TERAFAB? The main principle is that the fab has to be run by TSMC, whether it is similar to its Japan or Europe model, company chief executive officer C.C. Wei said
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) yesterday said it is in discussions with a customer to secure wafer capacity supply in Texas, potentially extending its US manufacturing footprint beyond Arizona to satisfy surging demand from customers for artificial intelligence (AI) chips. “Recent
EAST OF GUAM: Tropical Storm Champi is forecast to strengthen into a typhoon, but its effect on Taiwan is uncertain due to the presence of a high-pressure system
Tropical Storm Champi formed yesterday and has the potential to increase in strength, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday.Forecasters are closely monitoring a Pacific high-pressure system that would dictate whether the storm turns north or moves toward Taiwan next week, the CWA s
E-cigarettes collected at anonymous disposal points had reached 633kg since the scheme began on Sept. 8, equivalent to about 12,660 devices based on an average weight of 50g each, the Health Promotion Agency (HPA) said yesterday.The six special municipalities accounted for about 70 percent of the to
The US is considering using its biggest non-nuclear bomb against Iran if US President Donald Trump should decide to renew combat in the war that has hit a deadlock, CNN reported early yesterday.The military is planning for the potential use of the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb — be
Venezuela’s interim government on Wednesday began a third round of talks with opposition representatives on a democratic transition, a senior US Department of State official said.The US-sponsored talks on transitioning from the rule of ousted former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro began in Augus
Sanctions imposed by China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) on a firm owned by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Puma Shen’s (沈伯洋) father are an egregious attempt to pressure Taiwanese society and interfere with Taiwan’s democratic elections, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said yesterda
PIPELINE PROJECT: Although there has been no word on a binding purchase agreement being signed, deliveries to Taiwan might begin in 2032, officials said
Progress is being made in talks to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from an Alaskan project, with Taiwan considering an investment of up to US$4.4 billion, the government said yesterday after US President Donald Trump on Tuesday told a rally in the US state that Taiwan would buy 30 percent of the pro
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that oil, gas and mineral exploration was preparing to begin in Greenland, while he hailed the arctic island’s position for US and European security.Washington this year signed a security deal with the leaders of Greenland and Denmark. Greenland is an autono
MAYOR’S SONGSHAN PLANS: Ministers said that it might not be feasible to build high-tech facilities at the airport site if it is removed and there are logistical concerns
Any plans to remove Taipei International Airport (Songshan airport) need to be carefully assessed, government officials said yesterday, adding that international artificial intelligence (AI) firms might not find the site ideal for building computing centers.Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) on Thursd
The US and other wealthy nations need to urgently tackle mounting global debt levels that are weighing most heavily on low-income countries and straining the global financial system, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said yesterday.US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and other US lea
BIG SURGE: Taiwan, the only economy projected to post double-digit percentage growth this year, and South Korea account for 62% of net trade in AI-related computing hardware
The IMF has sharply raised its forecast for Taiwan’s GDP growth to 10.7 percent this year, the highest projected rate in the Asia-Pacific region, amid the ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) boom.In its latest World Economic Outlook report released yesterday at its annual meetings in Bangkok, the I
RIGHT TO DIPLOMACY: Under the UN Charter, every state has the right to conduct foreign policy free from external pressure, Belize said in a statement
Belize and Paraguay on Monday condemned Beijing sanctions over their countries’ ties with Taiwan, saying China’s actions create unnecessary tensions.Earlier on Monday, Beijing announced sanctions against Paraguayan Minister of Information and Communication Technologies Gustavo Villate and Belizean M
The government is monitoring online rumors that a pneumonic plague outbreak has spread from Russia into China, and it might enhance quarantine measures, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said yesterday.During a legislative meeting, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Wang Ting-yu (王定宇) said that rumors
Hackers with links to China compromised a regional organization in Fiji, the Pacific nation’s US embassy said yesterday, warning that governments and telecommunication networks in the region were also being targeted.Fiji is emerging as a major telecommunications hub in the Pacific islands, as Google
Eleven people are missing after two merchant ships were yesterday struck by drones off Bulgaria in the latest spillover from the Ukraine war in the Black Sea.Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev summoned the Russian ambassador after drones struck a Ukrainian-owned cargo ship, while another vessel wa
DEARTH OF PERSONNEL: The Ministry of National Defense has proposed scrapping the maximum length of service for air force pilots amid a shortage of experienced pilots
Six of Taiwan’s 66 newly purchased F-16V Block 70 jets from the US have completed factory acceptance and rolled off the production line, Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo (顧立雄) said yesterday as he expressed hopes for more deliveries later this month. Two arrived at Chihhang Air Base in Ta
ALLIES TARGETED: China’s coercive tactics would only expose its unreasonable behavior and boost Taiwan’s diplomatic support, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said
Taiwan yesterday condemned China for interfering in other nations’ sovereignty and foreign policy through political coercion after Beijing sanctioned ministers from Paraguay and Belize over their diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Paraguay and Belize are two of just 12 countries to maintain formal d
Lala Mountain (拉拉山) in Taoyuan has been designated an Urban Night Sky Place by DarkSky International, becoming the first site in Taiwan and the third in Asia to receive the recognition, the city’s Department of Tourism said yesterday. The department said it was notified of the designation on Saturda
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday announced that he would have an operation “in the coming days” for a lump on his lung, saying it had been located “at a very early stage.” “During recent medical checks, a nodule on my lung was found. It has been detected at a very early stage and is very localized,” the 71-ye
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