Asia Tech News Digest - August 02, 2026

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1 DigiTimes Lawmakers debate wealth-sharing policies as AI-related gains push Taiwan toward K-shaped economy Taiwanese electronics companies listed on the stock exchange posted a combined 33.7% increase in pre-tax profits for 2025, outpacing the 12.86% growth for all listed companies, while their employees saw an average pay rise of 10%. However, a survey conducted by the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statisti Electronics
2 DigiTimes Pittsburgh, Switzerland experts challenge Taiwan to move beyond robotics hardware As AI shifts toward agentic and physical applications, industry observers say competition will no longer hinge on hardware manufacturing alone, but on the ability to integrate hardware and software. At this year's AI WAVE SHOW, foreign experts urged Taiwan to move beyond its role as a hardware supplier and become a key AIAutomation
3 DigiTimes ESMT posts record second-quarter profit on higher contract memory prices Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology (ESMT) reported a record second-quarter 2026 profit as contract prices rose for niche memory products, lifting results sharply from the previous quarter and a year earlier. The Taiwanese chipmaker said net income reached NT$5.908 billion, while earnings per share hit NT$2 SemiconductorElectronics

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