07
Jun
E-paper applications are moving beyond retail electronic shelf labels and e-readers into the smart mobility market. BMW’s color-changing car that features E Ink’s electrophoretic displays technology has cleared regulatory hurdles and is nearing mass production. The Taiwan-based E Ink has also teamed up with King Lung Auto Manufacturing and several other local suppliers to unveil the world’s first electric bus equipped with an e-paper display system at Computex 2026.
07
Jun
AI cooling lifts heat spreader shipments at Niching
AI-driven high-speed computing and data transmission are driving up chip performance and cooling requirements worldwide, and Niching Industrial Corp. said its acquisition of Ming June Yuan will help improve profitability as the market shifts toward larger, hotter-running chips and more advanced thermal materials.
07
Jun
Aewin pushes two-phase direct liquid cooling for high-density AI racks and gaming
Aewin announced a push into two-phase direct liquid cooling to address rising data center thermal demands as rack power consumption moves past 100kW, with demonstrations and product plans shown at COMPUTEX 2026 and a roadmap targeting commercial shipments in 2026 and scaled volume in 2027. The company positioned its two-phase direct liquid cooling, or 2P DLC, as a core element of a broader cooling stack that spans data centers to edge sites and as an infrastructure contributor to Qisda Group’s AI strategy.
07
Jun
Taiwan Mobile and GMI Cloud sign MOU to expand AI data center services into SEA and beyond
Taiwan Mobile announced at Computex 2026 that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with GMI Cloud to expand AI data center and high-end compute services across emerging markets in Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, the Americas, and Europe. The firms said the agreement aims to deliver AI data center offerings that comply with local regulations and cybersecurity standards while competing for cross-border compute business.
06
Jun
Qisda accelerates pivot into AI solutions provider
Qisda is accelerating its transformation into an AI solutions provider amid the intensifying AI race. President Cally Ko has highlighted changes to the company’s AI roadmap since taking the helm, aiming to build a full AI ecosystem spanning data centers, edge computing, and vertical applications by integrating hardware and software resources across the group.
06
Jun
Taiwan’s Altek sees growth in the emerging market for physical AI
After years of supplying camera modules for consumer electronics, Taiwanese imaging company Altek is betting its future on a different vision: helping robots, drones, and autonomous machines understand the physical world.
06
Jun
Advantech pushes ecosystem strategy as edge AI gains momentum
As artificial intelligence moves beyond cloud-based chatbots and into factories, hospitals and warehouses, industrial computing company Advantech is positioning itself at the center of what it sees as the next phase of the AI revolution: the rise of edge and physical AI.
06
Jun
AI smart glasses brand breaks Japan crowdfunding record, adds Gemini Flash 3.5 and enters Australia
China-based AI smart eyewear brand Rokid has accelerated its global expansion and technological roadmap, supported by a wave of momentum across its hardware and open AI ecosystem. From major software upgrades to record-breaking market demand and new regional territory launches, the company is solidifying its position at the forefront of spatial computing.
06
Jun
Phison shifts to system AI solutions with 2027 memory crunch looming
Phison Electronics CEO K.S. Pua said the company is moving beyond its roots as an IC component supplier and repositioning itself as a system solutions provider, warning that AI-driven memory shortages could become more severe in 2027 than in the second half of 2026.
06
Jun
AI demand squeezes mainstream DRAM supply as DDR5, DDR4 prices rise
DRAM prices are climbing as Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron Technology prioritize high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, for AI applications, tightening supply of mainstream DDR5 and DDR4 products used in PCs, servers, and other electronics, according to Nikkei.