Foxconn said its latest results highlight how technology manufacturing groups are reshaping supply chains for global customers. The company reported record earnings in 2025, raised dividends to a new high, and set a more ambitious profit target, signaling stronger returns for shareholders and continued investment in artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, and semiconductors worldwide.

The US government will formally announce reduced tariffs for non-semiconductor Section 232 products, to be applied retroactively starting from May 1, 2026, according to a notice published in the late hours of May 27 (US Eastern Time) in the Federal Register. In particular, the move will slash tariffs on Taiwan-made auto parts to a flat 15% from an average 26.71%, a sharp reduction that is expected to trigger a strong rally for Taiwan’s auto components makers.

Chinese CMOS image sensor supplier SmartSens Technology announced on May 26 that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Chinese IC design company Unisoc to jointly develop Micro LED-based high-speed optical interconnect technology, targeting applications in AI computing clusters, smart vehicles, and industrial vision.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gave a media interview after the “trillion-dollar dinner” in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 28, commenting on topics including competition in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, cloud service providers (CSP) developing in-house application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC), Huawei’s technological progress, Taiwan’s role as a center of the AI revolution, and energy demand.