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Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL) sought to clarify its position after Taiwan's High Prosecutors Office indicted its subsidiary, Tokyo Electron Taiwan Ltd., over alleged supervisory failures tied to a confidential-information leak. TEL itself has not been indicted....

Global smartphone shipments reached 299.5 million units in the third quarter of 2025. It is estimated that the fourth quarter of 2025 will only see a year-on-year increase of 0.1%....

DIGITIMES' Tech Forum took place on December 3, 2025, with Quanta vice chairman C.C. Leung fully participating and closely following the pulse of the technology industry, particularly developments in the smart glasses sector....

Innoscience said at midday on December 3 via the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that it had prevailed in its US patent dispute with Infineon, marking a decisive turn in a long-running GaN intellectual property battle. The US International Trade Commission delivered the key ruling, closing a case that had drawn industry-wide attention....

AMD and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) are expanding their long-standing partnership with a new plan to deliver open, rack-scale infrastructure for the AI era. HPE becomes one of the first adopters of AMD's "Helios" architecture, a full-stack, Ethernet-based platform built to streamline and accelerate the deployment of large AI clusters....

Kyocera has abandoned its bid to enter the 5G base-station market, shelving a plan it once hoped would help Japan reclaim a foothold in critical communications infrastructure. The company had previously announced a target of commercial deployment by 2027, but ultimately concluded that global competition is too fierce to ensure a viable return....

Tesla and BYD are both facing increasing sales pressure, with the two electric vehicle (EV) giants showing signs of fatigue in their key markets. Tesla's decline across Europe continues without signs of slowing, while BYD faces rising competition at home, recording its third straight monthly decline in November and putting its full-year goal at risk....

Germany and Taiwan marked a symbolic convergence of politics, culture and industrial strategy on Tuesday evening as the Deutsche Philharmonie Merck performed at a concert celebrating the 25th anniversary of the German Institute Taipei....

Eleven companies from Japan and the US, including Toyota Tsusho, Sumitomo Chemical, Ricoh, and Costco Wholesale, have filed lawsuits demanding refunds for reciprocal tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. These legal actions were brought before the US Court of International Trade, which handles trade-related disputes....

US cloud infrastructure provider Vultr said it plans to build a 50 MW AI computing cluster at its Ohio data centre, using around 24,000 chips powered by AMD's latest AI processors. The project exceeds US$1 billion and is slated to launch in the first quarter of 2026, targeting lower-cost, large-scale AI training and inference....

Nvidia CFO Colette Kress said at the UBS Global Technology and AI Conference in Arizona that the company's potential investment agreement with OpenAI of up to US$100 billion has not been finalised....

In recent years, the global space industry has entered an unprecedented period of acceleration, driven in large part by the rapid expansion of low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellations. Chief among them is SpaceX's Starlink network, which is swiftly reshaping the world's communications infrastructure....

Pat Gelsinger describes himself as a born-again Christian who lives "at the intersection of faith and technology." For the former Intel CEO, reviving American semiconductor manufacturing isn't just business strategy—it's a mission he believes he was called to fulfill. This conviction has driven him to donate nearly half of his income to charity and maintain strict self-discipline, waking at 4 a.m. each morning. But the same unwavering sense of purpose that guides his personal life now shapes his vision for the industry, one that fundamentally challenges how foreign companies like TSMC are investing in the US....

The Kyoto Humanoid Association (KyoHA), a coalition initiated by Waseda University and Murata Manufacturing Co., has welcomed several new members, including Renesas Electronics, in its effort to mass-produce fully Japanese-made humanoid robots by 2027. The alliance now comprises 13 Japanese electronic components and semiconductor manufacturers aiming to strengthen Japan's presence in the humanoid robot market....

Optical communication filter maker East Tender Optoelectronics Corp. (EOC) completed a board restructuring in March 2025, positioning itself to capture booming opportunities in AI, semiconductors, high-speed computing, satellite communications, and advanced packaging. The company is shifting from its traditional optical filter business toward integrated solutions spanning optics, networking, AI, lasers, and semiconductor materials, aiming to transform from a component supplier into an integrated optoelectronic solution provider....

Tencent has officially inaugurated its Kuala Lumpur office, underscoring its growing commitment to Malaysia's digital market and talent pool, according to reports from The Edge Malaysia and Bernama. The new facility is expected to house around 500 employees and aims to establish Kuala Lumpur as one of Tencent's key global hubs....

As China's Singles' Day TV sales fell short of expectations, international brands have increased early procurement ahead of major 2026 sports events, supporting stable LCD TV panel prices in November and suggesting steady or slightly rising prices in December....

Onsemi and Innoscience have signed a memorandum of understanding to assess opportunities for expanding the manufacturing of gallium nitride (GaN) power devices, with a focus on accelerating deployment in the 40–200V segment. The companies said the non-binding agreement aims to combine Onsemi's packaging, drivers, and system-integration capabilities with Innoscience's 8-inch GaN-on-silicon wafer technology and high-volume production capacity....

AI-driven emotional-companion toys are becoming a new growth driver for the consumer electronics sector as advances in AI accelerate....

OpenAI has declared a "code red" status, concentrating efforts on improving ChatGPT and delaying other initiatives such as advertising, according to Reuters, citing The Information. CEO Sam Altman instructed employees in an internal memo to prioritize optimizing the AI chatbot....