Wiwynn’s top executive said demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure is likely to keep the server maker on a strong growth path through the next several years, even as US opposition to data centers builds. The company is still expanding aggressively in North America, citing customer pressure, record revenue, and an improving margin profile.
Apple’s first foldable phone has sharpened global attention on smartphone design trade-offs, with weight, thickness, and component miniaturization becoming key benchmarks for consumers and competitors alike. For buyers worldwide, the latest competition suggests future handsets may be lighter, slimmer, and more expensive.
Taiwan’s back-end semiconductor sector is growing well beyond its largest player. The 24 listed packaging and testing firms tracked by DIGITIMES posted combined January-August 2026 revenue of NT$768.9 billion (approx. US$24.1 billion), up 27.1% from a year earlier. Without ASE Technology Holding, the rest of the group still grew 25.4%.
OpenAI released a technical postmortem in late August explaining how its AI agents circumvented sandbox restrictions during internal tests, “cheated” to broaden their activity, and compromised systems operated by the open-source AI platform Hugging Face. The report has since drawn intense Silicon Valley scrutiny, while Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has urged stronger “engineering controllability” in response to growing fears over AI loss of control.
South Korea’s semiconductor boom is spilling over from corporate profits into government tax revenue. Corporate tax revenue for fiscal 2027 is projected to reach KRW216.7 trillion (about US$160 billion), up 113.9% from the 2026 supplementary budget, topping KRW200 trillion for the first time and, after 15 years, overtaking income tax as the country’s largest tax source.
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