Amazon Web Services (AWS) is extending its cloud capabilities beyond data centers to edge endpoints, integrating drones and satellite communications to enhance disaster response. Generative AI applications also took center stage at a recent exhibition, with robots creating portraits while engaging in real-time conversations—an alternative highlight of the event.
Donald Trump is expected to take office on January 20, 2025, likely being cautious with exporters running significant trade surpluses with the US. Meanwhile, US demand for electronic components and AI servers from Taiwan remains high, with Taiwanese exports to the US reaching US$101.5 billion from January to November 2024, compared to US imports in the same period totaling only US$43 billion.
Surpassing market expectations, TSMC reported a consolidated revenue of NT$276.058 billion (approx. US$8.504 billion) for November 2024. Although this represents a decrease of 12.2% from the peak in October, it marks a significant year-over-year increase of 34%, while TSMC’s cumulative revenue from January to November 2024 is approximately NT$2.61 trillion, reflecting a 31.8% year-over-year increase.
PMOLED panel manufacturer RiTdisplay has been aggressively expanding into the energy storage and battery sectors in recent years. After successfully upgrading its energy business to another level, the company is now incubating a biotech venture, focusing on medical plasma wound treatment devices.
The sale of AUO’s Tainan factory to Micron for NT$260,000 (US$8,022) per Taiwanese ping (approx. 3.3 square meters) has triggered a ripple effect in the industrial real estate market. Optical film manufacturer EFUN Technology, which owns a 59,000-square-meter facility in Tainan Technology Industrial Park, is now actively evaluating ways to optimize its assets. Based on product development progress, the company may lease, sell, or retain the facility for its use.
Despite the low profitability of SK Hynix’s CMOS image sensor (CIS) business, the company has decided to retain this segment and reorganize its CIS development team under the Future Technology Research Institute, possibly hoping to replicate the successful narrative seen in high bandwidth memory (HBM).