As uncertainties persist around tariffs, geopolitical conflicts, and exchange rate fluctuations, mobile phone manufacturers are preparing for the traditional demand peak in the second half of 2025. Industry players are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence integration and expanding new product launches to sustain and grow smartphone sales during this pivotal period.

As growth in the PC, notebook, and home appliance markets slows, Taiwan Line Tek Electronic, a connector and cable manufacturer, is shifting its focus to emerging niche sectors such as low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites, artificial intelligence (AI), and cloud computing. The company has identified the LEO satellite industry as its primary area of development, with several ongoing collaborations and a projected increase in related product proportions from the second half of 2025.

MediaTek Research, the advanced research division of the MediaTek Group, has released MR Breeze ASR 25, an open-source automatic speech recognition (ASR) model optimized for Taiwanese Mandarin and local speech patterns. Based on OpenAI’s Whisper architecture, the model was designed to better understand the linguistic nuances of Taiwan, including Mandarin-English code-switching, a common feature in everyday speech.

Innolux has announced a bold NT$33.7 billion (US$1.12 billion) acquisition of Japan’s Pioneer Corporation, a move that signals a strategic pivot toward the high-growth market for intelligent automotive cockpits. The deal, made through its subsidiary CarUX and in partnership with Sweden-based EQT, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025 and marks one of the largest overseas M&A transactions by a Taiwanese tech firm in recent years.