Taiwan-India JV powers breakthrough as MiPhi launches India’s first enterprise-grade SSDs

According to the Business Standard, BW Business World, and EE Herald, MiPhi Semiconductors, a joint venture between India’s Micromax Informatics and Taiwan’s Phison Technology, has announced the design and manufacture of enterprise-grade SSDs in India, making MiPhi the first indigenous brand to produce such high-performance data storage solutions in the country.

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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 in April 2025, leading all industrial categories in the parks, according to data from the Science Park Bureaus under the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). Science and Technology Minister and Minister without Portfolio Cheng-wen Wu believes Taiwan should leverage its semiconductor and AI expertise through tight integration with the biomedical industry, to foster practical applications of AI in biotech and medicine.

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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 sector is experiencing a rapid surge in revenue, particularly in the country’s southern science parks. Recent data from Taiwan’s National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), released in June 2025, shows that the Southern Taiwan Science Park generated NT$285.3 billion (US$9.8 billion) in revenue in April 2025—nearly three times the NT$109.6 billion recorded by the Central Taiwan Science Park.

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China’s AI chip companies struggle for survival as four key players hold less than 1% market share

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has recently warned multiple times that the Trump administration may further tighten US export controls, inadvertently allowing Chinese domestic AI chips, such as those from Huawei, to fully capture the China market. AI chips can be divided into training and inference segments, with Nvidia historically dominating the high-barrier AI training chip sector in China.

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DDR4 memory prices surge 80% amid supply cuts, but rally shows signs of cooling

The DDR4 memory market has experienced significant turbulence over the past month, as major manufacturers discontinue older production lines. This shift has triggered a surge in speculative purchasing, resulting in unprecedented price escalations. Spot prices for DDR4 8Gb (1Gx8) modules have risen by more than 80%, while DDR4 16Gb (2Gx8) chips are now trading at a premium exceeding 40% compared to similarly sized DDR5 units.

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Intel’s Nova Lake-S targets 60% performance leap, aims leadership in high-end computing

Intel’s upcoming Nova Lake-S Desktop CPUs are stirring excitement across the tech industry, with early reports hinting at significant performance leaps. Leaked slides from the company suggest the chips could deliver more than a 10% increase in single-threaded performance and a remarkable 60% boost in multi-threaded performance, positioning Intel’s next-generation processors as top contenders for leadership in gaming performance and overall efficiency.

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URS’s all-black solar module secures Taiwan VPC and IEC certifications, eyes UL approval in 3Q25

Taiwan’s United Renewable Energy (URE) announced on June 30, 2025, that its newly launched all-black aesthetic solar module has obtained dual certifications from Taiwan’s Voluntary Product Certification (VPC) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). The company expects to complete US UL (Underwriters Laboratories) certification in the third quarter of 2025, marking another milestone following the successful qualification of its M10 TOPCon module in 2024.

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Billion Electric accelerates pivot to clean energy, reports 52% revenue growth

In Taiwan’s rapidly expanding green energy market, driven by the global energy transition and power grid modernization, Billion Electric is making a strategic shift from its traditional power supply roots to become a major player in renewable energy and storage. During its June 30, 2025 earnings call, the company revealed it had secured a 262 MWh operations and maintenance (O&M) contract and expects to add two more project sites in the third quarter of 2025. Billion Electric also announced plans to launch several new products in the second half of 2025, signaling sustained momentum for growth ahead.

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TPIsoftware, Ho Team Construction partner on Vietnam’s first AI-powered carbon audit

As Vietnam prepares to roll out its carbon trading pilot program in 2025, TPIsoftware, a Taiwan-based technology firm, announced a strategic partnership with Ho Team Construction, the largest Taiwanese construction contractor operating in Vietnam. The collaboration will see Ho Team become the country’s first construction company to adopt an AI-powered carbon inventory system, laying the groundwork for Vietnam’s full-scale carbon trading regime anticipated in 2029.

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