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Tuesday 1 July 2025
Chinese TV brands surge as LG adopts three-pronged strategy to stabilize market share
Despite the growing competitive threat from Chinese brands such as Hisense, TCL, and Xiaomi in recent years within the TV and end-display industry, South Korean companies continue...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
MWC CEO exclusive interview: How MWC transforms into a cross-industry platform in new telecom landscape
On the eve of MWC Shanghai's opening, Francesc Fajula, CEO of Mobile World Capital (MWC) Barcelona, made his first whirlwind visit to Taiwan and granted an exclusive interview with...
Monday 30 June 2025
Sanyang Motor sees growth amid market downturn, external challenges
Sanyang Motor held its shareholder meeting on June 26 to issue its financial report for 2024. The company's two-wheel and four-wheel business segments both saw growth throughout the...
Monday 30 June 2025
Draytek reports 52% revenue growth and 120% profit rise in 2024
Networking device provider Draytek announced a significant financial upturn for 2024, with year-over-year revenue increasing by 52% and net profit after tax more than doubling, with...
Monday 30 June 2025
JDI raises funds from Ichigo, sells patents and factory to develop sensors and semiconductors for restructuring
Japan Display Inc. (JDI) announced it will issue new stock subscription rights to its parent company, Ichigo Trust, to raise JPY95.6 billion (US$664.4 million). The company also plans...
Monday 30 June 2025
Vietnam gets the edge as GTOC targets smart cockpit glass boom
G-Tech Optoelectronics Corporation (GTOC) projects stable operational performance in the second half of 2025 despite challenges from reciprocal tariffs and fluctuations in the New...
Monday 30 June 2025
Samsung acquires rights to Intel semiconductor patents in strategic bid to avoid global IP disputes
Samsung Electronics has secured a broad license to a portfolio of semiconductor patents originally developed by Intel, a move industry analysts view as both a defensive strategy against...
Monday 30 June 2025
UiPath shifts focus to AI agent platform services, sees Taiwan manufacturing as top revenue source
UiPath, a leading developer of robotic process automation (RPA) software, is shifting its business strategy to focus on AI agent platform services. Richard Chen, regional vice president...
Monday 30 June 2025
China set to lead global foundry capacity by 2030 amid accelerating domestic expansion
China is poised to overtake Taiwan as the world's top semiconductor foundry hub by 2030, according to Yole Group. With 21% of global capacity in 2024 and rapid domestic expansion...
Monday 30 June 2025
Samsung reportedly promotes advanced 2nm process amid foundry setbacks
Samsung is pushing its second-generation 2nm process, SF2P, promising notable performance and efficiency gains. As its chip business faces mounting pressure, the company is betting...
Monday 30 June 2025
South Korea launches AI chip project with Taiwan's CoAsia and local unicorn Rebellions
CoAsia, a Taiwan-based semiconductor company, announced that its subsidiary, CoAsia SEMI, will partner with Rebellions, a South Korean AI chipmaker, to co-develop a next-generation...
Monday 30 June 2025
Taiwan advances drone self-sufficiency with new industry park in Chiayi
Taiwan is accelerating efforts to build asymmetric drone warfare capabilities by fostering a self-reliant domestic drone supply chain. Alongside military procurement, the government...
Monday 30 June 2025
IBM eyes deeper partnership with Rapidus for sub-1nm chip development
IBM is seeking a long-term partnership with Japan's Rapidus to develop sub-1nm chips, according to Yomiuri Shimbun. Building on their 2nm collaboration, IBM has deployed...
Monday 30 June 2025
Rebellions readies next-gen AI chip to take on Nvidia’s H100
South Korean artificial intelligence chip startup Rebellions has unveiled a prototype of its next-generation neural processing unit (NPU), integrating Samsung Electronics' 12-stack...
Monday 30 June 2025
BOE ramps up iPhone OLED production, challenging Samsung and LG

Chinese display manufacturer BOE has secured production capacity of roughly 100 million OLED panels annually for Apple's iPhones, according...