The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), once the world’s premier launchpad for next-generation technologies, is facing mounting questions over its relevance. Ahead of CES 2026, scheduled for 6-9 January in Las Vegas, participation by South Korean companies is expected to fall sharply, with multiple conglomerates scaling back or skipping the show altogether. The pullback highlights a broader reassessment by large corporations of the cost, impact, and strategic value of global tech exhibitions.

China-based battery equipment maker CHR Hangko is actively expanding its production base in South Korea, aiming to deepen its presence in the local rechargeable battery supply chain amid growing advances of Chinese firms into battery equipment sectors.

Burn-Jeng Lin, one of TSMC’s six R&D pioneers and current dean of National Tsing Hua University’s College of Semiconductor Research, introduced the concept of a “Moore’s Law of Economy” on December 16, 2025. He emphasized that innovation can still overcome the physical limits of chip size reduction, but warned that global semiconductor talent shortages may expand 15-fold as countries race to build complete supply chains.