Given the steady demand for AI and high-performance computing (HPC) chips, Unimicron stated that orders for IC substrates and PCBs have picked up. This has not only steadily increased capacity utilization rates, but the company has also negotiated with customers for ABF and BT substrates to gradually reflect rising raw material costs. These factors drove a marked improvement in operations in the fourth quarter of 2025, with single-quarter profits surpassing the combined total of the previous three quarters.

As the global manufacturing and robotics industry shifts towards humanoid robots, China’s world-leading Big 5 humanoid robot companies will gather in Korea for the first time this March. Asia’s leading manufacturing AX expo, Smart Factory & Automation World (AW) 2026, announced on February 12 that key companies spearheading the global humanoid robot industry have confirmed their participation.

Nvidia is extending its enterprise infrastructure strategy into operational technology (OT) cybersecurity, applying accelerated computing and AI to protect energy grids, manufacturing plants, transportation networks, and utilities.

On the evening of February 24, 2026, at the State of the Union address, President Trump urged major tech firms to build their own power plants for AI data centers and said American technology is driving a historic economic renewal.