When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sat down for fried chicken and beer with Samsung’s Lee Jae-yong and Hyundai’s Chung Eui-sun on a Gyeongju street corner, the casual dinner quickly went viral across South Korea. The scene captured something larger than corporate networking: Nvidia’s calculated pivot toward Asia’s most agile technology hub.

MediaTek’s subsidiary Airoha reported a steady financial performance for the third quarter of 2025, with revenue reaching NT$5.63 billion (US$182.5 million), marking a 2% sequential increase and a 1.2% rise year-over-year. The company highlighted its strong presence in networking infrastructure products and the high-end AI IoT segment as key revenue drivers amid mixed market conditions. Gross margin improved by 1.7% quarter-on-quarter and year-over-year to 52.2%. Operating profit increased by 7.5% sequentially to NT$877 million but declined 6% compared to the same period last year.

MediaTek’s subsidiary Airoha has identified Ethernet, optical communication, and Bluetooth applications as key growth drivers, expecting these sectors to account for 20% of its revenue by 2026, according to its November 4, 2025, earnings call. While the company has not finalized its 2026 budget or provided detailed forecasts, it confirmed these areas as core to its expansion plans.