Edge AI drives revenue growth for Taiwanese IPC firms as operators actively seek software partners in the AI field.

Burn-Jeng Lin, one of TSMC’s six R&D pioneers and current dean of National Tsing Hua University’s College of Semiconductor Research, introduced the concept of a “Moore’s Law of Economy” on December 16, 2025. He emphasized that innovation can still overcome the physical limits of chip size reduction, but warned that global semiconductor talent shortages may expand 15-fold as countries race to build complete supply chains.

China-based battery equipment maker CHR Hangko is actively expanding its production base in South Korea, aiming to deepen its presence in the local rechargeable battery supply chain amid growing advances of Chinese firms into battery equipment sectors.