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Monday 10 February 2025
France to announce EUR109 billion in fresh AI investments
France is set to announce a total of EUR 109 billion (US$113 billion) in investment in artificial intelligence (AI) projects in the country by companies, funds, and other sources...
Monday 10 February 2025
Apple aims for ultra-thin design, with potential expansion to high-end models
Despite recent iPhone sales falling short of expectations, Apple is preparing to launch an innovative ultra-thin design for its 2025 iPhone models. This strategic move could reinvigorate...
Saturday 8 February 2025
Ezconn rides AI data center boom with record growth, eyes 2025 expansion
Ezconn anticipates another year of strong growth in 2024, driven by robust demand from the US AI data center sector. Orders have increased significantly ahead of anticipated tariffs,...
Saturday 8 February 2025
AI drives digital industry growth: Taiwan software sector expected to reach NT$1 trillion in 2026
The emergence of generative AI (GenAI) technologies like ChatGPT and DeepSeek is expected to drive growth in Taiwan's information service software and cybersecurity industries. The...
Saturday 8 February 2025
IBM CEO backs open-source small models to cut AI inference costs
The low-cost open-source AI model from Chinese startup DeepSeek has ignited widespread debate, drawing responses from major American tech giants. IBM, which has recently prioritized...
Saturday 8 February 2025
Decoding Taiwan-US semiconductor trade ties (Part 1): what Taiwan's export mix reveals
In 2024, Taiwan's total exports reached US$475 billion, with 65.2% of that coming from electronics. This clearly shows that the electronics sector not only drives Taiwan's export...
Friday 7 February 2025
OpenAI eyeing more data centers in Texas, other states for Stargate
A joint venture from OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle is close to selecting additional sites for data center campuses in Texas and eyeing more projects in over a dozen other states, as...
Friday 7 February 2025
Japanese component makers ride AI server, data center wave
Artificial intelligence (AI) and data center demand are emerging as key performance drivers for Japanese electronic component makers such as Murata Manufacturing, while performance...
Friday 7 February 2025
DeepSeek faces Internet censorship hurdles in China
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, founded by Wenfeng Liang, has developed a generative AI (GenAI) service that claims to surpass large language models (LLMs) in the US, such as OpenAI's,...
Friday 7 February 2025
Taiwan's grid upgrade accelerates as AI demand drives US orders
The global power infrastructure sector is witnessing a sweeping transformation, with governments prioritizing grid resilience and renewable energy integration. In this landscape,...
Thursday 6 February 2025
Taiwan's 5G adoption lags behind Japan and South Korea despite superior speeds
Taiwan's 5G adoption rate continues to trail behind Japan and South Korea, primarily due to a lack of compelling applications and high user satisfaction with existing 4G services...
Thursday 6 February 2025
SiPh progress exceeds TSMC's expectations; optical communication CPO heats up ahead of schedule
Despite TSMC estimating that the mass production of silicon photonic (SiPh) co-packaged optics (CPO) technology will still require more than one to one and a half years, the optical...
Thursday 6 February 2025
IFR predicts five major trends for robotics in 2025, with AI technologies as key highlight
The robotics industry is attracting significant attention, with the latest data from the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) revealing that the global industrial robotics market...
Thursday 6 February 2025
AI server boom fuels Murata's MLCC sales and profit rebound
Murata Manufacturing posted a consolidated operating profit of JPY234.1 billion (US$1.508 billion) for the April–December 2024 period, reflecting an 8.9% increase compared to...
Wednesday 5 February 2025
SoftBank suspends DeepSeek usage amid OpenAI collaboration
On February 3, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joined SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son at a major AI briefing in Japan, attended by executives from 500 top companies. During the event, they announced...