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Wednesday 17 December 2025
ASRock Industrial Presents Certified Edge Security and FDO Deployment at FIDO Taipei Seminar

Taipei, Taiwan (December 2, 2025) – ASRock Industrial made its mark at FIDO Taipei Seminar, presenting a keynote on Secure Device integration with FIDO Device...

Wednesday 17 December 2025
EU and US chart divergent paths to counter China's EV battery dominance
China continues to dominate the electric vehicle (EV) and battery supply chain. In response, the EU and the US have unveiled comprehensive measures to counterbalance Beijing's lead...
Wednesday 17 December 2025
US defense tech firms anchor in Taiwan, builds local supply chains
Taiwan–US defense cooperation is taking a significant step forward as leading American defense technology firms move to establish local operations and supply chains in Taiwan...
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Topco partners with Taiwan academia to advance semiconductor materials R&D
In a strategic move to bolster Taiwan's semiconductor talent pipeline and advanced research capabilities, Topco Scientific Co. (TSC) announced on December 16, 2025, a deep industry-academia...
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Singtex scales up Taiwan dyeing plant, bets on green textiles amid margin pressure
Taiwan-based Singtex Industrial, a supplier of eco-friendly functional textiles, has begun mass production at its newly invested polyester dyeing and finishing facility in northern...
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Taiwan's WIN Semiconductors bets on optical and microwave tech for the space age
The rapid push by companies such as SpaceX and Amazon to develop space-based AI data centers is creating new applications for optical communications, a technology long viewed as central...
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Tokyo Ohka ramps up South Korea investment for advanced chip materials

Tokyo Ohka Kogyo plans to accelerate investment in South Korea and expand production of materials critical to generative AI semiconductors,...

Tuesday 16 December 2025
Taiwan startups expand South Korea presence at COMEUP 2025
At the startup expo COMEUP 2025 that took place in Seoul last week, Taiwan's emerging companies, including Infinitix and SurveyCake, showcased plans to deepen their footprint in South...
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Kentec launches 2.5MW liquid-cooling CDU, teams up with Infinitix to expand Taiwan-Japan AI data center alliance
As generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and large model training rapidly increase computing power density, artificial intelligence (AI) data centers are entering a new phase...
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Baidu's Kunlunxin spinoff mirrors Google's TPU playbook
Baidu confirmed on December 7, 2025, that it is evaluating the spin-off and listing of its AI chip unit, Kunlunxin. This announcement came just one day before the US permitted H200...
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Taiwan emerges as non-China drone hub as defense demand surges
Taiwan is increasingly becoming the go-to base for non-China drone supply chains as governments expand defense and security procurement, Ian Hsu, CEO of drone technology firm Earthbook,...
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Taiwan's Ability finds new momentum in robotics and drone technologies
Robotics and unmanned aerial vehicles are poised to be among the most significant industrial growth themes of 2025, and Taiwan's Ability Enterprise is drawing attention for its aggressive...
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Health2Sync wins Hitachi, NTT contracts to expand AI health services in Japan
Taiwanese AI healthcare startup Health2Sync has made significant inroads into the Japanese corporate health insurance market by securing contracts with major firms Hitachi and NTT...
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong meets with Lisa Su and Elon Musk to discuss potential collaboration
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong has returned to South Korea after a week-long business trip to the US. Lee reportedly met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in Austin, Texas, with...
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Samsung nears deal to supply over 30% of Nvidia's HBM4 memory in 2026
Samsung Electronics is close to finalizing negotiations with Nvidia to supply more than 30% of its sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) for 2026, aiming to regain market...