2025 Hon Hai Research Institute Yearbook

From the Advisory Committee

From Lab to Industrial Foresight: Powering Hon Hai’s Transformation into a Technology Engine

Reflecting on the past few years, Hon Hai has arrived at a critical inflection point. We are rapidly transforming from a globally recognized manufacturing company into a leading, technology-driven enterprise. At the very heart of this metamorphosis is the Hon Hai Research Institute, the catalytic engine propelling this transformation.

Young LiuPresident, Hon Hai Research Institute

Blazing the Trail: Building the Foundation for Hon Hai’s Technological Future

Since its inception, the Research Institute has carried the core mission of driving the Group’s strategic transformation and evolution. Beyond its function as a technical research unit, the Institute stands as a cornerstone of the Group’s 3+3+3 strategy. In an era defined by rapid technological progress and industry changes, our role is to begin exploration before technologies mature and to identify new directions before markets take shape.

Wei-Bin LeeCEO, Hon Hai Research Institute

Kai-Fu Lee

Chairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI

When AI Truly Understands the World
From Technical Evolution to Outcome-Driven Organizational Transformation

Mau-Chung Frank Chang

Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UCLA

Beyond Moore’s Law
A New Semiconductor Landscape Shaped by Glass Substrates and Heterogeneous Integration

Ching-Ray Chang

Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics, National Taiwan University
Director, Quantum Information Center, Chung Yuan Christian University
Chairman, Taiwan Association of Quantum Computing and Information Technology

The NISQ Era
Driving a Practical Revolution with Qubits

Tzong-Chen Wu

Distinguished Professor, Department of Information Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Trust and Resilience in the AI Era
Building Zero‑Trust Defenses from Edge to Supply Chain

Wan-Jiun Liao

Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University

Building Intelligent, Energy‑Efficient, and Resilient Networks in the 6G era

Powering the Future of Innovation

Artificial Intelligence Research Center Semiconductor Research Center Next-generation Communications Research Center Trapped-Ion Quantum Computing Laboratory Quantum Computing Research Center Information Security Research Center

Artificial Intelligence Research Center

Mastering Technological Autonomy and Sustainable Computing to Drive Transformation in EVs and Smart Manufacturing

Semiconductor Research Center

Advancing Integration and Novel Materials to Reshape Next-Generation Standards

Next-generation Communications Research Center

From PEARL to 6G Satellite Networks Establishing Strategic Leadership in Next-Generation Communications

Trapped-Ion Quantum Computing Laboratory

From Precise Control to High-Efficiency Readout Paving the Way Toward a Scalable Commercial Future

Quantum Computing Research Center

Transcending Fault-Tolerant Bottlenecks: Architecting the Commercial Future via First Principles

Information Security Research Center

Forging a Global Collaborative Defense Deepening AI Security and Post-Quantum Resilience

City University of Hong Kong × Artificial Intelligence Research Center

Advancing Cross-Domain AI Reasoning and Learning

As artificial intelligence moves beyond the laboratory to the unpredictable realities of autonomous driving and flexible manufacturing, it no longer faces standardized datasets...

NYCU × Semiconductor Research Center

Reshaping Data Transmission Architecture for the AI Era

As demand for AI computing power grows at an almost exponential rate, the semiconductor industry faces a formidable physical bottleneck...

National Central University × Next-generation Communications Research Center

Building Taiwan’s Space Autonomy

This is a story where academic vision meets industrial ambition. Inside the laboratories of the Department of Space Science and Engineering...

NYCU × Trapped-Ion Quantum Computing Laboratory

Overcoming Optical Limits with Non-local Metasurfaces

Step into a traditional quantum computing laboratory, and you are immediately met with a dense jungle of steel and glass, an optical table...

University of Tokyo × Quantum Computing Research Center

Defying the Resource Curse: Architectural Innovations in Quantum Computing

In the race toward quantum computing, scientists face formidable challenges. Although quantum computers theoretically surpass classical systems...

City University of Hong Kong × Information Security Research Center

Engineering a Resilient Ecosystem for AI Security

As AI and electric vehicle (EV) technologies advance at lightning speed, cybersecurity threats have spread from the virtual into the physical world...