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Monday 11 August 2025
South Korea urged to fast-track AI law to safeguard competitiveness amid US-China rivalry
South Korea recently held a public hearing on the proposed Special Act on AI Industry Development, with industry leaders urging the government to speed up its review. Youchul Kim,...
Monday 11 August 2025
Sharp reports net profit after asset sale
Sharp Corporation reported a net profit of JPY27.2 billion (approx. US$184.21 million) for the April to June 2025 quarter, reversing a loss of JPY1.2 billion in the same period last...
Monday 11 August 2025
Taiwan leads global SiPh development; optical industry set for explosive growth by 2027
Silicon photonics (SiPh) is one of the most critical technologies in the AI world and broadband sectors, according to Paul Liu, chairman of Taiwan's National Development Council (NDC)...
Monday 11 August 2025
TSMC eyes record-breaking 2025 as AI chip boom fuels 3nm dominance
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported consolidated revenue of approximately NT$323.166 billion (US$10.82 billion) in July, marking a 22.5% increase from June and...
Monday 11 August 2025
TSMC fine-tunes advanced packaging, delays projects, and trims low-return ops
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has undergone a reorganization of its advanced packaging capacity and workforce, even as it publicly emphasizes expansion efforts. The...
Monday 11 August 2025
Taiwan chipmakers sidestep HBM giants with tailored edge-AI memory
Taiwanese memory chipmakers are intensifying efforts to capture growth in customized AI applications, unveiling low-power, high-bandwidth alternatives to High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)...
Monday 11 August 2025
Samsung, SK Hynix rush to secure Nvidia's SOCAMM supply chain — before it becomes the next HBM

After vying for leadership in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market, South Korea's top memory chipmakers, Samsung Electronics and SK...

Sunday 10 August 2025
China's EV makers slashing prices, ignoring government warnings
Despite repeated clear statements from the Chinese central government urging automakers to stop vicious price-cutting, the market's price war has not eased. Instead, it has intensi...
Sunday 10 August 2025
Trump's 100% tariff hint stirs concerns despite South Korea's MFN status
US President Donald Trump recently announced tariffs as high as 100% on certain semiconductor products. Although South Korea holds a commitment to "most favored-nation" (MFN) treatment,...
Sunday 10 August 2025
Far EasTone participates in LiTV's new funding round to deepen video streaming content
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) held its earnings call for the second quarter of 2025 on August 6, during which the company also revealed that its board of directors has approved...
Sunday 10 August 2025
Satellite insurance raises cost for Taiwan's satellite push
Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) is taking a bold step toward industrializing its satellite manufacturing sector, announcing a NT$24.9 billion (US$833 million) initiative to develop a commercial...
Saturday 9 August 2025
Tesla orders boost Samsung's Taylor plant; OCI expands semiconductor-grade phosphoric acid production
South Korean materials company OCI recently announced plans to expand its production capacity of semiconductor-grade phosphoric acid. This expansion comes in response to surging customer...
Saturday 9 August 2025
Qisda reports US assembly not necessarily cost-effective under 20% tariff
Qisda's consolidated revenue for July 2025 was NT$17.473 billion (approx. US$583.2 million), down 6.99% monthly but up 7.25% annually. For the first seven months of 2025, consolidated...
Saturday 9 August 2025
Exein expands globally to address IoT security challenges, leveraging Taiwan's advanced manufacturing ecosystem
Rising concerns over vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) devices—estimated to account for nearly one-third of global cybersecurity risks—are fueling a surge in...
Saturday 9 August 2025
South Korea's quintet of alliances for sovereign AI: Kakao notably left out
South Korea is progressing its autonomous AI model development by choosing five key industry alliances—Naver Cloud, SK Telecom, NC AI, LG AI Research, and Upstage. The government...