TAIPEI (TVBS News) — The five-decade-old LITEON Technology (光寶科技) made a strategic return to Asia's premier technology exhibition Tuesday (May 20), unveiling an ambitious portfolio of artificial intelligence solutions designed to revitalize the company's market position. During the COMPUTEX showcase, Chairman Soong Ming-feng (宋明峰) detailed the firm's evolution from a traditional power component manufacturer into a comprehensive data center solutions provider, positioning the transformation as crucial to reversing recent financial setbacks.
The company's recent financial performance underscored the urgency behind its strategic pivot, with LITEON reporting annual revenue of NT$137.1 billion (approximately US$4.55 billion) at its shareholder meeting — a 7.56% year-over-year decline. Net income attributable to the parent company fell more sharply, dropping 18% to NT$11.941 billion (about US$396 million), with earnings per share of NT$5.21 (US$0.17). Despite these headwinds, shareholders approved a cash dividend of NT$4.5 (US$0.15) per share as Soong celebrated the company's half-century milestone, emphasizing that higher-growth cloud computing, Internet of Things, and optoelectronics sectors now constitute nearly 60% of LITEON's revenue base.
The financial contractions reflected LITEON's strategic restructuring rather than market weakness, according to company leadership. Soong characterized 2025 as a pivotal year in the manufacturer's evolution, outlining a three-pronged approach focusing on product portfolio optimization, operational digitization, and artificial intelligence implementation to drive international growth. Visitors to LITEON's COMPUTEX exhibition space encountered an integrated ecosystem of next-generation data center technologies, including specialized power delivery systems, server racks, liquid cooling infrastructure, environmentally efficient data centers, and AI-enhanced radio access network solutions. The company also revealed it has developed power management systems compatible with NVIDIA's forthcoming Rubin and Rubin Ultra AI server processors.
The company's golden anniversary arrives at a transformative moment for Taiwan's technology sector, with traditional hardware manufacturers racing to capture market share in high-margin artificial intelligence infrastructure. LITEON executives presented the firm's five decades of manufacturing expertise as a competitive advantage in the rapidly evolving technology landscape rather than a historical burden. Industry analysts noted that LITEON's comprehensive approach to data center solutions positions it to capitalize on the explosive growth in computational infrastructure needed to power the global artificial intelligence revolution. ◼
