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Saturday 26 April 2025

Japan passes law to buy into Rapidus, boosting control over chip strategy

Japan's upper house has passed legal revisions that enable the government to acquire an equity stake in Rapidus, part of a broader push to strengthen the country's next-gen semiconductor...

Saturday 26 April 2025

TI partners with Taiwanese firms to showcase automotive tech at 2025 E-Mobility Taiwan

Texas Instruments (TI) reported robust first-quarter earnings for 2025, buoyed by a steady recovery across key application sectors, particularly...

Friday 25 April 2025

Surging demand for advanced AMC monitoring fuels Tricorntech's record growth in 2025

Tricorntech, a leading provider of advanced airborne molecular contamination monitoring solutions in Taiwan, has announced first-quarter 2025 revenue of NT$130 million (US$4.01 million)...

Friday 25 April 2025

Shanghai Auto Show 2025: Global carmakers unveil innovations as Tesla, Hyundai, and Kia sit out

The 2025 Shanghai Auto Show has drawn nearly 1,000 automakers and component suppliers from around the world. Chinese manufacturers continued to lead in presence, but a strong group...

Friday 25 April 2025

AI lifts Taiwan's substrate leaders: 2025 supply crunch nears resolution

Soaring demand for AI servers has propelled Taiwan's ABF substrate leaders—Unimicron Technology, Kinsus Interconnect Technology, and Nan Ya PCB—to double-digit annual...

Friday 25 April 2025

Taiwan auto parts makers face 'unprecedented challenge' from US tariffs

Taiwan's automotive supply chain faces an "unprecedented challenge" after the US imposed a 25% tariff on imported vehicles and auto parts earlier this month, according to DIGITIMES...

Friday 25 April 2025

Trump reciprocal tariff impact on IPC industry

Reciprocal tariffs accelerate US capacity expansion plans for Taiwanese IPC companies; IPCs' highly customized nature makes them difficult to replace in the short term.

Friday 25 April 2025

Exclusive: Google considers HBM3E supplier change

Samsung Electronics has recently intensified its deployment in advanced high bandwidth memory (HBM) processes. However, supply chain sources reveal that Samsung's HBM3E certification...

Friday 25 April 2025

Overview of main themes at Taiwan's joint mobility mega shows

As the global automotive industry continues to shift toward connected, autonomous, shared, and electric (CASE) vehicles, Taiwan's three major mobility industry trade shows—the...

Friday 25 April 2025

Sony exits 8K TV market; why Samsung continues its technology investment

With Sony exiting the 8K television (TV) market, industry attention has turned to whether Samsung Electronics' high-end TV strategy will also undergo changes.

Friday 25 April 2025

Taiwan unveils major relief package through 2027 to ease US tariff impact and power cost pressures

In response to the potential economic fallout from US President Donald Trump's high-tariff policies, Taiwan has unveiled a NT$410 billion (approx. US$12.7 billion) special relief...

Friday 25 April 2025

Taiwan expands aid for exporters hit by US tariffs

Taiwan's government has increased an aid package to NT$93 billion (approx. US$2.86 billion) for companies hit by US tariffs while lowering the threshold for eligibility.

Friday 25 April 2025

Taiwan's Vast Power enters EV market with advanced motor technology, eyes global expansion

Vast Power Corporation, a Fortune Oriental Company subsidiary, is carving out its position in electric vehicle (EV) power systems with a strategic focus on hairpin winding motor technology...

Friday 25 April 2025

Navigating ambiguity: industry adopts wait-and-see approach on US policies

As the US continues to recalibrate its trade policy toward China, Taiwanese technology suppliers find themselves caught in a state of...

Friday 25 April 2025

JEDEC bends rules—Samsung, SK Hynix charge ahead in AI memory war

JEDEC has relaxed the height specification for sixth-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM4), clearing a key obstacle for South Korean memory leaders Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix...

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