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Thursday 30 October 2025
Trump concludes Asia tour with rare earth and tech deals
US President Donald Trump has ended his six-day trip to Asia.
Thursday 30 October 2025
Taiwan approves funding for local IC design houses to advance AI and chip innovation
As Taiwan seeks to strengthen its position in the global semiconductor race, the government is shifting its focus toward homegrown innovation. Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs...
Thursday 30 October 2025
Samsung 3Q25 marks the reset of the global memory hierarchy
Samsung Electronics staged a strong rebound in the third quarter of 2025 and set the tone for the next phase of the memory cycle, where AI infrastructure, premium product mix, and...
Thursday 30 October 2025
South Korea agrees to US energy investments in exchange for tariff reductions
US President Donald Trump has approved South Korea's construction of a nuclear-powered submarine at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in an effort to strengthen their alliance. South...
Thursday 30 October 2025
Analysis: Japan's new PM aims to replicate TSMC playbook with tech investment push
Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced a growth strategy prioritizing "crisis management investment" in AI, semiconductors, and quantum technology to address economic...
Thursday 30 October 2025
TPSC unveils Taiwan's largest perovskite solar window
Taiwan Perovskite Solar Corp. (TPSC) demonstrated its full vertical integration across materials, processes, modules, equipment, and applications at Energy Taiwan 2025 under the theme...
Thursday 30 October 2025
Hanwha Semitech and Hanmi Semiconductor escalate HBM equipment patent dispute
Korean media have confirmed that Hanwha Semitech, previously sued by Hanmi Semiconductor for patent infringement, has now filed a counter-lawsuit against Hanmi, accusing Hanmi's HBM...
Thursday 30 October 2025
Wingtech urges the Netherlands to reverse takeover of Nexperia through Dutch public media

Chinese electronics manufacturer Wingtech Technology has filed a formal statement with the Dutch public broadcaster NOS, urging the Netherlands...

Thursday 30 October 2025
Samsung 3Q25 profit surges on AI chip demand, beats estimates
Samsung reported consolidated revenue of KRW86.1 trillion (US$59.8 billion) and operating profit of KRW12.2 trillion for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, beating both its own...
Thursday 30 October 2025
Egis Technology unveils AI vision, robotics, and 3nm computing platforms at 2025 Tech Day
Taiwanese semiconductor group Egis Technology held its annual "2025 Egis Tech Day" on October 28, 2025, unveiling a suite of cutting-edge innovations under the theme of "fully activated...
Thursday 30 October 2025
Shinkong InnovHub launch to boost Taiwan's drone and tech industries
Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation (SSFC) broke ground on October 28, 2025, for its Shinkong InnovHub, a drone base integrating R&D, testing, manufacturing, talent incubation,...
Thursday 30 October 2025
Nexperia's export ban sparks Brazil auto shutdown fears
Brazil's government has warned of an impending semiconductor shortage that could halt car production within weeks, the latest fallout from the Dutch government's takeover of Chinese-owned...
Thursday 30 October 2025
A hundred years of quantum physics — and Taiwan wants in
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics to University of California, Berkeley professor John Clarke and two other scientists for identifying...
Thursday 30 October 2025
Wistron, Nvidia bring digital twin manufacturing to the US AI supply chain
Taiwan's Wistron Corporation is investing US$761 million to build an AI supercomputing and smart manufacturing center in Texas, as the company deepens its role in the global artificial...
Thursday 30 October 2025
Glass substrates edge toward prime time in PCB and chip packaging sector

As Moore's Law nears its physical and commercial limits, advanced packaging has become the new battleground defining the evolution of...