Trade between Taiwan and the Netherlands has evolved over the years. According to statistics from the Ministry of Finance (MOF), while Taiwan imports advanced lithography equipment from the Netherlands for semiconductor production, its top exports to the Dutch market are now sophisticated graphics cards, rather than bicycles.

HTC recently launched its first smart glasses supporting Traditional Chinese, the Vive Eagle, integrating multiple AI features such as voice interaction, scene recognition, and real-time translation. This release has reignited market interest and demand for AI glasses.

At the National Day rally in Singapore, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong underscored that the country's top economic priority is "employment," highlighting efforts to enhance citizens' skills amid the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). The government aims to ensure Singaporeans remain central to its workforce strategies.

Meta Platforms has created the Superintelligence Lab by hiring leading artificial intelligence (AI) experts with substantial compensation packages. The company aims to accelerate its development of artificial general intelligence but faces challenges from potential internal conflicts and decreased team efficiency, according to specialists.

Chip designer Arm has hired Amazon's artificial intelligence chip director Rami Sinno as it pushes into developing its processors, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

China unveiled the results of its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025) for digital economy development, showcasing progress in digital infrastructure, cross-industry data applications, and efforts to establish a national framework for data sharing and circulation.

Meta Platforms Inc. reportedly plans to restructure its artificial intelligence (AI) division by splitting its superintelligence lab into four specialized teams within six months, according to The Information, cited by Reuters.

2025 is being hailed as the inaugural year for AI-powered smart glasses. After Meta and Xiaomi entered the field, Taiwan's HTC Corporation officially launched its first model, the VIVE Eagle, on August 14, intensifying competition in the fast-growing market.

AI glasses are poised to revolutionize the conventional eyewear industry with new growth opportunities.

Taiwan will hold a vote on August 23, 2025, regarding the extension of the Third Nuclear Power Plant (No. 3), a decision that has become a key aspect of the island's overall energy policy.

Taiwan-based ASIC design firm Intelligo Technology, which specializes in AI-powered acoustics and speech recognition, posted solid gains in the second quarter of 2025 as consumer electronics demand picked up. The company booked consolidated revenue of NT$349 million (US$10.8 million), up 12.4% from the prior quarter and 94.7% year-over-year.

Global labor shortages and US reciprocal tariffs are pushing supply chains to fast-track automation as a safeguard against disruption. Advances in artificial intelligence are transforming robots from passive machines into decision-making systems, while modular, flexible designs are widening their industrial use and driving the next wave of automation.

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. will operate a US factory owned by SoftBank Group Corp., setting up what's in the running to be the first manufacturing site in the Japanese company's US$500 billion Stargate venture with OpenAI and Oracle Corp.

Google has expanded its Gemma 3 series of open-weight AI models by introducing a 270-million-parameter variant designed to reduce power consumption for mobile applications. This new model offers a more streamlined alternative to the previously released 1 billion parameter version, aiming to bring efficient AI processing to consumer devices.

China's semiconductor industry continues to expand capacity in mature process chips while strengthening self-production of AI chips, especially as the Chinese AI sector gained momentum with the debut of DeepSeek. Due to ongoing US restrictions on semiconductor exports to China, Nvidia's AI chips have become unavailable. Although Nvidia's H20 chips were recently conditionally approved by the US government, Chinese authorities are fostering an environment that discourages the use of H20 within China.

OpenAI's latest flagship model, GPT-5, delivers markedly stronger reasoning performance than its predecessor—but at a sharply higher environmental cost. According to a new analysis, each GPT-5 query consumes roughly 8.6 times the electricity required by GPT-4.

Meta's success with its smart Ray-Ban glasses has ignited a wave of development in smart and AI-powered eyewear, offering fresh optimism for chipmakers who once banked on the metaverse vision. The field has drawn more semiconductor players than many expected, with nearly every IC design house active in consumer electronics investing in related technologies.

Humanoid robots are generating intense hype, but supply-chain players remain wary, pointing to two uncertainties: unclear industrial use cases and lagging technical progress. With component standards still undefined, the industry is stuck in limbo — what Apex Dynamics President Kuo Chung-che described as a field where "everyone sees opportunity, but no one has certainty."

As Nvidia's H20 artificial intelligence (AI) chips become a focal point in US-China tech competition, Beijing is taking a cautious and increasingly assertive approach toward their use domestically. The move underscores China's broader strategy to reduce reliance on foreign technology while strengthening its own semiconductor industry.

Solar conductive paste manufacturer Giga Solar Materials (GSMC) announced on August 14 that it has obtained the rights to distribute US vendor Parker's AI server liquid cooling fittings and couplings to designated customers.

Tokyo-listed Appier reported record revenue of JPY10.3 billion (US$98.3 million) for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025, marking its fastest growth in nearly two years. The company also achieved significant increases in gross profit and operating margin during the period.

Recently, there has been widespread discussion about US President Donald Trump imposing "export taxes" on American AI chipmakers such as Nvidia and AMD for products exported to China. Wired magazine published an in-depth interview with AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su. However, the interview took place in late June, so questions regarding the AI chip "export tax" were not addressed. Nonetheless, Su pointed out that even if the US stops exporting AI chips, AI technology development will continue globally, and described export controls as merely noise.

The Trump administration is in talks with Intel. The stakes? A direct equity investment in America's struggling chip giant.

Despite TSMC's US$165 billion investment in the US, Taiwan does not appear to have any special favor from the United States. Taiwan faces a higher reciprocal tariff compared to Japan and South Korea, and US President Donald Trump has even threatened to impose a 300% tariff on semiconductors. However, companies that already have factories or plan to build them in the US are exempted.