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Wednesday 22 October 2025
Analysis: Samsung reclaims memory crown but what about its foundry?
Samsung Electronics is expected to deliver a surprising performance in the third quarter of 2025, successfully reclaiming the top position in the global memory market, signaling a...
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Samsung's HBM4 business shows promise as 1c DRAM yield nears 80%
Samsung Electronics has boosted its sixth-generation 1c DRAM yield to nearly 80%, enhancing its HBM4 competitiveness. Production is ramping up at the Pyeongtaek plant, with tests...
Sunday 19 October 2025
Cisco reveals Taiwan lags behind SEA in AI readiness
Businesses are increasingly viewing AI as the key to future competitiveness amid the ongoing global AI boom, yet Cisco's third annual AI Readiness Index, released on October 15, 2025,...
Friday 17 October 2025
Garmin expands Taiwan investment amid record 2Q25 revenue
Garmin's second quarter 2025 financial report hit a new record, with total revenue reaching US$1.815 billion, up 20% from the same period in 2024. Operating profit grew 38% year-over-year...
Thursday 16 October 2025
Hyundai Mobis boosts Mexico plant investment to strengthen North American supply chain
Hyundai Mobis is set to invest an additional US$28.6 million in its Pesqueria plant in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, aiming to reinforce its dominance in the North American market amid escalating...
Wednesday 15 October 2025
Samsung Semiconductor reshapes strategy from memory to foundry
Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions (DS) Division, responsible for its semiconductor business, is reportedly crafting a new strategic blueprint tailored to each segment's characteristics...
Thursday 9 October 2025
Hushan and Tong Yang see revenue rise as global AM car parts demand stays strong
The global automotive aftermarket (AM) parts sector continues to benefit from shifting vehicle usage patterns, even as overall car market demand remains volatile, and this has benefited...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Techman Robot eyes US plant amid Section 232 tariff impact on robotics
Techman Robot chairman Shi-chi Ho highlighted that rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years, from large language models (LLM) to vision-language models (VLM),...
Friday 19 September 2025
China mini LED surge prompts Samsung's first TV review in a decade
Samsung Electronics has reportedly launched a management review of its television business amid increasing pressure from Chinese companies in the global TV market. The move aims to...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Tesla co-founder says future of EV depends on charging networks and cost curves
Martin Eberhard, Tesla's co-founder, recently shared his entrepreneurial insights and outlook on the future of electric vehicles (EVs) in South Korea. He emphasized that the key to...
Thursday 11 September 2025
SEMICON Taiwan 2025: Taiwan's 10-year chip program seeks to link semiconductor supply chains among democratic countries
In 2024, the Taiwanese government announced the launch of a 10-year NT$300 billion (approx. US$9.89 billion) Taiwan Chip-based Industrial Innovation Program (Taiwan CbI), marking...
Tuesday 9 September 2025
ASE COO outlines Taiwan's semiconductor outlook amid post-AI era challenges
As SEMICON Taiwan 2025 nears, ASE Technology's COO Tien Wu highlighted the semiconductor industry's decade-long outlook, stressing challenges in reshaping the value chain in the post-AI...
Monday 8 September 2025
China's domestic low-cost automation sharpens manufacturing edge
China is accelerating automation with affordable domestically produced robots, maintaining competitiveness in low-end manufacturing amid rising labor wages by leveraging the "robot...
Monday 8 September 2025
China's chip-equipment drive hits atomic scale, AMEC chairman warns on rivalry
China's chip-equipment industry now faces hurdles on par with its most storied national projects, said Gerald Yin, chairman and CEO of AMEC. Addressing the CSEAC 2025 exhibition in...
Saturday 6 September 2025
South Korea plans to cut wafer material tariffs to 0% to strengthen its semiconductor cost advantage
The South Korean government is reportedly pushing to reduce tariffs on key imported materials used in semiconductor wafer production to 0% by 2026. Amid the US' announcement of a...