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Tuesday 25 March 2025
Beyond battlefield: Drone industry expands into commercial market
The drone sector is experiencing robust growth globally, driven by both military conflicts and expanding commercial applications. Amazon's deployment of delivery drones and Taiwan's...
Tuesday 25 March 2025
Nvidia's Blackwell production drives revenue surge for Taiwanese IC backend partners
With Blackwell servers in full production, related server IC backend partners, including test interface providers, are expected to see a significant increase in revenue starting the...
Tuesday 25 March 2025
Samsung Electronics co-CEO Jong-Hee Han dies at 63
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on March 24 that its co-CEO, Jong-Hee Han, had died from cardiac arrest at the age of 63. Han shared leadership duties with co-CEO Young-hyun Jun,...
Tuesday 25 March 2025
TSMC advised to downplay or postpone 2nm Kaohsiung fab and beam-raising ceremony
TSMC's advancements in 2nm technology have been exceedingly seamless, as customers and orders were established some time ago. However, given current geopolitical concerns, industry...
Tuesday 25 March 2025
Japanese PCB maker Meiko to join satellite supply chain, challenging Taiwan's dominance
Japan's Meiko is set to become the third supplier in the low-Earth orbit satellite market by 2025, challenging the dominance of Taiwanese manufacturers Compeq and Unitech as geopolitical...
Tuesday 25 March 2025
Chunghwa Telecom partners with global carriers to build Pacific submarine cable
Chunghwa Telecom announced it will join forces with SK Broadband, SoftBank, and Verizon to construct a new 12,500-kilometer submarine fiber optic cable system called "E2A" connecting...
Tuesday 25 March 2025
Taiwan foundry revenues to go down in 1Q25 before rebound in 2Q25; mature nodes to face price competition from China, says DIGITIMES
The combined revenue of Taiwan's major wafer foundry houses is anticipated to hit US$27.71 billion in the first quarter of 2025, a sequential decline of 5.8%. However, as AI/HPC chip...
Monday 24 March 2025
SK Hynix to pull M15X fab timeline forward by two months
SK Hynix is reportedly accelerating equipment installation at its M15X fab in Cheongju, South Korea, moving the original timeline forward from December to October in response to surging...
Monday 24 March 2025
TCL's acquisition of LGD units boosts China's share in global LCD and OLED markets
TCL Technology Group Corporation's (TCL) acquisition of LG Display (LGD)'s Chinese subsidiaries, approved by authorities and slated for completion by 2025, marks a strategic shift...
Monday 24 March 2025
SCSE 2025 spotlights smart city-net zero convergence amid commercialization challenges
Highlighting the convergence of smart cities and net-zero development, this year's Smart City Summit & Expo (SCSE) drew significant global participation, with 138 cities from...
Monday 24 March 2025
Cathay Chemical achieves record profits in 2024 through strategic investments and asset sales
Cathay Chemical Works General Manager Zhicheng Hong stated that in 2024, the company faced significant challenges due to the downturn in China's economy and international geopolitical...
Monday 24 March 2025
Wonderful Hi Tech invest US$20 million in AI cable market expansion
Taiwan's Wonderful Hi Tech Technology is aggressively entering the artificial intelligence market with high-speed internal cables and customized low-Earth orbit satellite solutions,...
Monday 24 March 2025
Tesla reportedly talking to Tata for EV component sourcing
Tesla is reportedly talking to local suppliers, including those from Tata, amid its supply chain diversification away from China and Taiwan. This move aligns with its goal to sell...
Monday 24 March 2025
Stanford, MIT embrace China's DeepSeek as affordable GPT-4o rival
Although DeepSeek has been banned by government agencies in several countries, the China-developed open-source AI model is gaining recognition from leading US academic institutions...
Monday 24 March 2025
Toppan exits LCD panel production with Giantplus divestment, strengthening partnership for 2025 growth
Japanese company Toppan Holdings has decided to divest all its 53.1% stake in Taiwan-based Giantplus Technology, a manufacturer of small and medium-sized LCD panels, marking its exit...