Taiwan’s investigation into former TSMC senior vice-president Wei-Jen Lo intensified on November 26 as prosecutors carried out search and seizure operations in Taipei and Hsinchu, escalating one of the island’s most sensitive technology-security cases in years.

As autonomous-driving technologies proliferate and global safety regulations tighten, demand for in-vehicle camera lenses is accelerating rapidly. The shift is creating significant tailwinds for Taiwan’s optical supply chain—including Kinko Optical, Asia Optical, Calin Technology, Ability Enterprise, Ability Opto-Electronics Technology, and Largan Precision—while also raising the bar for each supplier’s technical capabilities.

At Hon Hai Tech Day 2025 (HHTD25), Foxconn clearly showcased its ambition to transition from hardware manufacturing to platform solutions. For the first time in the smart city exhibition area, Foxconn acted as a system integrator, leveraging its self-developed CityGPT platform to integrate technologies from global leaders such as NVIDIA and Microsoft. Supported by Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs’ (MOEA’s) Asia New Bay 2.0 project, Foxconn is partnering with trusted technology service provider Gogolook to jointly build city-level AI solutions with cybersecurity resilience.