On March 10, BOE Technology Group celebrated the mass production launch of its MLED (Mini/Micro LED) displays at Zhuhai BOE MLED Technology. The event, themed “Illuminating the Future, Mass Production Begins,” welcomed over 50 international clients from the US, Europe, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia, highlighting BOE’s expanding footprint in the global MLED market.

Japan’s 2025 budget proposal is on the verge of approval, paving the way for government investment in Rapidus, a project focused on the mass production of advanced semiconductors. This legislative session is also set to introduce legal changes allowing debt guarantees for bank loans, thereby strengthening governmental support. Although public funding is progressing steadily, private investment is noticeably slow, placing a significant financial responsibility on state resources.

Global server shipments are anticipated to pick up by 2.3% in 2025, surpassing 15 million units, according to DIGITIMES’ latest report covering server market shipments and performance in 2025. However, the growth rate will be lower than in 2024 as intensifying global tariff wars and escalating geopolitical tensions will lead to more conservative enterprise investments, with a focus on increasingly mature large language model (LLM) applications.