China’s recent export controls on dual-use items are disrupting the supply chain, impacting companies like Apple and causing delays in shipments. China’s regulations, effective in late 2024, are seen as attempts to prevent manufacturing shifts. Despite reassurances from Chinese officials, confusion remains due to wide-ranging enforcement interpretations.

The enterprise solid-state drive (eSSD) market is facing potential price declines, raising questions in South Korea about whether Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will revise their NAND flash production strategies to address the shift.

Trusval Technology posted a December 2024 consolidated revenue of NT$314 million (US$9.53 million), marking a 44.5 percent year-over-year increase. Fourth-quarter revenue totaled NT$1.055 billion, reflecting a 7.9 percent decline quarter over quarter but a 75.2 percent year-over-year rise. For 2024, full-year revenue surged 50.5 percent to NT$3.631 billion, the highest in eight years.