Silicon Valley venture capital firm Playground Global visited Taiwan on November 18, 2025, led by partner and former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, bringing seven portfolio companies to announce multiple technological breakthroughs and strategic collaborations. Spanning power management, optical communications, interconnects, and lithography technologies, these developments highlight how Taiwan’s ecosystem transforms cutting-edge innovations into global-scale production, reinforcing Taiwan’s role as a key accelerator for next-generation computing.

South Korea’s top memory chip makers are entering what industry executives call a full-scale “supercycle,” as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix report steep inventory reductions through the third quarter of 2025.

Samsung Electronics has created its first standalone mergers and acquisitions team within its newly reorganized Business Support Office, a move sparking speculation that the company is preparing for large transactions as it enters 2025.