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Mar
Amid a growing wave of enterprises adopting GenAI technologies, the National Center for High Performance Computing (NCHC) is showcasing national-level computing resources and AI development platforms at the AI Expo Taiwan 2026, including the Jingchuang 26 supercomputer, currently Taiwan’s highest-computing-density supercomputer, and the Taiwan AI RAP platform for accelerating enterprise AI deployment. Held this year from March 25-27 at the Yuanshan Expo Dome in Taipei, the annual AI Expo Taiwan is the premier event for Taiwan’s AI industry.
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Mar
OmniVision invests US$145 million in wafer foundry to secure chip supply
OmniVision Group said on March 20 it will invest CNY1 billion (US$145 million) in Rong Semiconductor (Ningbo) Co. (RongSemi) via a capital increase, taking a 5.88% stake based on a CNY4 billion funding round. The move targets tighter upstream integration, aiming to secure wafer capacity and improve supply chain resilience.
28
Mar
Holy Stone Enterprise expands Japan and Taiwan capacity, signaling tighter MLCC supply for AI power supplies
Holy Stone Enterprise plans to invest another NT$3 billion (US$94 million) to add a production line at its Hokkaido R&D center and expand capacity at its Yilan Lize plant in Taiwan as it targets growing demand from AI high-power power supplies.
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Mar
Arm enters AI cloud CPU market with limited impact on IC design clients
Arm has officially launched its self-developed chip platform, the Arm AGI CPU, targeting data center applications. This move confirms earlier reports that Arm is stepping beyond its traditional role as an IP supplier to develop and directly offer chip products to customers.
28
Mar
Samsung bets on turnkey strategy as non-memory strength becomes critical
Samsung Electronics is aggressively pushing its semiconductor “super-gap” core strategy centered on a turnkey solution model. However, the success of this approach hinges on restoring and rebuilding competitiveness in its non-memory businesses.
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Mar
Taiwan’s Hsinchu faces water supply issue as MOEA aims for no industrial cuts before June 2026
Taiwan’s key technology hub in Hsinchu is experiencing severe water supply tensions amid a booming memory, AI, and advanced chip manufacturing cycle. On March 26, 2026, Yuan-Peng Lin, Director-General of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Water Resources Agency, revealed that since winter 2025, western Taiwan has recorded its lowest winter rainfall in 75 years. The inflow to Hsinchu’s Baoshan reservoirs is only 77% of levels seen during the “century drought” five years ago.
28
Mar
AI tokens emerge as new workplace metric, reshaping productivity and competition
The rapid rise of artificial intelligence is transforming how companies measure productivity and reward employees, with “tokens” — the units that quantify AI model usage — increasingly serving as a new benchmark for workplace performance.
27
Mar
2026 Samsung QN80H 4K Neo QLED TVs specifications, features, and pricing for the U.S. market
27
Mar
2026 Samsung QN70H specifications, features, and prices for the U.S. market
27
Mar
SK Hynix CEO expected to meet Microsoft executive on memory supply
SK Hynix CEO Kwak Noh-jung is expected to meet Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of Cloud and AI at Microsoft, in Seoul this week to discuss memory supply, according to Maeil Business Newspaper, citing industry sources.