Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology unveiled a bold roadmap on March 17, 2025, during a business report to the Legislative Yuan, outlining the government’s vision to establish Taiwan as an AI island. As part of this initiative, the government has launched the “Greater Southern New Silicon Valley” plan. A key highlight is the remarkable transformation of the Sha-Lun Science and Technology Park, once relatively ignored. Its cybersecurity and smart technology research and development center is now on track to reach a 90% occupancy rate by February 2025, positioning it as a critical cybersecurity hub in southern Taiwan.

CATL, the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, has agreed to invest up to CNY2.5 billion (approx. US$345.5 million) in collaboration with NIO to expand China’s battery-swapping infrastructure.

AI robots are once again expected to be a hot topic at the upcoming Nvidia GTC, as robots serve as the perfect vehicle for embodied AI. Taiwanese suppliers have been eagerly eyeing opportunities in this realm: in addition to optics and industrial control firms, established players in the precision machining supply chain are also gearing up, with Apex Dynamics and Khgears offering insights on the topic at their recent earnings calls.

Samsung has also unveiled the full Samsung QN90F specifications and features. This is a series of 4K Neo QLED TVs that span from 115″ to 43″ for this model year. They employ mini LED backlights with Neo Quantum HDR+ for the 15″-55″ models, Neo Quantum HDR for the 50″ and 43″ models, and Quantum Matrix Technology Plus. The TVs also use VA panels [updated] with a native resolution of 120Hz and a…