US President Donald Trump has ended his six-day trip to Asia.
With newly added production capacity in place, growth in AI product shipments, and continued average selling price (ASP) increases, Lite-On achieved strong profits in the third quarter of 2025, and operations in 2026 are expected to reach double-digit growth. Director Anson Chiu stated that AI-related products accounted for more than 20% of revenue in the third quarter, exceeding the company's prior annual plans. In 2026, the AI-related revenue share is expected to double to 40%, with nearly double the capacity added in Vietnam, Kaohsiung, and the US.
Future Nokia base stations will adopt Nvidia ARC, integrating Grace CPUs with Blackwell GPUs, as part of a long-term collaboration between the two companies on 5G and 6G base station chips. The AI-RAN platform can leverage idle RAN assets to support edge AI services, allowing base stations to perform AI inference computations while providing communication services.
Acoustoelectric component maker Primax Electronics maintained steady operations in the third quarter of 2025, fueled by strong shipments of automotive and AIoT products that sustained momentum from the first half of the year.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has dismissed AI bubble concerns at GTC DC, claiming that market demand is real and tangible. He stated that customers are willing to pay for powerful AI models and that the market remains healthy.
Samsung Electronics staged a strong rebound in the third quarter of 2025 and set the tone for the next phase of the memory cycle, where AI infrastructure, premium product mix, and heavy capital spending converge in a more competitive landscape. The company's strategy reveals how it plans to stay ahead of SK Hynix and Micron Technology.
OpenAI is reportedly gearing up to launch an initial public offering (IPO), potentially valued at US$1 trillion, aiming for a public listing by late 2026 or early 2027. According to Reuters and WSJ, insider sources reveal the company's initial fundraising valuation could start at US$60 billion, positioning OpenAI among the largest tech IPOs in history.
Dr. Nokibul Islam, Senior Director at STATS ChipPAC, presented the company's advanced packaging technology roadmap at the 2025 Advanced Packaging Developers Conference (APDC), identifying advanced packaging as one of the fastest-growing areas in the semiconductor industry.
Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced a growth strategy prioritizing "crisis management investment" in AI, semiconductors, and quantum technology to address economic and security risks. Key officials have been appointed to lead these efforts.
Chinese electronics manufacturer Wingtech Technology has filed a formal statement with the Dutch public broadcaster NOS, urging the Netherlands to revoke its decision to temporarily take control of Nexperia, the semiconductor company Wingtech acquired in 2019. The move marks a new flashpoint in the increasingly strained relationship between China and Europe's technology industries, as national security and industrial policy concerns collide.
Lite-On Technology expects to return to a growth trajectory in 2025 while simultaneously accelerating its global capacity expansion, according to company president Anson Chiu. The company has experienced steady growth since the first quarter of the year, seeing year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter revenue growth in the third quarter of 2025.
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