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Saturday 3 May 2025
Murata braces for 8-year profit nadir as smartphone, auto headwinds mount
Murata Manufacturing anticipates its profit for fiscal year 2025 (April 2025 to March 2026) to hit an eight-year low, citing stagnant demand for smartphones and automotive components,...
Friday 2 May 2025
LGES bows out of Indonesian EV battery deal—China's Huayou poised to fill the void
LG Energy Solution (LGES) of South Korea has exited its US$8.45 billion electric vehicle (EV) battery project in Indonesia, prompting the Indonesian government to court China's Zhejiang...
Friday 2 May 2025
Wellysun emphasizes limited tariff impact as end customers do not export to North America
Regarding the recent China-US tariff policies affecting automotive components, Wellysun, a company specializing in the research and development, manufacturing, and sales of customized...
Friday 2 May 2025
Industrial displays solutions vendor Litemax adjusting markets to cope with US tariffs
Industrial LCD displays specialist Litemax, which has a solid customer base in high-end applications markets in Europe and the US, is ready to adjust its strategies to cope with the...
Friday 2 May 2025
Memory market soars as Samsung's DDR4 phase-out sparks supply squeeze and price surge
The memory market is seeing a sharp surge, fueled by rising contract prices since the second quarter and Samsung Electronics' move to phase out DDR4 modules, as revealed in communications...
Friday 2 May 2025
Lessons from TSMC: Trump tariffs offer Taiwan manufacturers opportunity for AI transformation
The tariff war initiated by US President Donald Trump has been widely described by economists as a global economic crisis. However, Lee-feng Chien, the former managing director of...
Friday 2 May 2025
Taiwan's AI, semiconductor export growth remains strong despite US tariff hikes
Despite the recent tariff hikes by the US and the high degree of uncertainty surrounding supply chain relocation, one thing for certain is the demand for Taiwan's AI and semiconductors...
Friday 2 May 2025
AI Basic Act bill overhaul to be expedited, says Taiwan Premier
Current KMT legislator Ju-chun Ko is striving to shepherd the draft bill for the AI Basic Act through its third reading, continuing the work of former fellow KMT legislator Jason...
Friday 2 May 2025
Fengmiao wind farm becomes Taiwan's first phase 3 offshore wind project to secure full financing
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has achieved financial closure for the Fengmiao offshore wind farm's first phase, marking a milestone as the first fully financed project...
Friday 2 May 2025
Is the early pull-in effect ending? Taiwan electronics industry outlook downgraded to green light
Supermicro announced this week a downward revision of its revenue and profit forecasts. The question remains whether this is due to disruptive innovation driven by DeepSeek or if...
Friday 2 May 2025
Samsung chip earnings nosedive 62%: HBM edge ceded to SK Hynix?
Samsung Electronics beat expectations in the first quarter of 2025, posting revenue of KRW79.1 trillion (US$55 billion) and operating profit of KRW6.7 trillion. However, its Device...
Friday 2 May 2025
Trump tariffs reshaping Asian supply chains as Taiwan manufacturer adjusts strategy
Taiwan-based Coretronic Intelligent Robotics is seeing production shifts across Asia that extend beyond immediate reactions to US tariff policies, according to General Manager Hui-zi...
Thursday 1 May 2025
DRAM process development challenges: DRAM structure in process miniaturization
Since its 1970 debut, DRAM has supplanted magnetic core memory as an essential element in von Neumann's computer architecture. By the mid-1980s, fueled by the popularity of PCs and...
Thursday 1 May 2025
Samsung taps Llama 4 to close semiconductor gap with Hynix, Micron

Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions (DS) division has begun deploying Meta's latest generative AI model, Llama 4, marking a strategic...

Thursday 1 May 2025
Pharmacy chains merge in Taiwan, but labor pains persist
Taiwan's pharmaceutical distribution sector is undergoing sustained consolidation, with industry players embracing chain operations to bolster competitiveness and elevate service...