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Monday 14 July 2025

Taiwan looks to space for connectivity, but stays grounded by constraints

Taiwan's government-backed low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite initiative—part of its Beyond 5G (B5G) communications technology roadmap—is...

Monday 14 July 2025

Taiwan's CAEC surges 877% on chip industry battery demand

Taiwan's Changs Ascending Enterprise Co. (CAEC) posted June revenue of NT$48.6 million (approx. US$1.5 million), up 877% from a year earlier, as semiconductor manufacturers adopted...

Monday 14 July 2025

Hyundai sets 2028 goal for AI-integrated software-defined vehicles

Hyundai Motor, South Korea's largest automaker, has announced plans to release its first production vehicle equipped with end-to-end...

Sunday 13 July 2025

Taiwan's NTU teams up with tech giants to build global AI, chip talent pipeline

National Taiwan University has joined forces with six of Taiwan's top tech companies to launch an AI and Electrical Engineering Alliance, seeking to secure the island's competitiveness...

Saturday 12 July 2025

Japan's OSAT firms unite to cut costs and reclaim industry ground

Japan's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) industry, long composed of small, regional firms with limited resources, is making a rare push for collective strength. In...

Saturday 12 July 2025

Nanya technology posts wider Q2 loss as Taiwan dollar strength weighs

Taiwan's Nanya Technology reported a deeper second-quarter loss despite surging memory chip demand, as currency headwinds and pricing pressures offset volume gains.

Saturday 12 July 2025

Southeast Asia tariff uncertainties dampen PCB investment momentum

Southeast Asia's reciprocal tariff framework has prompted major IC substrate manufacturers to pause southbound investment evaluations. Meanwhile, Taiwanese and Chinese PCB producers...

Saturday 12 July 2025

Google brings Gemini AI to Wear OS, boosting Samsung's new smartwatch and foldables

Google is bringing its Gemini artificial intelligence model to smartwatches running Wear OS, marking a significant expansion beyond smartphones...

Saturday 12 July 2025

Hyundai weighs 3rd EV factory in Europe to bypass tariffs, build local edge

Hyundai Motor is considering the construction of a third electric vehicle (EV) plant in Europe as part of its broader strategy to capitalize on the region's EV recovery and offset...

Saturday 12 July 2025

Exit of TSMC's star procurement VP raises industry eyebrows

Vanessa Lee, Vice President of Materials Management at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), has drawn industry attention with her unexpected resignation. One month after...

Friday 11 July 2025

Bionet, Dassault team up for AI foundry model in drug development

With AI promising to massively transform research and development in the biomedical industry, Bionet Corp. has launched its AI foundry platform for human and animal pharmaceutical...

Friday 11 July 2025

How Taiwan's EMS evolved: From PCs and smartphones to AI servers and deep semiconductor integration

The advent of the personal computer (PC) provided an opportunity for Taiwan's manufacturing services to further evolve.

Friday 11 July 2025

Largan expects large variable aperture project opportunities in 2026

Taiwan-based lens manufacturer Largan Precision held an online earnings call on July 10, during which it explained that exchange rate fluctuations had a significant impact on the...

Friday 11 July 2025

Samsung bets big on 2nm chips as foundry unit faces make-or-break moment

Samsung Electronics is placing a high-stakes bet on its 2nm chip manufacturing technology, as its foundry division works to reverse mounting...

Friday 11 July 2025

Taiwan's Sun Yad builds US$583 million empire across chemicals to drones

Sun Yad Group operates across construction, biotechnology, materials, healthcare and drones in a diversified conglomerate worth NT$17 billion (US$583 million). Chairman Yu-ming Chang...

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