Taiwan’s stock exchange placed MediaTek — the chip designer behind silicon used in Samsung phones, Chromebooks, and a growing share of AI hardware — under trading restrictions from May 7 through May 20 after its market value surged past NT$5 trillion (approx. US$165 billion) on strong demand for its custom AI chips. The Financial Supervisory Commission said it would review the rules that triggered the move.

Headquartered in Singapore, MPics Innovations is staffed by several former executives from Broadcom’s isolation products division. The company has long focused on the automotive, industrial, and medical markets, known collectively as the AIM market, which demand high reliability.

Advantech reported sharply accelerated first-quarter 2026 order momentum but cautioned that tight component supply and rising material costs will constrain its near-term outlook, even as management remained optimistic about full-year 2026 visibility.

Nuvoton is seeing stronger demand for baseboard management controller (BMC) chips as AI servers drive higher requirements for remote server control and system monitoring. The company said the number of BMCs needed in a single rack has increased from 80 to 120, reflecting the growing complexity of AI server systems.