced it completed a US$7 million Series A financing round led primarily by Pasadena-based private equity fund AIPO, with participation from companies including Trend Micro....