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Friday 7 November 2025
AWS pledges US$9 billion for AI expansion in South Korea, eyeing agentic AI leadership
Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Matt Garman has announced an additional US$5 billion investment in South Korea, bringing AWS's total commitment to US$9 billion to expand AI data centers...
Friday 7 November 2025
Trump's trade policies trigger Taiwan's US$400 billion US investment surge
Amid US President Donald Trump's tariff threats and new incentives under the US "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," foreign companies are increasingly planning major investments in the...
Friday 7 November 2025
Foxconn expects 4Q25 growth as AI servers, ICT products drive demand
Leading electronics contract manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) reported October 2025 revenue of NT$895.71 billion (US$28.99 billion), up 7% sequentially and 11.29%...
Friday 7 November 2025
CHT Security posts record revenue, profit in 3Q25 with growth across three key margins
Taiwanese cybersecurity firm CHT Security announced its operational results for the third quarter of 2025 on November 5. Both revenue and profit reached new highs, with quarterly...
Thursday 6 November 2025
European tier 1 and Japanese automakers sound alarms over Nexperia chip crisis
From late October to early November 2025, geopolitical tensions surrounding Dutch chipmaker Nexperia led to a chip shortage that affected European Tier 1 suppliers and Japanese automakers,...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Winbond's DRAM bit supply to double as structural shortage extends through 2027
Continuous upgrades in memory technology have created a structural imbalance in supply and demand. Nevertheless, memory supplier Winbond Electronics delivered strong earnings in the...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Samsung's HBM4 yields surge toward Nvidia certification, SK Hynix keeps edge
Nvidia's evaluation of sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) has sparked a fierce contest among suppliers. ETNews reports that the company plans to finish testing...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Nintendo lifts FY25 forecast as Switch 2 sales surge, but hardware margins drag operating profit
Nintendo has revised its sales forecast for the Switch 2 console for fiscal year 2025 (April 2025 to March 2026), projecting significantly higher overall performance. However, because...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Commentary: Is Trump's Blackwell ban handing China the AI chip crown on a platter?
Since US President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, his administration has escalated technology export restrictions with unprecedented aggression. Beyond raising overseas...
Thursday 6 November 2025
China eases trade curbs on US optical fibers, suspends entity restrictions
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced on November 5, 2025, that, effective November 10, 2025, it will end anti-circumvention measures on certain cut-off shifted single-mode optical...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Advantech maintains strong 3Q25 performance despite rising raw material costs
Advantech, a leading industrial PC manufacturer, reported steady growth in the third quarter of 2025 despite experiencing a slight decline in gross margin caused by rising raw material...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Advantech says tight DDR4 supply and rising SSD prices squeeze industrial PC margins
Global memory supply constraints continue to pressure the industrial PC (IPC) market, with Taiwanese technology company Advantech Co. reporting that tight DDR4 memory availability...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Inventec notebook shipments fall 15.79% in October amid seasonal slowdown
Inventec reported a 15.79% month-on-month decline in notebook shipments to 1.6 million units in October 2025, largely attributed to a high base effect from the end of the third quarter...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Android momentum lifts Qualcomm as Apple dependence fades
Qualcomm's QCT business continued to drive the company's growth in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, fueled by rising demand for premium Android smartphones and expanding content...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Tax shock slams Qualcomm’s profit, but chips keep humming into 2026
Qualcomm ended fiscal 2025 with solid revenue growth but saw profits tumble due to a one-time US$5.7 billion non-cash tax charge linked to new US tax legislation. Despite the hit,...