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Wednesday 12 November 2025

Taiwan's Foxconn plans move into passenger EVs with Luxgen buy, industry sources say

Foxtron Vehicle Technologies, the electric-vehicle joint venture backed by Foxconn Technology Group, is reportedly preparing to acquire...

Wednesday 12 November 2025

HP pushes MJF 3D printing as mainstream technology for commercial drone manufacturing

As drones see ever-expanding applications from military surveillance to logistics, agriculture, disaster relief, and medical transport, a growing challenge for the drone industry...

Wednesday 12 November 2025

EU moves to ban Chinese telecom gear, push unified cybersecurity standards

The EU is actively discussing legislation to prohibit Chinese telecommunications equipment from entering member states, aiming to strengthen regional information security defenses...

Wednesday 12 November 2025

DB HiTek rides power management chip boom to strong 3Q25 growth

South Korean foundry DB HiTek reported provisional results, showing that its revenue for the third quarter of 2025 reached KRW374.7 billion (approx. US$256 million), while operating...

Wednesday 12 November 2025

CXMT and Tesla's chip plans challenge South Korea's semiconductor lead

South Korea's semiconductor industry, boosted by AI-driven HBM memory demand, faces challenges as China's CXMT speeds up HBM3 production and Tesla plans to create its own wafer fab...

Wednesday 12 November 2025

ASML opens South Korea campus to deepen Samsung, SK Hynix ties

ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet visited South Korea to mark the opening of the company's new campus in Dongtan, Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi-do province. The facility is designed to accelerate...

Wednesday 12 November 2025

TSMC offloads older tools to VIS as it repurposes fabs for next-gen tech

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) approved its third-quarter 2025 business report and financial statements during a board meeting on November 11. The company also...

Wednesday 12 November 2025

Wistron and Quanta report record profits as AI server and storage demand drives 2025 growth

Wistron Group delivered record profits in the third quarter and first three quarters of 2025 on strong AI server demand, while Quanta Storage also hit historic highs in the first...

Wednesday 12 November 2025

StatsInsight develops a home-grown baseball Hawk-Eye system with AWS hybrid cloud architecture

In modern competitive sports, the margin between victory and defeat often depends on who can capture and analyze data more effectively. Taiwan's triumph at the 2024...

Wednesday 12 November 2025

Taiwan's Nexcom targets tenfold robotics growth, cites G2 divide on safety standards

Taiwan-based industrial computer maker Nexcom is pivoting hard into humanoid robots as artificial intelligence expands into "physical AI."

Wednesday 12 November 2025

Investors flock to defense startups amid rising global tensions

Geopolitical conflict is redirecting global investment toward the defense sector, where Silicon Valley-style innovation and cost efficiency are upending the traditional model of slow,...

Tuesday 11 November 2025

Taiwan's machinery industry sees 9 straight months of export growth thanks to AI, but machine tool exports halve

Machinery exports in October 2025 grew by 11.8% year-over-year to US$2.658 billion, while cumulative exports from January to October 2025 totaled US$25.917 billion, up 7.3% year-over-year,...

Tuesday 11 November 2025

Sony raises annual forecast on yen slide, image sensor surge, and Demon Slayer windfall

Sony Group lifted its operating profit forecast for fiscal 2025 to JPY1.43 trillion (approx. US$9.3 billion) from JPY1.33 trillion, beating...

Tuesday 11 November 2025

Walsin Lihwa eyes offshore wind and AI infrastructure with Kaohsiung submarine cable plant

Weak market conditions and the impact of European summer holidays drove down stainless steel sales volume and prices in the third quarter of 2025. Taiwan-based cable and stainless...

Tuesday 11 November 2025

Astera Labs ships switch chips, expands AI server influence with new standards

AI server high-speed transmission leader Astera Labs delivered strong performance in 2025's first quarter, announcing record results this week alongside a media event in Taiwan outlining...

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