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TSMC said Thursday it plans to sell up to 152 million common shares of Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) to institutional investors through a block trade, reducing its stake in the specialty foundry from 27.1% to approximately 19%....

Delta Electronics Chairman Ping Cheng has warned that companies failing to meet RE100 targets risk losing orders as global customers intensify demands for renewable energy compliance. His comments highlight mounting concern across Taiwan's technology sector that insufficient green power supply could become the next major constraint on the island's semiconductor and electronics industries....

AAEON Technology reported sustained demand growth and a rising book-to-bill ratio, signaling stronger momentum into the second quarter and second half of 2026. The industrial PC maker expects double-digit growth for the full year, powered increasingly by artificial intelligence across its hardware and ecosystem strategy....

Market fears over Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin platform have eased after supply-chain sources said design issues tied to a cooling architecture change have largely been resolved. Nvidia has now confirmed a mass-production plan with ODMs and key suppliers, putting development back on track and pointing to a volume ramp from the third quarter of 2026....

Biwin Storage Technology recently resubmitted its listing application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange again, with Huatai Financial Holdings acting as the sole sponsor. The Chinese memory module maker has seen a rebound in profit as demand for memory continues to rise....

Ability Enterprise has said it expects continued revenue and profit growth through 2028 as the company expands beyond traditional imaging products into AI edge computing, robotics, vision systems, and smart automation....

Samsung Electronics has reportedly begun pre-emptive production adjustments at its semiconductor facilities as its labor union sticks to a planned 18-day strike despite the company's latest offer to resume talks without conditions....

Phison and MediaTek teamed up at the recent Dimensity Developer Conference (MDDC 2026) to run a 20B large language model (LLM) on a single device using aiDAPTIV on MediaTek's Dimensity 9500 platform, marking a key breakthrough in edge AI inference....

In a move that underscores both the desperation of legacy luxury brands and the growing confidence of China's electric-vehicle (EV) industry, Huawei is reportedly in advanced talks with Maserati and JAC Motors to jointly develop a new generation of high-end EVs aimed at Europe's premium auto market....

Anthropic's decision to limit access of its advanced model, Claude Mythos, to only the US government and a circle of more than 40 Project Glasswing partners has broad implications for global users and policymakers. It signals that leading AI systems are now being treated as strategic assets, reshaping who can compete, defend, and innovate worldwide....

Taiwan's legislature recently passed the final version of a special defense budget totaling NT$780 billion (approx. US$24.75 billion), but drone-related funding was not approved. The decision has drawn attention from Taiwan's domestic drone industry, with groups including the Taiwan Defense Industry Development Association (TW-DIDA) and Taiwan National Drone Industry Association (TNDIA) issuing statements calling for continued efforts to strengthen Taiwan's democratic supply chain....

Broadcom lost its appeal in South Korea on May 13, 2026, when the Seoul High Court upheld a KRW191 billion (approx. US$130 million) fine for allegedly coercing Samsung Electronics into an unfair three-year supply contract, according to Yonhap and Seoul Economic Daily. The court dismissed challenges brought by Broadcom's US headquarters and three South Korean affiliates against the Korea Fair Trade Commission's corrective order and penalty....

US President Donald Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week has put Nvidia's stalled H200 sales in China back in focus, as Washington's export approvals have yet to translate into revenue for the AI chipmaker....

The US is signaling a shift toward constrained high-intensity competition with China, seeking to preserve technological advantage while creating mechanisms to allow limited economic engagement, according to remarks by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during the Trump-Xi summit....

Samsung Electronics' escalating labor dispute is adding fresh uncertainty to the memory market, with spot prices moving higher as South Korea's government pushes management and labor to resume talks ahead of a planned 18-day strike....

Auras Technology reported record first-quarter results and said it expects revenue and profit to grow quarter by quarter in 2026, dismissing market talk that a design tweak on Nvidia's Vera Rubin server cooling system would harm its business. The cooling-module maker posted first-quarter revenue of NT$49.038 billion (approx. US$1.56 billion), up 110.17% year-over-year, gross profit of NT$14.597 billion, up 142.15%, operating profit of NT$12.019 billion, up 175.6%, and net profit after tax of NT$7.916 billion, or NT$20.17 per share....

After the early pull-forward effect from customers began to fade, Taiwan's panel makers have started to show signs of slower operating momentum. Weaker demand for consumer electronics dragged down April revenue at AUO, Innolux, HannStar, and Giantplus....

The US has cleared around 10 Chinese companies to buy Nvidia's H200 artificial intelligence chips, but no deliveries have been made, suggesting that Washington's approval alone may not be enough to revive the company's high-end China business....

Pan-International Industrial Corp. said it recorded about NT$1.25 billion (US$39.62 million) in revenue and a small loss in the first quarter of 2026 after customers deferred shipments and copper prices rose. The company called the period its annual operating trough, announced measures to stabilize results and expected a significant recovery and a return to profitability in the second quarter....

The US is signaling a shift toward constrained high-intensity competition with China, seeking to preserve technological advantage while creating mechanisms to allow limited economic engagement, according to remarks by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during the Trump-Xi summit....