StratIQ Bureau: Taipei

Wen-Liang Chu

Technology correspondent

Wen-Liang Chu reports on semiconductors, compute supply and the industrial policy around both. He has covered the fab cycle through three downturns.

Coverage Beats:SemiconductorsComputeIndustrial policy

Dispatches by Wen-Liang Chu

8 Stories

EXCLUSIVE

The board greenlights a second mega-fab in Taichung to meet surging demand for custom hyperscaler accelerators and automotive compute.

EXCLUSIVE

Hardware-accelerated edge gateways undercut cloud compute tariffs as industrial automation demands sub-10ms response latency.

REVIEW

Uncompromising turn-based systems, intricate faction politics, and handcrafted procedural environments set a new genre standard.

REVIEW

We benchmarked the latest wave of x86 and ARM portable systems across thermal efficiency, display luminance, and real-world travel endurance.

DISPATCH

Laser cross-links establish 100Gbps orbital backbone, bypassing ground station latency in polar shipping lanes.

ANALYSIS

Publishers scramble to reform revenue-sharing covenants as high entry buy-ins collide with declining sponsorship yields.

ANALYSIS

A twenty-institution coalition introduces reproducible benchmarks for measuring autonomous code execution and security vulnerabilities.

INVESTIGATION

Global maritime operators face six-week mobilization delays as geotechnical repair vessels remain booked through winter.