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Friday 19 December 2025
Memory shortage drives price hikes in China's PC and smartphone markets
China's 3C market has been reporting successive price hikes despite a sluggish macroeconomic environment and deflationary pressure. Xiaomi, followed by Honor, Lenovo, and Dell, have...
Friday 19 December 2025
USITC investigates AMD, Lenovo, and Supermicro over semiconductor patents
The US International Trade Commission has launched an investigation into alleged patent infringement by Advanced Micro Devices, Lenovo, and Supermicro, following a complaint from...
Friday 19 December 2025
Huawei returns to Taiwan tablet market, targets Apple with eye-care tech
Huawei has returned to Taiwan's tablet market with a clear point of differentiation: eye protection. Unveiled on December 17, 2025, the MatePad 11.5 (2025) targets growing tablet...
Friday 19 December 2025
Walsin Lihwa launches cold-drawn stainless steel bars targeting AI servers and robotics
Cable and stainless steel maker Walsin Lihwa is expanding its business scope by entering high-value markets such as AI servers, automotive, robotics, consumer electronics, and energy...
Thursday 18 December 2025
The Nexperia fallout: Honda's factories go quiet in fresh blow to supply chain

Honda Motor Company announced on Wednesday that it would suspend or reduce production at several factories in Japan and China starting late this...

Thursday 18 December 2025
imec and Japan's ASRA align on automotive chiplet standards
imec said it has launched a strategic alignment initiative with Japan's Advanced SoC Research for Automotive (ASRA) to coordinate efforts on standardizing chiplet architectures for...
Thursday 18 December 2025
Acer's Highpoint Service Network lists in Taiwan, taps second growth engine
Highpoint Service Network (HSN), a multi-brand after-sales service integrator under the Acer Group, officially began trading on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) market on December...
Thursday 18 December 2025
Xiaomi unveils MiMo-V2-Flash open-source model to enhance human-car-home ecosystem
At the recent "Human X Car X Home" partner conference, Xiaomi's MiMo model team leader Luo Fuli introduced the open-source MiMo-V2-Flash model, designed to boost agent execution capabilities...
Thursday 18 December 2025
Samsung investigates Taiwan sales amid memory shortage, with China and Singapore ties

The global memory market is being gripped by its most severe shortage and price surge in years, one driven by structural shifts rather...

Thursday 18 December 2025
Apple reportedly explores chip assembly in India, signaling supply chain diversification
Apple is reportedly in preliminary talks with Indian chip manufacturers to assemble and package components for the iPhone, potentially marking a first step in shifting part of its...
Thursday 18 December 2025
Leatec faces resistor substrate price war, pivots to automotive and semiconductor applications

Leatec Fine Ceramics, an upstream supplier of ceramic materials for passive components, held an in-person investor conference on December...

Wednesday 17 December 2025
Taiwan IPC industry and player status, 2025
Edge AI drives revenue growth for Taiwanese IPC firms as operators actively seek software partners in the AI field.
Wednesday 17 December 2025
CES 2026 participant list reveals a split Korea: Fewer giants, broader ecosystems
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), once the world's premier launchpad for next-generation technologies, is facing mounting questions over its relevance. Ahead of CES 2026, scheduled...
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Sixxon Tech shifts gears, ramps up industrial, medical, and energy focus to reduce auto reliance
Taiwan-based component supplier Sixxon Tech reported broad-based revenue growth across all product lines in the first three quarters of 2025 and outlined an expansion-driven strategy...
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Memory shortages threaten to cut panel demand in 2026
Based on estimates from third-party market research firms, small- and medium-sized panel maker HannStar Display stated that the 2026 panel market is expected to be relatively stable,...