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Monday 5 May 2025

Intel focuses automotive efforts on China with Auto Shanghai debut

Ever since Intel launched its automotive efforts in a high-profile announcement in early 2024, with its automotive business headquartered in China, the chipmaker's ambitions for this...

Monday 5 May 2025

Taiwan’s tech leader urged investment in power infrastructure for AI era

As AI reshapes global industries and geopolitical dynamics, Taiwan's business leaders are sounding the alarm on a critical yet often...

Sunday 4 May 2025

Automotive and industrial control chip markets show signs of recovery, but tariffs risk looms

European and American integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) have released their financial reports. Among them, Texas Instruments (TI), a bellwether in the analog chip market, believes...

Saturday 3 May 2025

Rick Tsai bets on AI as MediaTek’s next growth engine

During MediaTek's first-quarter 2025 earnings call, CEO Rick Tsai reaffirmed that artificial intelligence is central to the company's long-term growth. He emphasized that the broader...

Saturday 3 May 2025

Apple's 2Q earnings in focus: trade tensions, AI lag, and China headwinds cloud outlook

Apple is set to announce its fiscal second-quarter earnings on May 1 (Pacific Time). Analysts anticipate the company will hit revenue...

Saturday 3 May 2025

Murata braces for 8-year profit nadir as smartphone, auto headwinds mount

Murata Manufacturing anticipates its profit for fiscal year 2025 (April 2025 to March 2026) to hit an eight-year low, citing stagnant demand for smartphones and automotive components,...

Friday 2 May 2025

Powertech Technology sees revenue decline as expected in 1Q25

Powertech Technology (PTI), a Taiwanese memory packaging and testing vendor, experienced a decrease in solid-state drive (SSD) and NAND flash shipments in the first quarter of 2025,...

Friday 2 May 2025

Huawei mobilizes 11 top carmakers to forge China's smart driving safety agenda

China's booming auto industry is moving beyond product competition as automakers increasingly prioritize unified safety standards for intelligent driving systems. The sector is transitioning...

Friday 2 May 2025

Wellysun emphasizes limited tariff impact as end customers do not export to North America

Regarding the recent China-US tariff policies affecting automotive components, Wellysun, a company specializing in the research and development, manufacturing, and sales of customized...

Friday 2 May 2025

CWTC posts strong Q1 as packaging demand surges, eyes expansion in Asia

Taiwanese lead frame packaging giant CWTC posted better-than-expected results for the first quarter of 2025, buoyed by its inclusion on key client procurement lists and surging demand...

Friday 2 May 2025

Trump adds small tariff exemption window as auto parts levies take effect

President Donald Trump's administration has created a limited exemption pathway for automotive tariffs set to take effect May 3, 2025, offering modest relief to the industry despite...

Friday 2 May 2025

US auto tariffs backfire: supply chains prioritize cash management

The US will implement automotive parts tariffs starting on May 3rd, 2025, although President Donald Trump recently offered limited exemptions for certain vehicles and components....

Friday 2 May 2025

Dixon Technologies, Inventec form joint venture to manufacture PCs and servers in India

Dixon Technologies has strengthened its role in India's electronics manufacturing sector by signing a joint venture with Taiwan-based Inventec to produce IT hardware. The partnership...

Friday 2 May 2025

Trump tariffs reshaping Asian supply chains as Taiwan manufacturer adjusts strategy

Taiwan-based Coretronic Intelligent Robotics is seeing production shifts across Asia that extend beyond immediate reactions to US tariff policies, according to General Manager Hui-zi...

Friday 2 May 2025

Tariffs forge a stronger Chinese PC industry as US brands falter

The adage "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" aptly describes China's response to US tariffs and export controls. Rather than hindering Beijing's progress, these measures have...

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