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Wednesday 3 December 2025
TEL pledges tighter oversight after prosecutors link Taiwan unit to TSMC leak case

Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL) sought to clarify its position after Taiwan's High Prosecutors Office indicted its subsidiary, Tokyo Electron...

Wednesday 3 December 2025
Kyocera pulls plug on 5G base-station project, cites fierce global competition

Kyocera has abandoned its bid to enter the 5G base-station market, shelving a plan it once hoped would help Japan reclaim a foothold in...

Wednesday 3 December 2025
Germany and Taiwan strike a chord: Merck's 357-year legacy meets new chip investments
Germany and Taiwan marked a symbolic convergence of politics, culture, and industrial strategy on the evening of December 2, 2025, as the Deutsche Philharmonie Merck performed at...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Tesla and BYD confront slowing sales as global EV momentum falters

Tesla and BYD are both facing increasing sales pressure, with the two electric vehicle (EV) giants showing signs of fatigue in their key...

Wednesday 3 December 2025
Eleven Japanese and American companies file lawsuits seeking refunds for Trump tariffs
Eleven companies from Japan and the US, including Toyota Tsusho, Sumitomo Chemical, Ricoh, and Costco Wholesale, have filed lawsuits demanding refunds for reciprocal tariffs imposed...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
How Gelsinger's 'Made in America' vision challenges TSMC's Arizona ambitions
Pat Gelsinger describes himself as a born-again Christian who lives "at the intersection of faith and technology." For the former Intel CEO, reviving American semiconductor manufacturing...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Japan's humanoid robot alliance expands to counter Chinese dominance
The Kyoto Humanoid Association (KyoHA), a coalition initiated by Waseda University and Murata Manufacturing Co., has welcomed several new members, including Renesas Electronics, in...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Supply chain strains mount as Europe's carmakers lag in electrification and software
The global wave of automotive electronics and electrification was supposed to be Europe's biggest opportunity for reinvention in a century. Instead, sluggish transformation and geopolitical...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
South Korea receives first 13,000 Nvidia GPUs under Jensen Huang's AI infrastructure pledge
Following Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's commitment to supply 260,000 GPUs to South Korea, the government has received its first shipment of approximately 13,000 units, including the latest...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
China props up global EV market as growth slows
As global demand for electric vehicles cools, suppliers across the EV supply chain are shifting toward hybrid and plug-in hybrid models to maintain steady growth. Yet despite intensifying...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Intel taps Amkor in Korea for advanced chip packaging
Intel is reportedly outsourcing the advanced packaging of its artificial intelligence semiconductors to Amkor Technology Inc.'s facility in Incheon, South Korea, marking the first...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Tokyo Electron pulled into TSMC leak saga as prosecutors seek major fine
The Intellectual Property Branch of the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office recently indicted Li-ming Chen, an employee of Tokyo Electron (TEL), and Ping-chun Wu and Yi-ping Ko of Taiwan...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Tariffs are here to stay, and global supply chains may never look the same
As DIGITIMES Tech Forum takes place on December 3, 2025, DIGITIMES Research deputy director Tom Lo highlighted challenges and opportunities for Taiwan's technology supply chain amid...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
TUVIT powering industrial IT security and cybersecurity with testing, compliance and certification

The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act) is set to be fully implemented in 2026, and the Cyber ??Resilience Act (CRA) is scheduled for...

Wednesday 3 December 2025
China's Kingboard raises prices again as copper and fiberglass costs soar

Following price-hike announcements from Taiwan's major copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers, including Nan Ya, China's market leader Kingboard...