At the 22nd Taiwan-Belgium Joint Business Council Meeting (virtual) on May 5, Belge academic and research institution leaders expressed interest in collaborating with Taiwan on the semiconductor technology development, while officials beckoned local chip companies to invest and produce in its microelectronic clusters.

Southeast Asia is unlikely to replace China as the world’s manufacturing hub in the short term, according to Tom Cho, chairman of ODM Inventec. For Taiwanese businesses, the decision to relocate depends on customers and whether it would increase competitiveness.

MaxLinear and Silicon Motion Technology have entered into a definitive agreement under which MaxLinear will acquire Silicon Motion in a cash and stock transaction that values the combined company at US$8 billion in enterprise value, according to the companies.