
Google to Roll Out Two AI Chips a Year and Expand Taiwan Hub
The search giant will expand its research and development footprint in Taiwan by 60 per cent to support a faster custom silicon release cadence.
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The search giant will expand its research and development footprint in Taiwan by 60 per cent to support a faster custom silicon release cadence.

Hardware head John Ternus will take the helm of the US$4.5 trillion company as Tim Cook transitions to executive chairman after 15 years leading Apple.

The Chinese display maker claims its South Korean rival undercut prices by rebranding standard LED screens to win back lost US market share.

The administration plans to back 10 national AI projects next year while building local computing capacity of 10,000 GPUs through private investment.

Regional spending on store and warehouse automation is expanding at a 13.8 percent annual rate, outpacing the global average as merchants counter rising wage costs.

The manufacturing contract covers Xiaomi’s flagship Xring O3 mobile processor alongside custom silicon for autonomous driving and consumer AI devices.

A delegation of Canadian hardware and software specialists pitched proprietary design, metrology and lithography tools to Taiwanese manufacturers ahead of SEMICON Taiwan.

Foldable handset shipments hit 190,000 units in the first quarter of 2026, posting triple-digit annual growth despite a flat broader market.

Private-label brand Transform-U surged to eight per cent of total sales as the personal grooming specialist expanded its store footprint to 127 locations.

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Kumamoto and severe flooding in Chiba prompted the Cabinet Office to flag supply chain risks while keeping consumer spending estimates steady.

Prosecutors seized 56 advanced units in Taipei while illicit shipments generated over $21.2 million through routing hubs in Japan and Indonesia.

Tech Mahindra will integrate Rezolve Ai’s Brain Suite across 1,100 enterprise clients in 90 countries to automate product discovery and digital checkout.

Beijing released draft rules requiring over 100 domestic firms to adopt new neural interface benchmarks as it prepares consumer and medical hardware for commercial rollout.

The Consumer Technology Association brings its regional preview platform to South Korea alongside the country’s flagship electronics expo.

Foreign funds offloaded 3.69 trillion won in Seoul shares as Samsung’s delayed payout timetable triggered an 8.70 per cent stock slide.

Regional device data shows Apple holding a 21.16 per cent share while Chinese vendors drive high volume sales through social commerce platforms.
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