AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoAI Chip Boom: TSMC’s third-quarter revenue jumped 51% to a record, while Taiwan’s September exports hit US$87.22 billion, up 60.9% year over year, on surging AI and electronics demand. Power Pressure: With chip and AI data-center growth driving electricity needs, Taiwan is preparing to restart Maanshan nuclear plant as early as 2028; critics say it may add too little capacity and raises unresolved safety and waste concerns. Factory Watch: Micron’s Taoyuan union won authorization to strike over bonuses, a rare labor flashpoint for Taiwan’s chip industry. New Hardware: Optical communications startup iReach raised US$10.8 million, while Aehr secured about US$6 million in orders for burn-in equipment supporting a second AI-processor program at a Taiwan assembly-and-test site.
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