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Huawei’s Aito M9 turns the luxury SUV into a rolling AI platform
In aerodynamics, the Aito M9 underwent more than 100 engineering refinements, achieving a drag coefficient of just 0.249 Cd — among the lowest ever recorded for a full-size sport utility vehicle.
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May
Taiwan Mobile sets sights on NT$1 trillion revenue as AI and enterprise services drive growth
Taiwan Mobile outlined plans to pursue a NT$1 trillion (US$31.88 billion) revenue target as it shifts emphasis to AI, enterprise services, and new technology businesses, executives said after the company’s shareholders’ meeting on May 29. Shareholders approved the 2025 financial report and a cash dividend of about NT$4.8 per share, while leadership framed the push into AI-enabled enterprise solutions as the next stage of growth.
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May
Winbond accelerates custom memory transition
Winbond Chairman Arthur Chiao said market sentiment in the second half of 2026 would carry the strong momentum seen in the first half, with the overall market remaining in a supply shortage. He expects the current shortage will be difficult to ease in the near term, and said capacity constraints might not be resolved until the second half of 2027.
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May
Pentagon funding talks put US drone startups on wartime footing
The Trump administration is in talks to provide funding to several US drone companies, in a move that would mark a stronger federal push to expand domestic drone manufacturing and reduce the cost of battlefield systems that have become central to modern warfare.
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May
60% of smart factories underperform as South Korea expert eyes tacit knowledge for manufacturing AX
South Korea is treating AI transformation as a future test of manufacturing competitiveness. The challenge now is not only installing smart systems, but converting frontline workers’ tacit knowledge into standardized data that machines can use. For global industries, the outcome could shape how factories raise quality, productivity, and resilience.
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AI demand and chip investment lift Taiwan exports and business outlook
Taiwan’s economic outlook improved in April 2026 as rising AI demand and receding Middle East geopolitical risks boosted manufacturers’ business sentiment, the National Development Council (NDC) said on May 28. The council reported gains in both its leading and coincident business climate indicators, signaling steady growth momentum for the island’s export-oriented economy.
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May
Silicon Motion lays out AI-focused storage roadmap for edge, enterprise and automotive
Silicon Motion Technology (SMI) has released a portfolio of AI-optimized storage controllers and products ahead of Ccmputex 2026, targeting edge inference, AI PCs, enterprise AI infrastructure and automotive AI systems. The company said it will demonstrate new Edge SSD controllers, embedded UFS and eMMC controllers, enterprise NVMe solutions and automotive-grade storage aimed at improving data movement, latency and sustained workload performance for AI deployments.
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Yageo eyes AI liquid-cooling dealmaking, targets protection components
Yageo chairman Pierre Chen, who has become Taiwan’s richest man, reiterated at the company’s recent shareholders meeting that the group will not sit out opportunities in the AI applications market. He said Yageo will continue its long-running merger-and-acquisition strategy to drive transformation, raise product technology levels, and expand its full-spectrum integrated solutions.
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Nvidia, Microsoft and Arm hint at ‘new era of PC’ ahead of Computex
Nvidia, Microsoft and Arm posted identical messages on X on Friday, each displaying the words “A New Era of PC” alongside the geographic coordinates of Taipei — a coordinated tease that has sent the market speculating about what the three companies plan to announce at Computex 2026, which opens next week.