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Friday 7 November 2025
Chinese automakers achieve record Europe market share with PHEV offensive
The European automotive industry faces unprecedented challenges in 2025, grappling with slow progress in electronic/electrical (E/E) transformation and widespread internal layoffs,...
Friday 7 November 2025
Taiwan machinery leverages AI for defense push
Taiwan's machinery industry is leveraging artificial intelligence to transform from a traditional manufacturing base into a high-tech powerhouse, with growing ambitions in the global...
Friday 7 November 2025
Update: Jensen Huang dined with CC Wei tonight in Tainan, and will attend TSMC's annual sports day in Hsinchu
Update: Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, is already in Tainan, a city about 300 kilometers south of Taipei. He dined with several key executives of TSMC, including CC Wei, chairman and...
Friday 7 November 2025
Hanmi to launch Wide TC Bonder for HBM5 high stacking in 2026
Hanmi Semiconductor announced it will release a dedicated device called the "Wide TC Bonder" by the end of 2026, designed specifically for next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM)...
Friday 7 November 2025
AWS pledges US$9 billion for AI expansion in South Korea, eyeing agentic AI leadership
Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Matt Garman has announced an additional US$5 billion investment in South Korea, bringing AWS's total commitment to US$9 billion to expand AI data centers...
Friday 7 November 2025
Trump's trade policies trigger Taiwan's US$400 billion US investment surge
Amid US President Donald Trump's tariff threats and new incentives under the US "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," foreign companies are increasingly planning major investments in the...
Friday 7 November 2025
“Call the mayor”: Jensen Huang’s Computex quip triggers a months-long land tussle for Nvidia’s Taipei HQ
When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took the stage at Computex in Taipei on May 19, 2025, his remarks about the company's new Taiwan headquarters—called "Nvidia Constellation"—sparked...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Far EasTone eyes 28GHz Kuiper satellite service launch in Taiwan by early 2027
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) president Chee Jing has announced that the company expects to begin offering Project Kuiper satellite communication services as early as the beginning...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Samsung to gain edge as Nvidia expands physical AI with robot chip production
Samsung is reportedly manufacturing Nvidia's robot application processors (APs), a move that could accelerate its expansion in physical AI, the convergence of artificial intelligence...
Thursday 6 November 2025
US and South Korea target shipbuilding; Taiwan is urged to prioritize unmanned vessels
The US and South Korea announced plans this week to revive large-scale shipbuilding cooperation, a move widely seen as a strategic response to global market pressures and geopolitical...
Thursday 6 November 2025
SK Hynix tight-lipped on Nvidia supply terms as HBM4 prices climb
SK Hynix has reportedly increased the price of its sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) supplied to Nvidia by over 50% compared to the previous generation HBM3E. Industry...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Samsung's HBM4 yields surge toward Nvidia certification, SK Hynix keeps edge
Nvidia's evaluation of sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) has sparked a fierce contest among suppliers. ETNews reports that the company plans to finish testing...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Nintendo lifts FY25 forecast as Switch 2 sales surge, but hardware margins drag operating profit
Nintendo has revised its sales forecast for the Switch 2 console for fiscal year 2025 (April 2025 to March 2026), projecting significantly higher overall performance. However, because...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Foxconn converts Sharp factory into AI server hub, courts Japan auto giants for EV collab
Taiwan's Foxconn plans to transform Sharp's Kameyama No. 2 factory in Mie Prefecture, Japan, into an AI server production facility, while also pursuing collaborations with Japan's...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Advantech maintains strong 3Q25 performance despite rising raw material costs
Advantech, a leading industrial PC manufacturer, reported steady growth in the third quarter of 2025 despite experiencing a slight decline in gross margin caused by rising raw material...