SEMICON West 2025 will be held in Phoenix, Arizona, for the first time, October 7 to 9, 2025, as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) continues to draw investments and talent to the state.
Benefiting from a rapid recovery in memory market demand during the first half of 2025, memory packaging and testing companies are sharing in the gains. Although the US 90-day tariff exemption period is about to expire, increasing uncertainties around order visibility starting from the third quarter are expected to make customers adopt more conservative stocking strategies.
Tong Yang Industry’s annual shareholders meeting on June 19 showcased its 2024 business report, noting record-high consolidated revenue and profit for the first five months of 2025.
Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) staged sea trials for unmanned vessels off the northeastern coast, bringing together 12 domestic and international companies in a display of the island’s growing autonomous maritime capabilities.
Surging demand for AI compute is driving global investment in GPUs, ASICs, and next-generation datacenter infrastructure. As conventional electronic interconnects fall short of meeting high-bandwidth, low-latency data exchange needs, silicon photonics (SiPh) and co-packaged optics (CPO) are emerging as foundational technologies for next-generation AI system performance.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA) has introduced a comprehensive set of artificial intelligence (AI) development policies, emphasizing the private sector as the primary engine of innovation. Minister Yen-nun Huang noted that the government’s role is to create an enabling environment through targeted policy tools that support a vibrant and sustainable AI ecosystem.
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) noted minimal impact from the recent appreciation of the New Taiwan dollar against the US dollar, according to chairman Alex Chien. The company’s domestic demand-driven operations and hedging strategies limit exposure to currency fluctuations.