Unlike semiconductor manufacturing processes, time is never an element that filmmakers can control. Since its release over three weeks ago, the documentary ‘A Chip Odyssey’ has accumulated a box office of NT$12 million (approx. US$410,582). The semiconductor godfather, Morris Chang, even quietly bought tickets and watched alongside regular audience members. Whether the screening period can be extended remains a race against time for director Chu-Chen Hsiao.

Facing rising geopolitical tensions and uncertainty surrounding US trade policy under President Donald J. Trump, Chinese EV maker BYD has put plans for a large-scale factory in Mexico on hold.

Taiwan battery material maker HCM signed a cooperation agreement with France’s Saft to develop lithium manganese iron phosphate (LMFP) batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems, with support from Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute.

Kontron AG, a subsidiary of industrial PC manufacturer Ennoconn, has agreed to sell its stakes in two subsidiaries, Kontron America Modules LLC and Kontron Asia Embedded Design Sdn Bhd, to German embedded and edge computing solution provider Congatec GmbH. The transaction, valued at EUR26 million (US$30.57 million), aims to strengthen the ongoing partnership between the two companies.