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Thursday 28 August 2025

Wistron chairman sees going global as an opportunity for businesses

Although tariff issues have temporarily eased, the industry remains concerned about the unknown implications of the US Section 232 investigation. In response, Wistron chairman Simon...

Thursday 28 August 2025

Taiwan firms push eye-care tech and recycling into mobile accessory market

Despite slowing smartphone demand, with annual shipments nearing 1.2 billion units, mobile phones remain one of the world's best-selling ICT products. While peripheral accessories...

Thursday 28 August 2025

South Korea weighs Westinghouse deal as nuclear export chances grow

The global surge in energy demand has brought a turnaround to South Korea's once-stagnant nuclear power industry. However, at the beginning of 2025, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power...

Thursday 28 August 2025

TikTok to replace hundreds of UK content moderators with AI automation

TikTok is planning cuts to its UK trust and safety team, replacing human content moderators with automated AI.

Thursday 28 August 2025

US-Taiwan tariff talks put spotlight on 25% auto tax

Auto sales in Taiwan have sharply declined in recent months, as consumers sit on the sidelines, anticipating a potential breakthrough...

Thursday 28 August 2025

South Korea races to close gap in hybrid bonding as global rivals move ahead

South Korean experts are raising alarms that domestic semiconductor equipment manufacturers may be falling behind in developing hybrid bonding technology—critical for advancing...

Wednesday 27 August 2025

Rebellions unveils chiplet AI accelerator to challenge Nvidia in hyperscale market

Korea-based Rebellions unveiled its next-generation AI accelerator, REBEL-Quad, at the Hot Chips 2025 symposium in California, positioning itself as a direct rival to Nvidia's Blackwell...

Wednesday 27 August 2025

Quanta's Techman Robot prepares for IPO with backing from chairman Barry Lam

At a pre-IPO briefing held on Monday, Techman Robot, a leading Taiwanese collaborative robot (cobot) manufacturer, laid out its vision...

Wednesday 27 August 2025

Nvidia's CoWoP PCB architecture targets ABF substrates but faces warpage risk

Nvidia's new advanced packaging technology, Chip-on-Wafer-on-Platform (CoWoP), has moved into testing with engineering samples of its base printed circuit boards (PCBs) under verification...

Wednesday 27 August 2025

Nvidia's Huang meets Samsung, SK leaders at US summit as HBM battle escalates

The South Korea-US summit offered a rare gathering of tech heavyweights, as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won...

Wednesday 27 August 2025

Semiconductor and defense sectors drive ChenFull Precision's optimistic outlook for 2026 operations

ChenFull Precision has disclosed that thanks to momentum from the semiconductor and defense industries, revenue in the second half of 2025 is expected to achieve double-digit growth...

Wednesday 27 August 2025

Taking Taiwan's Energy Efficiency Progress to the Next Level

Energy efficiency is often described as the "first fuel" of the global energy transition, as it offers some of the fastest and most cost-effective ways to reduce CO2 emissions. It...

Wednesday 27 August 2025

Vivo V60 and foldable X series set to drive 40% sales growth in Taiwan mid-to-high-end segment

Vivo Taiwan is aggressively expanding its presence in the smartphone market. Following the recent debut of its first foldable device, the X Fold5, which marked a major step in strengthening...

Wednesday 27 August 2025

Commentary: Trump eyes TSMC's Arizona fab as leverage to lift Intel and 'Made in America' drive

Since August 11, 2025, when Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan met with US President Donald Trump at the White House, and following the White House confirmation on August 22 that it would subsidize...

Wednesday 27 August 2025

Suzuki to launch first made-in-India EV; Prime Minister Modi calls it 'historic beginning'

Suzuki Motor Corp. will produce its first electric vehicle in India, underscoring the Japanese automaker's bet on the South Asian nation as a hub for green mobility and exports. The...

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