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Tuesday 3 June 2025

South Korea's chip crown becomes a strategic burden

South Korea's leadership in DRAM, NAND, and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) is becoming a strategic liability amid rising US-China friction. With...

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Nvidia identifies data scarcity as key bottleneck for physical AI development

The next wave of AI development focuses on physical AI, with robots regarded as the next holy grail in this field. Various industries are actively exploring this area. However, the...

Monday 2 June 2025

TCC shifts from high-carbon industries to green energy, focusing on AI and new energy investments

In recent years, traditional industries in Taiwan, such as petrochemicals and cement, have been severely impacted by global political and economic conditions. Taiwan Cement Corporation...

Monday 2 June 2025

Samsung squeezed: TSMC scales 3nm heights, SMIC cracks 5nm

Samsung Foundry has boosted utilization with fresh 7nm and 8nm chip orders from Nintendo and multiple AI chipmakers. Yet its persistent setbacks at the 3nm node continue to spotlight...

Monday 2 June 2025

'Hero Song' resolves medical disputes; MediCAM employs AI to tackle communication issues between physicians and patients

In recent years, sporadic medical disagreements have arisen. Inadequate communication between the medical team and patients, together with their families, accounts for around one-third...

Monday 2 June 2025

Taiwan space push aims to leverage tech prowess for global market share

President Ching-te Lai outlined Taiwan's space sector ambitions, positioning the island's information and communications technology expertise to capture opportunities in low-Earth...

Monday 2 June 2025

Qisda banks on tariff relief and medical expansion, mitigates forex risks with strategic hedging

Taiwan-based tech player Qisda's Chairman Peter Chen noted at the company's shareholders meeting on May 29 that a reversal in business performance in the second half of 2024 would...

Monday 2 June 2025

Renesas scraps SiC production plan amid rising Chinese challenge

Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics has scrapped its plan to mass-produce silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors, originally set to begin in early 2025 at its Takasaki plant...

Monday 2 June 2025

Mitac restructures around regional manufacturing clusters amid G2 tensions

In response to shifting geopolitical realities and escalating trade tensions, Mitac is overhauling its global production strategy, moving away from an end-to-end model toward a regional...

Monday 2 June 2025

Taiwan to test unmanned boats with 13 companies in upcoming trials

Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology will host maritime trials for unmanned surface vehicles on June 17-18, 2025, with 13 domestic and international companies...

Monday 2 June 2025

Samsung nears wide-ranging deal with Perplexity for AI features

Samsung Electronics is nearing a wide-ranging deal to invest in Perplexity AI Inc. and put search technology from the artificial intelligence startup at the forefront of the South...

Monday 2 June 2025

Foxconn-Nvidia to build Taiwan's 100MW AI supercomputing center

Foxconn and Nvidia have announced a major collaboration to build one of Taiwan's most advanced AI infrastructure projects — a cutting-edge AI Factory supercomputing center....

Monday 2 June 2025

Applied Materials reportedly partners with Absolics in glass substrate

Applied Materials has entered the semiconductor glass substrate market, reportedly developing the industry's most advanced lithography equipment dedicated to this emerging segment...

Monday 2 June 2025

Samsung Electro-Mechanics to supply glass substrate samples to US firms, Korean giants target TSMC's packaging lead

Samsung Electro-Mechanics announced that preparations for its glass substrate sample production line are nearing completion, with plans to begin supplying samples to two to three...

Saturday 31 May 2025

UAE pushes for TSMC fab as Washington hesitates

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is exploring the possibility of building a large-scale semiconductor facility in the United...

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