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Thursday 31 July 2025

Automakers extend factory suspensions as Japan responds to tsunami warning

Japan's major automakers extended factory suspensions into July 31, 2025, following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on the morning of July 30, 2025, which triggered...

Thursday 31 July 2025

Orient Pharma leads Taiwan in international certifications with unique management strategy

Orient Pharma (OP), a reinvested subsidiary of the Orient EuroPharma Group (OEP), will be listed on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) market in late August 2025. Ahead of the listing,...

Thursday 31 July 2025

Taiwan's first optical remote sensing satellite to launch alongside three homegrown CubeSats

In October 2025, Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) will launch Formosat-8A, the nation's first domestically developed optical remote sensing satellite. Three homegrown 8U CubeSats—Bellbird-1,...

Thursday 31 July 2025

Commentary: Samsung’s Tesla deal opens door to Musk’s fab ambitions

Samsung Foundry has secured an eight-year, US$16.5 billion contract to manufacture Tesla's next-generation AI6 chip. The move is seen as a major strategic win that comes just as Intel...

Thursday 31 July 2025

Samsung's Lee Jae-yong visits DC with US tariff negotiations ongoing, eyes further Texas investment

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong recently made a spontaneous trip to Washington, DC, to assist South Korea in ongoing reciprocal tariff negotiations with the US. As AI semiconductors...

Thursday 31 July 2025

Foxconn and Teco team up on AI infra, starting with Stargate

Foxconn and Teco Electric & Machinery unveiled a strategic alliance on July 30 via a share swap deal, marking a shift in focus toward...

Thursday 31 July 2025

SK Hynix secures top spot as competition heats up in DRAM market

SK Hynix has solidified its position as the global market leader after achieving record performance in the High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) market. However, China's leading memory chipmaker,...

Thursday 31 July 2025

BOE acquires half of Apple's MacBook LCD orders, displacing LG Display

BOE Technology is on track to surpass LG Display (LGD) as Apple's top MacBook LCD panel supplier in 2025, marking a significant shift in Apple's display sourcing as the company edges...

Thursday 31 July 2025

Tariffs & FX hits Everlight Chemical, June revenue drops 15.5%

Everlight Chemical announced its unaudited consolidated revenue for June 2025 was NT$598 million (approx. US$20.1 million), down 15.5% compared to the same period in 2024. The consolidated...

Thursday 31 July 2025

Microsoft cannot protect EU data from US government

Microsoft has admitted to a French Senate hearing that it cannot guarantee data sovereignty. Even if data is stored on servers in Europe, the US government can still access it under...

Wednesday 30 July 2025

2025 IEEE International Future Energy Challenge (IFEC) concludes successfully in Taiwan; Chroma ATE plays key role

The internationally renowned 2025 IEEE International Future Energy Challenge (IFEC), a global annual power electronics design competition for undergrad students, recently held its...

Wednesday 30 July 2025

Toyota expands EV manufacturing with new plant in the Czech Republic

Toyota Motor plans to begin electric vehicle (EV) production in Europe by 2028, marking a significant expansion of its global EV manufacturing...

Wednesday 30 July 2025

Japan's Advantest raises FY2025 outlook on strong AI chip demand and weak yen

Japanese chip testing equipment maker Advantest has raised its full-year revenue and earnings forecasts for fiscal 2025, citing stronger-than-expected demand driven by generative...

Wednesday 30 July 2025

EU launches EUR30B AI gigafactory plan to catch up in AI computing power

Facing competition from the US and China in artificial intelligence (AI), the European Union (EU) has initiated a massive EUR30 billion (approx. US$34.7 billion) GW-scale AI factory...

Wednesday 30 July 2025

Samsung accelerates Pyeongtaek P4 to boost 1c DRAM mass production

Samsung Electronics is accelerating the resumption of construction at the fourth phase (PH4) of its Pyeongtaek Campus Line 4 (P4) in South Korea, where construction was halted last...

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