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Friday 5 December 2025
BOE reportedly secures Apple's budget iPhone display order
China's BOE Technology has reportedly secured the largest share of display orders for Apple Inc.'s upcoming budget model, the iPhone 17e, even as South Korean rivals Samsung Display...
Thursday 4 December 2025
Tera Auto Tech eyes military and AI growth, optimistic for 2026
Tera Auto Tech held an online earnings call on December 3, 2025, with its management team expressing confidence in two major growth drivers. As Taiwan's defense budget increases annually,...
Friday 28 November 2025
Chinese smartphone makers face cost pressures, plan product cuts or price hikes
Amid surging demand from artificial intelligence (AI) servers and high-end personal computers, prices of DRAM and LPDDR5 memory have soared, placing heavy cost pressures on budget...
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Taiwan unveils US$40B defense boost to accelerate kill chain capabilities and secure key supply chains
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te Lai has proposed an additional NT$1.25 trillion (US$40 billion) defense budget to accelerate asymmetric warfare development, expand AI-enabled kill...
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Taiwan boosts 2026 budget for 5 trusted industries, semiconductors and AI in spotlight
National Development Council (NDC) minister Chun-Hsien Yeh has pointed out that shifting global geopolitical risks are disrupting supply chains. To adapt, Taiwan aims to seize the...
Wednesday 5 November 2025
Apple's first budget MacBook powered by iPhone chip, set for 2026
Apple Inc. is gearing up to enter the low-cost laptop market for the first time, developing a budget Mac designed to compete with Chromebooks and entry-level Windows PCs. Targeted...
Sunday 2 November 2025
Research Insight: LiDAR goes mainstream as prices plunge and China tightens grip on market

Once reserved for luxury autonomous vehicles, LiDAR technology is rapidly making its way into midrange and even budget car models as...

Tuesday 28 October 2025
Winbond boosts memory production capex over fivefold amid tight supply
Taiwan-based memory manufacturer Winbond Electronics Corp. has approved a capex budget of NT$35.509 billion (US$1.16 billion) to restructure its memory production capacity in response...
Tuesday 21 October 2025
China challenges India's local-content incentives in EV and battery sectors at WTO
China has filed a formal complaint at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against India over a series of incentive programs that Beijing says unfairly favor domestic goods over imports...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
ITRI targets AI chiplet and SiPh in 2026 semiconductor R&D push
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has approved a NT$160 million (US$5.27 million) allocation from a contingency fund to support the Industrial Technology Research Institute...
Friday 3 October 2025
US government shutdown stalls auto industry momentum
A breakdown in congressional budget negotiations has led to the US government to shut down, plunging the administrative system to a standstill. During the shutdown, key regulatory,...
Friday 26 September 2025
Taiwan struggles to attract Indian tech talent despite semiconductor ambitions
The Indian government is advancing a Swadeshi movement—a self-reliance initiative—with a budget allocation of INR760 billion (approximately US$8.621 billion) to build...
Thursday 25 September 2025
Taiwan unveils four-step strategy to strengthen anti-drone defenses
Taiwan is launching a major push to acquire more than 600 anti-drone systems with a budget of roughly NT$16 billion (US$529 million). This plan has turned a recent Taipei defense...
Sunday 21 September 2025
Zyxel subsidiary ZyFlex launches reusable hard-kill drones
Zyxel Group chairman Shun-I Chu stated that the government's commitment to increasing the defense budget is correct, and he hopes procurement will truly implement defense autonomy...
Friday 19 September 2025
Taiwan to launch US$180M investment in domestic rocket program

Taiwan's Legislative Yuan is set to open its new session on September 19, with top priority given to reviewing the central government's...