Global memory prices are surging as shortages disrupt the consumer electronics supply chain, placing particular stress on PC makers. Executives across the sector anticipate that current inventories will last through the fourth quarter of 2025, but competition for components is expected to intensify in early 2026.

After resigning as CEO of Intel in December 2024, Pat Gelsinger has maintained an active presence in the global AI and semiconductor industries. In March 2025, he joined Silicon Valley venture firm Playground Global as a partner and took on the role of executive chairman at US-based tech platform Gloo, which connects religious faith ecosystems.

The global semiconductor sector is at a critical juncture as demand for AI servers and high-performance computing (HPC) accelerates. A structural memory shortage is emerging across the supply chain, pushing SMIC back into a prominent role as a foundry.

Global memory-chip price increases continue to intensify, putting fresh pressure on the smartphone supply chain. With DRAM and NAND prices rising across the board, several brands have halted new procurement rounds as suppliers request increases approaching 50%.

Power management IC (PMIC) maker Silergy has disclosed that its strongest growth momentum continues to derive from the automotive sector. Despite macroeconomic and tariff uncertainties, the automotive segment alone delivered outstanding momentum in the third quarter of 2025, with nearly 30% quarter-on-quarter growth and 12% year-on-year growth. The share of automotive electronics revenue rose to 14% in 2025, and Silergy estimates that this figure could reach 20% in 2026. This implies that Silergy's automotive revenue could see a 40–50% annual growth rate in 2026, a considerable increase.

The stark contrast between cloud AI and edge AI markets has led chipmakers to respond very differently when assessing AI opportunities. While semiconductor companies in Europe and the US generally remain optimistic about edge AI's growth, Taiwanese IC design houses take a more pragmatic view.

Taiwan's solar industry is facing a severe setback due to amendments to three key laws: the Environmental Impact Assessment Act, the Act for the Development of Tourism, and the Geology Act. Large-scale solar projects will be comprehensively impacted, possibly causing green energy supply to stall and forcing Taiwan's semiconductor sector, critical to national security, into unprecedented strategic dilemmas under RE100 commitments.

The 66th edition of the global TOP500 supercomputer rankings was officially released at the 2025 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC25). The dominance of the US in high-performance computing (HPC) was yet again put into the spotlight during the conference, with other notable highlights including Europe's Jupiter becoming the first exascale system on the continent. Taiwan also earned a spot on the list.

South Korea's memory chip industry is enjoying its strongest upturn in years, with soaring demand for high-bandwidth memory and AI-related DRAM pushing inventories at Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to multi-year lows.

Power semiconductor integrated device manufacturer (IDM) Panjit International has announced its consolidated financial results for the third quarter of 2025. Although quarterly revenue declined slightly, the company's profitability improved due to product mix optimization, specifically increased contributions from automotive electronics and MOSFET product lines.