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TEJ held the “TCRI 2026 Industry Outlook Seminar” on March 20, offering an in-depth analysis of how the rapidly changing global political and economic landscape is affecting Taiwan’s industries and creating new development opportunities. The seminar also explored how the rapid evolution of AI is shaping a polarized development pattern in Taiwan’s electronics industry.  The seminar covered a broad range of macro-level topics, including the impact of the Middle East conflict on the international political and economic environment, the challenges and transformation faced by traditional industries amid geopolitical tensions, and how Taiwan’s electronics industry is diverging into two distinct development trajectories under the AI trend. The seminar aimed to provide Taiwan’s industrial sector with a clearer roadmap for future development.

In Aug 2025, TEJ’s TCRI Webinar reviewed semiconductors, shipping, construction, and manufacturing, outlining key risks and opportunities amid global uncertainty.

In Part 1, we discussed the policy background driving the development of China’s IC design industry, including a comparison of the current status and trend analysis of selected IC firms in both Taiwan and China. In this section, we will further explore the development of the IC design industry from several perspectives, including a comparison of revenue trends between Taiwan and China. Additionally, we will examine the top 10 Taiwanese IC design companies with the highest and lowest R&D investments during the first three quarters of 2024, analyzing the differences in their R&D resource allocation. With the latest and most insightful analysis of the IC industry, you will not miss the hottest trends covered here.

With the development of AI applications in recent years, many industries have benefited from it, and Taiwan's semiconductor industry is no exception. However, as the Chinese government continues to follow up and use policies to support local industries, the pressure on Taiwan's IC design companies is increasing day by day. How will Taiwanese manufacturers deal with the threat posed by the rapid rise of Chinese companies? This article is divided into two parts. The first part covers the policy background of China's IC design industry development, and includes a comparison of the current status and trend analysis of selected IC firms in Taiwan and China.

On March 28, 2025, Taiwan Economic Journal (TEJ) hosted the "TCRI 2025 Industry Outlook Seminar," providing an in-depth analysis of the complex global economic landscape and its impact on Taiwanese industries. The seminar emphasized the burgeoning potential of AI technologies and covered international political and economic developments, challenges faced by traditional industries, and strategies for the electronics sector amidst trade wars and technological competition.​

Since the launch of ChatGPT, the world has begun to witness the transformative power of AI. While much of the spotlight remains on ChatGPT, a Chinese AI model has quietly emerged on the global stage—DeepSeek. It boasts a training cost of  just 1/20 of OpenAI’s and 1/10 of Meta’s. Recently, DeepSeek has even received recognition from tech giants including Apple’s Tim Cook, NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Amazon’s Andy Jassy, Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai, and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg. This article will explore the impact of "DeepSeek" on Taiwan's electronics industry.

With the vigorous development of big data applications and cloud computing, Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) are actively constructing data centers, driving growth in the server market. Especially after OpenAI launched ChatGPT, opportunities in the GenAI sector have flourished, sparking a wave of AI infrastructure development. AI servers, in particular, have seen significant hardware improvements compared to normal servers, even adopting new technologies that increase integration and testing complexity. Some assembly factories, leveraging their technical expertise, have successfully tapped into the AI boom, opening up a new growth opportunity for the EMS (Electronic Manufacturing Services) industry.

During Jensen Huang's speech at National Taiwan University, he revealed a list of NVIDIA's business partners in Taiwan, which led to the viral spread of the term "the world's strongest AI ETF". What impact did this announcement have on the stocks of these business partners? We will use TEJAPI to calculate the Sharpe ratio to determine whether the effect was positive or negative. Additionally, we will visualize the observed results.

As people increasingly embraces AI, NVIDIA's AI server shipments have soared! However, are Taiwanese manufacturers in the AI server supply chain also witnessing a boost in revenue and profits?

Not all companies can utilize ChatGPT for AI-driven transformation, and ignoring information security risks may affect their sustainability.