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Thursday 28 August 2025

Taiwanese tech firms, led by TSMC, pursue global investments to enhance operations and manage currency risks

The Department of Investment Review within Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has approved five investments by Taiwanese technology firms involving overseas capital injections...

Thursday 28 August 2025

Taiwan prosecutors indict three over TSMC trade secret theft for overseas use

Taiwan prosecutors have formally indicted three individuals for allegedly stealing core national semiconductor trade secrets from TSMC, the country's leading chipmaker, for potential...

Thursday 28 August 2025

Samsung is reportedly considering a stake in Intel to boost chip packaging and challenge TSMC

Samsung Electronics is reportedly considering a strategic investment in Intel to strengthen its foundry business, according to South...

Thursday 28 August 2025

Samsung’s hush on HBM4 fuels doubts over Nvidia supply readiness

South Korean media report that Samsung Electronics' sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) has cleared Nvidia's preliminary tests and could enter pre-production (PP) by late...

Thursday 28 August 2025

Taiwan Space Agency launches $81m LEO satellite program to boost local industry

Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) has launched a major initiative to industrialize communications satellite manufacturing, aiming to position...

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...

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