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Tuesday 18 February 2025
Acer's 10% price hike: Assessing fallout of US tariffs on American firms and Asia
Acer CEO Jason Chen confirmed in a UK interview that the company will raise prices on US-bound laptops made in China by 10% next month in response to Trump's tariffs. He also hinted...
Tuesday 18 February 2025
Tesla hires in India, signaling entry plans after Modi's US trip
Tesla is hiring in India, a sure sign it plans to enter the market shortly after CEO Elon Musk met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the US.
Tuesday 18 February 2025
ASE CEO optimistic about semiconductor industry hitting US$1 trillion scale no later than 2032
Tien Wu, CEO of ASE, stated that while Taiwan-based companies excel in developing the "brain" of robots, key sensor technologies such as those related to vision, hearing, speech,...
Tuesday 18 February 2025
Masayoshi Son's AI gambit: Arming the future with Stargate
Since 2025, the global tech landscape has remained dominated by two key forces—Donald Trump and artificial intelligence (AI). Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank, appears to be strategically...
Monday 17 February 2025
IBM Japan VP outlines quantum opportunities for Taiwanese firms
While quantum computing has become a major topic in the tech industry in recent years, with leading figures such as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Microsoft founder Bill Gates weighing...
Monday 17 February 2025
Global semiconductor sales soar 19% in 2024, double-digit growth forecasted for 2025
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has reported that global semiconductor sales reached US$627.6 billion in 2024, a 19.1% increase from the US$526.8 billion recorded in...
Monday 17 February 2025
Talent acquisition remains key challenge for Taiwan manufacturers' global expansion
The global supply chain has undergone significant disruptions in recent years, shifting from regionalization to globalization while facing challenges such as geopolitical tensions...
Friday 14 February 2025
AI startup Appier announces acquisition of French AdCreative.ai
On February 12, Appier, a leader in AI-driven marketing technology, announced its acquisition of French startup AdCreative.ai for US$38.7 million to fast-track the development of...
Friday 14 February 2025
Quantum computing is already here, experts say
Quantum expert Ching-Ray Chang, a distinguished professor of physics at National Taiwan University (NTU), believes that quantum computing is already here, refuting a previous statement...
Friday 14 February 2025
THK head to deliver first-ever keynote at TIMTOS 2025 as AI robot supply chain takes shape
The market is buzzing with speculation about the mass production timeline for Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot. However, the company hasn't revealed its suppliers. Despite this, many...
Friday 14 February 2025
Alibaba CEO confirms Apple AI partnership for China
Apple has selected Alibaba Group's (Alibaba) Qwen model as its AI service provider for the Chinese market. Alibaba chairman Joseph Tsai confirmed this collaboration during the World...
Friday 14 February 2025
iMQ achieves National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) entropy source validation (ESV) certification
iMQ, the innovator of embedded microcontrollers and security ICs, today announced that the entropy source generation engine for the security ICs has complied with the SP800-90B standard...
Friday 14 February 2025
Lam Research faces scrutiny as US government probes China sales of chip equipment makers
The US is investigating the sales practices of the world's five largest semiconductor equipment makers over national security concerns, with Lam Research failing to disclose details...
Friday 14 February 2025
Why four Taiwanese graphics card manufacturers are securing coveted roles in Nvidia's AI revolution
The consumer electronics industry anticipates a gradual recovery in 2024, with supply chain improvements remaining modest—except for companies positioned to capitalize on the...
Thursday 13 February 2025
DeepSeek emerges as China's AI powerhouse, raising competitive stakes for Apple
During Qualcomm's latest earnings call, CEO Cristiano Amon described DeepSeek-R1 as a turning point for the AI industry, driving the shift of AI inference from the cloud to edge devices...