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Monday 24 February 2025
AI boom sends HBM demand soaring as Samsung eyes ASIC market shift
The global AI boom is set to keep high bandwidth memory (HBM) in short supply through 2025, as demand surges across AI and data-intensive applications, according to experts at SEMICON...
Monday 24 February 2025
Charging ahead: Taiwanese firms race for a slice of Japan's clean energy pie
Japan's drive for carbon neutrality by 2050 has spurred increased demand for renewable energy infrastructure, from charging stations to energy storage and hydrogen technology. This...
Monday 24 February 2025
Faraday's 1Q25 revenue is expected to increase by 150% quarterly, but gross margin may drop to 20%
On February 21, leading ASIC design service and silicon intellectual property (IP) provider Faraday held its earnings call. The company's fourth quarter of 2024 gross margin declined...
Monday 24 February 2025
Taiwan ternary lithium battery makers navigate geopolitical pressures amid EV market slowdown
The global electric vehicle (EV) market is experiencing a slowdown, with the projected annual growth rate for 2025 falling behind that of 2024. While market performance varies regionally,...
Monday 24 February 2025
DeepSeek drives growth at Chief Telecom, executives say
Taiwan-based internet data center (IDC) service provider Chief Telecom sees promising prospects in edge AI development, particularly thanks to the...
Monday 24 February 2025
TSMC's second Japanese fab maintains production timeline for 2027 despite possible construction delay
JASM, TSMC's Japan subsidiary, plans to build a second wafer fab in Kumamoto. The firm states that construction will begin in 2025, possibly later than the initially stated first...
Monday 24 February 2025
Singapore doubles down on deeptech: boosting AI and semiconductor research with US$2.23 billion fund
Singapore will invest an additional SGD3 billion (US$2.23 billion) into its National Productivity Fund (NPF) and allocate SGD1 billion to upgrade biomedical research centers and build...
Monday 24 February 2025
EMS provider Venture Corporation reports lower revenue and profit in 2024, eyes growth in 2025
Singapore-based electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider Venture Corporation posted sales of SGD2.7 billion (approx. US$2.05 billion) for fiscal 2024, marking a 9.6% decline...
Monday 24 February 2025
Taiwan Perovskite eyes Japan push with solar-integrated buildings, farms
Taiwan Perovskite Solar Corp. and partners, including AIZ, Promate, Hai Lu Jya He, and Taiwan Perovskite Research and Industry Association (TPRIA) showcased Taiwan's latest advances...
Monday 24 February 2025
Catcher enters aerospace precision metal market with AS 9100 certification
Catcher Technology (Catcher) has officially entered the realm of aerospace precision metal processing, having achieved certification for the AS 9100 aerospace quality management system...
Saturday 22 February 2025
Lenovo announces CFO transition as leadership reshuffle takes effect
Lenovo has announced a leadership transition, with Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Wai-ming Wong and Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)...
Saturday 22 February 2025
Taiwan set to deploy IQM's 5-qubit quantum computer in Q2 2025
Finland's IQM is expected to soon deliver a full-stack quantum computer that Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) has ordered.
Friday 21 February 2025
BizLink optimistic about production relocation opportunities in 2025
Cable and connector maker BizLink expects steady demand for high-performance computing (HPC) and semiconductor production equipment (SPE) to drive growth in 2025, with chairman Roger...
Friday 21 February 2025
SK Hynix CEO sees greater opportunities for semiconductor industry amid DeepSeek's impact
SK Hynix CEO Noh-Jung Kwak, reflecting on the emergence of China's DeepSeek, predicts that the generative AI model will ultimately have a positive impact on the semiconductor industry...
Friday 21 February 2025
Taiwan's overseas production ratio to rise
Statistics from the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) indicate that Taiwan's overseas production ratio in January was 44.8%, a year-over-year decrease of 4.2pp. If Taiwan's major...