With just two days remaining before the Legislative Yuan's 11th session adjourns on January 21, 2025, tensions are mounting over the central government's budget vote showdown. The...
As the Legislative Yuan nears the end of its current session, opposition parties have proposed significant cuts and freezes to the 2025 central government budget. At a press conference...
In recent years, the Japanese government has concentrated its semiconductor subsidy investments primarily on chip manufacturing. This includes financial support for TSMC to set up...
Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) held its 13th committee meeting on January 14, 2025, approving a government technology budget request of NT$180 billion (US$5.44...
Taiwan's drone industry faces a significant challenge due to limited chip design capabilities for drones. To address this issue, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) launched...
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) will launch the second phase of its subsidy program for domestic IC design houses in 2025, aimed at boosting their competitiveness against...
Taiwanese network communication manufacturers report no immediate impact from the US-China trade war on orders but remain optimistic about long-term opportunities driven by geopolitical...
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) faces a projected budget cut of NT$29.7 billion (US$907.08 million) in 2025 following the Legislative Yuan's passage of amendments to the Act...
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) has allocated JPY100 billion (US$638 million) in its fiscal 2025 budget proposal (April 2025 to March 2026) to support domestic...
The recently approved amendment to Taiwan's Act Governing the Allocation of Government Revenues and Expenditures has resulted in a NT$375.3 billion (approx. US$11.8 billion) annual...
Taiwan's LCD panel industry, despite making significant technological advances amid intense Chinese competition, continues to face financial challenges. Innolux president James Yang,...
The US House of Representatives is preparing to vote on the fiscal year 2025 national defense budget, which includes a US$3 billion provision aimed at helping US telecoms completely...
The Japanese government is preparing a budget amendment for fiscal year 2024 (April 2024 – March 2025) to allocate additional support for the semiconductor and AI sectors, with...
Following a previous donation of two sets of 12-inch wafer equipment to Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), TSMC has donated an additional three sets to the Ministry...
The generative AI (GenAI) trend has been developing for two years, but adoption in Taiwan remains limited. A DIGITIMES Research survey suggests that Taiwanese enterprises will likely...
