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Friday 21 November 2025
Foxconn outlines battery strategy as part of long-term industrial expansion
Foxconn is accelerating its push into electric vehicles and energy storage batteries, launching its Foxtron plant in Kaohsiung and investing in talent, automation, and supply chain...
Friday 21 November 2025
South Korean tech giants rush into glass substrates despite mounting fears of overinvestment
South Korea's largest conglomerates are pouring resources into glass substrates, a next-generation semiconductor packaging material that promises better thermal stability and power...
Friday 21 November 2025
Toyota and Volkswagen quietly wage an invisible robot war

Global attention is currently fixated on the humanoid robots unveiled by upstart automakers: Tesla's Optimus and BMW-backed Figure 02...

Friday 21 November 2025
Samsung primes the ground for a major executive overhaul

Samsung Electronics has begun notifying senior executives nearing retirement, prompting expectations that its annual year-end management...

Friday 21 November 2025
Taiwan's US$1.4B ambition to build a global drone hub takes flight
Taiwan has approved a multiyear strategy to expand its drone industry and position the country as a key hub in the global democratic drone supply chain. The plan, endorsed during...
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...