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Thursday 26 June 2025
IC distributors pivot to Southeast Asia under trade turbulence

With US-China tariff tensions intensifying and global manufacturers racing to decentralize their supply chains, Southeast Asia is emerging...

Thursday 26 June 2025
Taiwan telcos slow to embrace satellite phones despite approval
Taiwan's telecommunications operators remain cautious about satellite phone services even after regulators cleared the way for applications, highlighting challenges in a market seeking...
Thursday 26 June 2025
Micron's Sanand plant closer to operational launch with cleanroom validation underway
Micron's ATMP facility in Sanand, Gujarat, has reportedly entered the critical cleanroom validation stage, moving closer to partial operations in the second half of 2025. The 500,000-square-foot...
Thursday 26 June 2025
ASE group Chair's daughter joins board, fuels succession rumors
ASE Technology Holding Co., the world's largest provider of semiconductor packaging and testing services, convened its annual shareholders' meeting on June 25, 2025, approving key...
Wednesday 25 June 2025
Taiwan's industrial production surges amid global trade uncertainties sparked by US tariffs
Taiwan's manufacturing sector experienced significant growth in May and the early part of 2025 despite uncertainties caused by US President Donald Trump's tariff policies. Increased...
Monday 23 June 2025
Tesla launches long-promised robotaxi service for select riders
Tesla Inc. rolled out its long-awaited robotaxi service to a handful of users following almost a decade of hype from Elon Musk, kicking off a precarious new era for the carmaker.
Saturday 21 June 2025
Sigurd lifts capex by 75% to chase AI smartphone boom, BIS-driven test orders

Riding a wave of demand driven by AI smartphones, servers, ASICs, optical transceivers, and networking gear, Taiwan-based IC testing...

Friday 20 June 2025
Taiwan chip packaging sector faces triple threat as Trump tariff deadline looms
Taiwan's semiconductor packaging and testing companies confront three major operational challenges in the second half of 2025 as US President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariff suspension...
Friday 20 June 2025
Intel-backed SATAS begins pilot line construction at Sharp's factory in Japan
The Semiconductor Assembly Test Automation and Standardization Research Association (SATAS), spearheaded by Intel Corporation in Japan, announced on June 19, 2025, that it has begun...
Friday 20 June 2025
Taiwan's Formosa Smart Energy launches next-gen solid-state battery line
Formosa Smart Energy Tech has officially commenced operations of its pilot production line for all-solid-state lithium batteries, marking a significant milestone in the company's...
Thursday 19 June 2025
Urgent orders boost memory packaging and testing in 2Q25; AI stabilizes variables for 2H25
Benefiting from a rapid recovery in memory market demand during the first half of 2025, memory packaging and testing companies are sharing in the gains. Although the US 90-day tariff...
Thursday 19 June 2025
Delta Electronics to acquire majority stake in ACT Genomics for biomedical growth
Delta Electronics revealed on June 18 its intention to acquire shares worth up to US$11.78 million in ACT Genomics Holdings Company Limited, a prominent cancer testing firm in Asia...
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Huawei’s AI weather model among top performers in China tests
China’s weather agency is testing more than a dozen artificial intelligence models in an effort to enhance its forecasting, with a system from Huawei Technologies Co. showing...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
AI ASIC drives expansion in semiconductor test market, intensifying competition among Taiwanese test interface firms
As artificial intelligence (AI) applications extend from the cloud to the edge, the surge in AI application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) is accelerating growth in the semiconductor...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
Automotive industry accelerates AI and virtual factory adoption with Nvidia Omniverse
The automotive industry is rapidly embracing artificial intelligence (AI), new energy vehicles, and humanoid robots, spurred by the ongoing electrification of automotive electronics...