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Wednesday 2 July 2025
TSMC announces leadership change at its Arizona unit
According to a corporate filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange on July 1, TSMC Arizona Corporation, a key subsidiary of TSMC, announced a leadership change. Rick Cassidy resigned...
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Taiwan govt to leverage AI, semiconductor expertise in growing biomedical industry
Strong demand for high performance computing (HPC) and generative AI (GenAI) has helped drive a 75% year-over-year revenue increase in the IC sector across Taiwan's science parks...
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Taiwan's Southern tech hubs boom on Nvidia chip demand and expansion
Fueled by booming global demand for Nvidia's GB200 chips—and the anticipated launch of the more powerful GB300 in the second half of 2025—Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturing...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
UMC floats 6nm ambition as 12nm with Intel inches forward
As China accelerates domestic semiconductor self-sufficiency and backs foundries like SMIC, Taiwan-based United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) faces rising pressure in the mature-node...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Dixon sees order diversification as clients split smartphone volumes among rivals
Dixon Technologies, India's largest EMS provider, is seeing a shift in its smartphone manufacturing business as key clients begin splitting orders with competing suppliers.
Tuesday 1 July 2025
AI smart glasses heat up: Taiwan's chipmakers move in as big tech revives wearables
Meta's surprise success with its Ray-Ban smart glasses in 2024 reignited industry confidence in headworn devices. The result: a renewed wave of investment and innovation from big...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
German robotics firm NEURA unveils advanced humanoid robot amid industry shifts
At the Automatica 2025 exhibition in Germany, NEURA Robotics introduced its third-generation humanoid robot, the 4NE1 Gen-3, marking a significant step in Europe's evolving robotics...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Chinese AI robotics leader Unitree Robotics reportedly aims for IPO by year-end
The competition in humanoid robotics is intensifying between the US and China, with several Chinese AI robotics companies emerging strongly amid this contest. Among them, Hangzhou-based...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
China race ahead with brain-computer interface fuel by chips, trials, policy support
With rapid advances in AI and semiconductors, brain-computer interface (BCI) technology is becoming a critical front in global tech rivalry. In China, a growing number of firms are...
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...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Loongson's indigenous CPUs offer China-built alternative to Intel for servers, AI
Loongson has launched its next-generation processors at the 2025 Product Launch and User Conference in Beijing, introducing chips built on its proprietary LoongArch instruction set...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Ericsson expands Bengaluru R&D to boost ASIC development in India
Ericsson announced an expansion of its Research and Development (R&D) team in Bengaluru, India, focusing on ASIC development, aiming to leverage local expertise and enhance Ericsson's...
Monday 30 June 2025
Indian Reliance Jio expected to lead world FWA user base in 2025
Reliance Jio, India's largest wireless operator by subscribers, is projected to overtake global competitors to become the largest fixed wireless access (FWA) service provider by subscriber...
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
TSMC affiliate VIS may expedite production at US$8 billion Singapore fab
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s smaller affiliate Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp. may accelerate the chip production schedule at its new US$7.8 billion joint...