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Friday 21 November 2025

Taiwan seeks to build its southern 'Silicon Valley' for AI boom

Nvidia's overseas headquarters is expected to be located at a technology park in Taipei, with the city government currently negotiating contract matters concerning the US tech giant's...

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...

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