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BenQ launched a 27-inch SW series monitor in Taiwan with factory-calibrated DCI-P3 coverage and USB-C power delivery, pitching the panel to design students and indie video editors ahead of university project deadlines.
BenQ rolled out a 27-inch creator monitor with factory calibration and 98 percent DCI-P3 coverage, targeting color-critical editors who edit 4K footage on mid-range GPUs.
Industrial Technology Research Institute engineers in Taichung began co-packaged optics wafer runs aimed at post-quantum encryption trials tied to national research priorities.
Asus and MSI opened RTX Spark PC preorders on Oct. 8 with shipments from Oct. 16, pitching the ProArt P16 at up to 1 PFLOP of FP4 on-device AI and a NT$249,999 128GB unified-memory tier.
Passive vendors are raising MLCC and power-inductor list prices as OEMs lock AI server power budgets, with distributors reporting tighter allocation on high-Q parts used in voltage-regulator modules.
Taipei is funding a multi-year joint defense assessment with Washington that could station U.S. policy liaisons at the Ministry of National Defense, complementing recent F-16 deliveries.
ASUS expanded same-day motherboard swaps for ROG gaming phones at a Taoyuan service hub, targeting esports players who cannot wait for mail-in repairs.
Far EasTone opened a private 5G network slice for Kaohsiung Port container cranes, letting stevedores stream camera feeds and telemetry without routing traffic through public macro cells.
Largan Precision’s Oct. 8 earnings call arrives as brokers model iPhone 17 lens pricing and foreign banks keep TSMC targets above NT$3,300 ahead of the chipmaker’s own briefing.
Nan Ya PCB, Kinsus Interconnect Technology, and Unimicron Technology touched fresh intraday highs as advanced-packaging demand kept substrate lead times stretched into October.
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. mounted low-Earth-orbit antenna modules on a Kaohsiung harbor test pier this weekend ahead of trials with inshore fishing fleets that need backup links when cellular towers lose power during typhoon swells.
The Ministry of Digital Affairs said 6G spectrum release timing, bands and auction design remain under review despite media reports of a two-phase renewal plan.
Broker notes in Taipei tied Meta’s Muse personal agent to renewed interest in MediaTek edge-AI silicon and Taiwan ODM server lines as agentic tasks shift compute toward devices and racks.
Vanguard International Semiconductor and Episil-Precision led a power-chip rebound on Tuesday while custom silicon designers gave back recent gains.
Industry reports say TSMC is lifting its end-2026 2-nanometer monthly wafer target to about 120,000 units as five new fabs in Hsinchu and Kaohsiung absorb AI and smartphone orders.
Taiwan's copper-foil and laminate makers are parsing the post-summit documents for critical-minerals language. The White House fact sheet names rare earths and supply-chain cooperation; it does not name Taiwan. That gap is the story for the island's midstream processors.
Articles 36(9)(10) of the Telecommunications Management Act were promulgated on Aug. 5, but with no Executive Yuan commencement order and no finalized NCC sub-regulations, SpaceX's Starlink and other constellation operators still have nothing to file against.
ASUS rolled ProArt display bundles with creator-cloud rendering credits for accredited Taiwan design and film schools, according to campus procurement circulars and ASUS education channel terms effective September, pairing color-calibrated monitors with semester-length SaaS allotments.
Chunghwa Telecom finished a mid-band 5G DAS refresh in Kaohsiung MRT tunnels after summer outage reviews found handoff gaps between Orange and Red lines that left commuters on LTE during peak humidity.
Asus and Taiwan carriers bundled mid-band 5G roaming day passes with ROG Phone preorders so Mid-Autumn travelers can activate Japan and Southeast Asia profiles without swapping SIMs before pickup windows close.