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- Applied Materials Sets Revenue Record as Taiwan Tops China in Q4
Taiwan supplied 28% of fiscal fourth-quarter revenue, while China remained the company’s largest market for fiscal 2026.
· Business
- Taiwan Puts $15 Billion Behind Stock Market as Seoul and Beijing Act
Bank of America strategist Michael Hartnett said the moves show policymakers view equities as too important to fail and help explain why few investors are shorting stocks.
· Investing
- Nvidia CEO Exit Raises Questions Over Future Chip Capacity Plans
CFO Colette Kress is serving as interim CEO while the board searches for a successor. Taiwan’s benchmark Taiex rose 2.72%.
· Business
- Wistron Sets Profit Record as Quarterly Revenue Tops NT$1 Trillion
Third-quarter net income reached NT$18.402 billion, while gross margin was 5.9%, below the company’s approximate 6% to 8% range over the past four years.
· Business
- 南亞 Approves Glass-Fiber Plant With 100 Million-Meter Annual Capacity
The plant will focus on thin and ultrathin cloth for high-end copper-clad laminates and printed circuit boards. 南亞 also approved NT$800 million for subsidiary 台灣必成 to expand specialty yarn capacity.
· Business
- TSMC Allocates Nearly Half of $40.9 Billion Budget to Advanced-Process Equipment
The authorization of about $40.927 billion was 2.7 times the November 2025 approval. Four capital-budget approvals in 2026 total about $146.6 billion.
· Business
- AMD Completes Panel-Level EFB Validation and Targets 2027 CPU Production
Venice will use TSMC’s N2 process and CoWoS-L packaging, while SP8 is expected in the first half of 2027.
· Business
- Taiwan Suppliers Forecast to Ship 88.9% of Servers in Q4
Quanta’s share could reach 25% as Meta’s new systems enter volume production. Global shipments are forecast to rise 5.5% to 4.89 million units.
· Business
- Nvidia’s Taiwan Supply Risk Draws Focus After Huang-Shoquist Account
Stephen Witt’s book describes an Nvidia operations executive being asked to set aside a specific Taiwan or TSMC disruption scenario. Nvidia separately warns that geopolitical conflict and supplier concentration may af…
· Business
- TSMC Board Approves Up to $500 Million to Form Investment Company
The company will make strategic investments in semiconductors and the related ecosystem.
· Business
- Tong Hsing Proposes S$76.71 Million Buyout of Taiwan-Based, Singapore-Listed GTC
The S$2.30-per-share offer carries a 129.31% premium to GTC’s volume-weighted average share price for the month before trading was suspended. Its testing operations are in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
· Business
- TSMC Revenue Climbs 59.7% to NT$586.89 Billion in October
Revenue also rose 14.7% from September. Sales from January through October totaled NT$4.485 trillion, up 43.3% from the same period last year.
· Business
- Yankey Engineering Sets Backlog Record at NT$57.1 Billion
The Taiwan-based contractor expects revenue from its subcontract for a second wafer fab in Kumamoto, Japan, to begin in 2027.
· Business
- Taiwanese Power-Supply Maker 台達電 Sets October Revenue Record at NT$74.666 Billion
Revenue rose 14.2% from September and 30.1% year over year. Sales for the first 10 months of 2026 reached NT$614.334 billion, up 36.3%.
· Business
- Taiwan Index Futures Jump 1,064 Points as U.S. Semiconductor Shares Rebound
The S&P 500 rose 2.35% and the Nasdaq 2.74%, while foreign investors’ net-selling streak in Taiwan stocks reached eight sessions.
· Investing
- China Deploys More Than 100 Vessels Across Western Pacific
The forces span waters between Taiwan and Guam and include a closer group of naval and coast guard ships around the island.
· Regulation
- Taiwan Stocks Rally Nearly 5% as TSMC Leads Semiconductor Gains
The index climbed as much as 6.6% intraday, while Japan rose and South Korea fell.
· Investing
- Taiwan Plans Short-Sale Limits After Benchmark Index Plunges 9%
The short-sale cap begins Nov. 9, while Taiwan's finance ministry is preparing a stabilization fund worth about $15 billion.
· Investing
- Taiwan Will Limit Short Sales After AI Selloff Pushes Stocks Into Bear Market
A 3% cap on sales of borrowed shares takes effect Nov. 9, as officials prepare to deploy a 500 billion New Taiwan dollar ($15 billion) stabilization fund.
· Investing
- Taiwan Authorizes 10th Fund Intervention and Cuts Short-Sale Cap to 3%
The fund can deploy up to NT$500 billion after a sharp market drop. New short-selling limits take effect Nov. 9.
· Regulation
- Taiwan Authorizes Up to NT$500 Billion in Its 10th Market Intervention
Taiwan's market fell 12.19% in the week ended Nov. 6. New short-selling curbs take effect Nov. 9.
· Investing
- Taoyuan Union Seeks Taichung Members to Reopen Micron Talks
The group wants to build a larger union, overturn an existing agreement with Micron’s Taichung union and negotiate anew.
· Business
- Taiwan FSC Plans Market Measures After Record Intraday Point Drop
Taiwan’s benchmark index rebounded above 40,000 by 9:50 p.m. ET Thursday, but the FSC had not detailed its response or confirmed short-selling restrictions.
· Regulation
- Micron Pauses Work on $3 Billion to $4.5 Billion Taoyuan Plant
The Taiwan site was slated to produce high-bandwidth memory and DRAM from 2028; Micron says its existing operations there remain normal.
· Business
- UMC's October 2026 Sales Rise 18.3% to NT$25.19 Billion
UMC’s January-October net sales totaled NT$229.21 billion, up 16.33% from a year earlier.
· Business
- Taiwan Solar Firms Expand U.S. Capacity With Two One-Gigawatt Projects
碩禾 began mass production on its second phase in October. A separate module plant planned by 聯合再生 and 中美晶 is expected to start production in 2027.
· Business
- Gate Plans 10 Stock Perpetuals, Including Six Taiwan-Linked Contracts
Trading is scheduled for 1 a.m. ET Thursday, Nov. 5 (06:00 UTC), with USDT settlement and leverage of up to 20x.
· Investing
- MEXC Reports Stock Futures Volume Gains of Up to 483% in July and August
More than 460 stock, index and ETF futures spanned six markets, while MEXC’s August event generated more than $50 billion in combined trading.
· Investing
- Fire at Panasonic's Hukou Plant No. 3 Injures Five, Leaves Two Missing
Analyst kokycpcb outlined possible shifts to 台光電 (2383) for M8 and higher CCL and 南亞塑膠 (1303) for M6 and M7, but no customer transfers are confirmed.
· Business
- Taiwan Chipmaker Approves NT$73.16 Billion Kaohsiung Fab Expansion
It plans phased investment starting in November and approved a NT$2-per-share cash dividend totaling about NT$9.44 billion.
· Business
- TSMC Prices NT$14.8 Billion Green Bond Sale for Environmental Spending
The five-year bonds carry a 2.30% coupon and the 10-year bonds a 2.42% coupon, both higher than comparable rates in TSMC’s July sale.
· Business
- Taiwan Proposes NT$300 Million Capital Floor for Nonbank Stablecoin Issuers
The draft would limit eligible stablecoins to tokens pegged one-to-one to the New Taiwan dollar or a single foreign currency.
· Regulation
- Taiwan Unveils Draft Crypto Rules With NT$100 Million Platform Capital Floor
Crypto lenders would need at least NT$200 million in paid-in capital. Banks already providing crypto custody could initially offer four types of virtual-asset services.
· Regulation
- Taiwan Manufacturing PMI Slips to 62.5 as Substrate Supply Tightens
The October readings, released Nov. 2, remained above the 50 mark. An institute official said AI server demand is strong despite component constraints.
· Business
- Taiwan Targets 2027 Development Start for New Park in Tainan Science Park System
The planned park would support preparations for a future wafer fab, but the council chairman did not name TSMC in the reported remarks.
· Technology
- South Korea’s KOSPI Falls 4% as Asian Stocks Come Under Pressure
Taiwan’s index fell 3%, while Japan and mainland China posted losses below 1%.
· Investing
- Taiwan Wafer Makers Move Toward First Price Increases in Three Years
Some orders planned for early 2027 began shipping about a quarter ahead of schedule. 徐秀蘭 expects double-digit growth for the global silicon wafer industry over the next two years.
· Business
- Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association Forecasts 41% Output Growth
Chairman 侯永清 forecast member output above NT$9.1 trillion in 2026. TSIA’s board backed a government review of nuclear plant restarts subject to legal and safety conditions.
· Business
- AUO Posts NT$2.37 Billion Q3 Operating Loss as Display Technology Revenue Falls 11%
The board approved a NT$38.8 billion sale of a Taichung factory to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., with an estimated disposal gain of NT$18.5 billion.
· Business
- TSMC Expands AP7, AP8 as CoWoS Capacity Remains Tight
Two factories beside TSMC’s Fab 15 are linked to a potential purchase for more than NT$20 billion. The transaction remains unconfirmed.
· Business