Taiwan's telecom industry has entered a new era of three-way competition following the mergers of Taiwan Mobile and Taiwan Star Telecom, and of Far EasTone (FET) and Asia Pacific Telecom, ending the fragmented market landscape. In an exclusive interview with DIGITIMES, Taiwan Mobile president Jamie Lin emphasized that with the core telecom market stabilized, the future development paths of the top three operators will diverge significantly, with the decisive factor being their new businesses
Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors plans to complete its CEO transition by October 2025. Current CEO Kurt Sievers, who will remain in the position until then, made what is likely his final visit to Taiwan as chief executive during SEMICON Taiwan 2025. Incoming CEO Rafael Sotomayor also attended the event and met with Taiwanese partners as part of the planned leadership change
Dutch semiconductor leader NXP Semiconductors is preparing for a CEO change scheduled for October 2025, with current CEO Kurt Sievers concluding his tenure at SEMICON Taiwan 2025 last week. Incoming CEO Rafael Sotomayor attended the same event, meeting with Taiwanese partners to reinforce NXP's role in the semiconductor ecosystem
J-Star Holding, a composite materials company with extensive patents and expertise in carbon fiber design, supplies products for bicycles, rackets, automotive parts, and medical robotic arms. Its carbon fiber bicycles have supported athletes in winning major events like the Tour de France and Olympic road races. Recently, J-Star launched the electric-assisted bike brand Litzmo
Foxconn has been promoting its "3+3+3" innovation strategy, positioning digital health as a core element. Chih-Hsiung Chiang, general manager of Foxconn's Business Group B, clearly outlined in an exclusive interview with DIGITIMES how the unit has gradually transformed from focusing on EMS manufacturing for ICT products into a pioneer driving smart healthcare and digital health
Infineon Technologies' acquisition of GaN Systems has bolstered its wide bandgap semiconductor portfolio. The move, combined with its shift to 12-inch gallium nitride (GaN) manufacturing, positions the company to extend its edge over rivals in cost efficiency, production capacity, and technological capability
AI data center chipmaker Astera Labs will showcase its next-gen interconnect technologies at this week's Open Compute Project (OCP) APAC event. In an exclusive interview with DIGITIMES, Chris Petersen, a fellow of Technology and Ecosystems at Astera Labs and UALink director, offers an in-depth analysis of high-speed interconnect prospects and UALink's key role in the cloud AI ecosystem
The Open Compute Project APAC Summit (OCP APAC) will officially open in Taipei in early August 2025. American IC design giant Broadcom, which holds a critical position in cloud AI application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and networking chips, is one of the event's key exhibitors
With the 2025 OCP APAC Summit set to kick off next week in Taipei, industry attention is turning toward the next wave of AI and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure
As AI workloads hit data movement bottlenecks, MIT spinoff Lightmatter is betting that photonics, not more transistors, holds the key to next-generation infrastructure. After years of pioneering photonic computing, Lightmatter is moving from research to commercialization. Its flagship interconnect products — Passage M1000 and L200 — are set to enter production in 2025 and 2026
Memory chipmaker Macronix is betting on advanced technologies to escape a bruising price war as US-China tensions reshape the global semiconductor landscape
As Taiwan rides the wave of the AI revolution—with booming exports of GPUs and AI servers—some experts say the country risks losing sight of deeper, long-term challenges
Small-to-medium-size panel maker Japan Display (JDI), despite having suffered 11 consecutive years of losses, global layoffs, and the recent resignation of its former CEO Scott Callon, the company is still eyeing to return to profitability in 2026 with the closing of its Mobara factory in Chiba to concentrate production at its Ishikawa plant
Formosa Smart Energy has unveiled Taiwan's first lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery recycling pilot line, launched in tandem with the government's July 1 rollout of discounted disposal fees for used lithium batteries. The initiative aims to boost local investment in battery reuse and closed-loop recycling infrastructure
Unlike semiconductor manufacturing processes, time is never an element that filmmakers can control. Since its release over three weeks ago, the documentary 'A Chip Odyssey' has accumulated a box office of NT$12 million (approx. US$410,582). The semiconductor godfather, Morris Chang, even quietly bought tickets and watched alongside regular audience members. Whether the screening period can be extended remains a race against time for director Chu-Chen Hsiao.
