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Thursday 20 November 2025
Musk eyes in-house chip fab, citing TSMC, Samsung fail to keep up with Tesla's AI ambitions
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed intentions to construct an in-house wafer fabrication facility, or TeraFab, to meet soaring AI chip demand that surpasses current industry manufacturing...
Thursday 20 November 2025
Silver prices spike, but King Core holds off on hikes as Japan-Europe orders strengthen into 2026

King Core Electronics said it is watching the passive-component industry's price-hike discussions as silver costs soar, acknowledging that...

Thursday 20 November 2025
Ligitek Electronics to invest in silicon photonics in cleanroom facilities with government support
Taiwan-based LED manufacturer Ligitek Electronics announced plans to enter the silicon photonics (SiPh) sector, investing tens of millions of New Taiwan dollars in cleanroom equipment...
Thursday 20 November 2025
TSMC leak highlights risks of losing teams, says Pegatron chair
Recent reports of former Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) senior vice president Wei-jen Lo returning to Intel amid a 2-nanometer process leak have sparked industry...
Thursday 20 November 2025
GMI Cloud's US$500 million project positions Taiwan as Asia's AI infrastructure hub
Driven by the expansion of AI computing centers and semiconductor fabs, high-safety lithium iron battery UPS and energy storage systems are becoming key to power infrastructure upgrades,...
Thursday 20 November 2025
ASML expands into advanced CoWoS packaging with new I-line system
Kuan-Cheng Hsu, ASML's Taiwan and Southeast Asia customer marketing head, highlighted that AI-driven semiconductor demand is entering its strongest growth cycle ever, accelerating...
Thursday 20 November 2025
Pegatron's T.H. Tung says memory price surge will not directly impact downstream foundries
Concerns over consumer electronics demand are increasing because of the memory price surge. Analysts warn that this could hurt the profits of downstream foundries. However, Pegatron...
Thursday 20 November 2025
Foxtron’s expected Luxgen acquisition looms over investor briefings

The Yulon Group is set for a high-stakes week, with a string of online investor briefings scheduled from November 19 to 20 by Yulon Motor,...

Thursday 20 November 2025
South Korea joins 'Stargate UAE' project to build major data center hub
South Korea has announced a partnership with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to support the US-led "Stargate UAE" initiative, a project designed to build the world's largest artificial...
Thursday 20 November 2025
Taiwan vows to protect TSMC 2nm technology from possible leak
The appointment of former TSMC SVP of Corporate Strategy and Development Wei-Ren Luo to a senior position at Intel has raised concerns among legislators over potential trade secret...
Thursday 20 November 2025
Wistron, Pegatron back Health2Sync as it lists on Taiwan's Emerging Stock Board
Health2Sync, a digital therapeutics (DTx) platform specializing in diabetes care, announced on November 18 that it will officially list on the Taipei Exchange's Emerging Stock Board,...
Thursday 20 November 2025
Taiwan solar stalls amid regulatory blockade as Germany advances V2G grid resilience
Amid the global RE100 movement and intensifying net-zero transition, electricity has shifted from a basic utility to a strategic resource shaping national competitiveness and geopolitical...
Thursday 20 November 2025
Samsung's Austin chip plant surges to record 3Q25 profit, exceeding full-year 2024 earnings
Samsung Electronics posted a sharp rebound at its Austin semiconductor plant in the third quarter of 2025. The results signal renewed momentum for the company's US foundry operations...
Thursday 20 November 2025
Lite-On advances 800V HVDC architecture as AI factories enter the MW power era
As the global AI wave pushes computing infrastructure into the megawatt (MW) era, Taiwan's Lite-On Technology is moving quickly to meet the demands of next-generation AI factories...
Thursday 20 November 2025
Nvidia partners with Amkor, SPIL, and Menlo Micro to boost US IC backend capacity
Nvidia has announced key partnerships to expand its supply chain and manufacturing capacity in the US, aiming to meet rising global demand for artificial intelligence (AI) computing...