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Tuesday 20 May 2025

As Nissan falters, Toyota may offer lifeline in quiet, government-backed move

Once a pillar of Japan's automotive might, Nissan now finds itself in financial peril, with talks of potential mergers or alliances repeatedly falling through. After a failed merger...

Tuesday 20 May 2025

TSMC supplier AEMC ramps up in Taiwan, defers US plans until post-2030

TSMC is fast-tracking its capacity expansion with plans to build nine new facilities in 2025, including eight wafer fabs and one advanced packaging plant. The move has energized sentiment...

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Samsung enters crisis mode: TV market lead under threat as TCL CSOT, Hisense close in

Samsung Electronics' Visual Display (VD) Business has reportedly entered "emergency management" mode in response to falling global TV market share and rising LCD panel costs—two...

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Taiwan AI medical devices and status

Taiwan's AI medical devices are developing toward imaging and assistive applications, while the three major AI centers for smart healthcare in Taiwan help accelerate adoption and...

Tuesday 20 May 2025

SK Hynix places orders for HBM equipment with Hanwha Semitech and Hanmi Semiconductor amid patent disputes

South Korean chip giant SK Hynix has placed significant orders for thermal compression bonding (TCB) equipment with two domestic suppliers, Hanwha Semitech and Hanmi Semiconductor,...

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Nvidia's GB300 gains strong demand with 10,000 units planned for Taiwan AI factory

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced an expanded collaboration with Foxconn and the Taiwan government to develop an AI factory, a project that will utilize 10,000 Nvidia GB300 GPUs.

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Computex 2025: ASIC surge prompts Nvidia's Jensen Huang to unveil NVLink Fusion strategy

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed the company's AI development roadmap during his keynote at Computex, spotlighting the upcoming GB300 chip set for release in the third quarter of...

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Lip-Bu Tan makes CEO debut in Taipei, leans on Taiwan for Intel's next chapter

At a dinner with supply chain partners on May 19, Intel's new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, highlighted Taiwan's critical role in the global semiconductor sector, praising it as a key technology...

Tuesday 20 May 2025

GE Vernova and Formosa join forces on hybrid power, LFP battery systems

Formosa Smart Energy Tech, a subsidiary of Formosa Plastics Group, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with GE Vernova to...

Tuesday 20 May 2025

DRAM prices surge in AI Boom; Samsung and SK Hynix set to benefit

The global surge in DRAM prices, combined with the increasing momentum of artificial intelligence (AI) development in the Middle East,...

Tuesday 20 May 2025

From cold benches to courtroom benches: A tale of two chip visions

The year 2025 marks a significant moment for the Chinese-speaking semiconductor industry, presenting a striking contrast.

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Huawei widens lead in global telecom race, Western RAN giants retreat under pressure

As global telecom players across Europe, the US, Japan, and South Korea face mass layoffs and resource constraints, market contraction is accelerating. Meanwhile, Huawei is bucking...

Monday 19 May 2025

Ennoconn sees high order visibility, continued growth in 1H25

Industrial PC (IPC) maker Ennoconn stated during a recent earnings call that it will implement risk controls even though tariffs and the sudden appreciation of the New Taiwan dollar...

Monday 19 May 2025

Foxconn and Nvidia unveil AI supercomputing hub in Taiwan

Foxconn announced a transformative partnership with US chip giant Nvidia to build a next-generation "AI Factory" supercomputing center in Taiwan. The facility will feature Nvidia's...

Monday 19 May 2025

Taiwan Mobile to launch crypto platform, telco rivalry in Web3 fintech heats up

Telecom operators in Taiwan are expanding their presence in the Web3 financial tech sector, with one of them set to launch a virtual asset exchange platform next week.

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