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Friday 28 March 2025
Cadence shifts strategy beyond EDA to focus on AI-driven computational software
Cadence Design Systems is fundamentally transforming, redefining itself as an AI computational software company as AI accelerates changes in semiconductor and system design, according...
Friday 28 March 2025
Nexcom unveils AI robot controller, targeting Southeast Asia expansion
Taiwan's Nexcom unveiled the world's first dual EtherCAT AI robot controller powered by Nvidia Jetson AGX Orin at the recent Nvidia GTC 2025, positioning itself to capture growing...
Friday 28 March 2025
Cook visits major AI hub in China
Apple CEO Tim Cook recently attended the 2025 China Development Forum in Beijing and has arrived in Hangzhou, a prominent hub for artificial intelligence (AI) in China. He also pledged...
Friday 28 March 2025
New BIP director moves toward AI, green energy development in Taiwan
The Bureau of Industrial Parks (BIP) under Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) swore in Chih-ching Yang as its new director on March 26. Yang hopes to move Taiwan's industrial...
Friday 28 March 2025
High-end AI server demand fuels record high production indices for Taiwan
Demand for servers supporting generative AI functions remains strong, according to Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), despite concerns that the arrival of DeepSeek will...
Friday 28 March 2025
Uni-President Group strengthens e-commerce presence with Yahoo Taiwan acquisition and PChome Online investment
Uni-President Group, a major Taiwanese conglomerate, has made significant moves to strengthen its foothold in the e-commerce space, announcing recent acquisitions of Yahoo Taiwan's...
Friday 28 March 2025
Tariff turbulence looms—but AI server cooling stays hot
As global supply chains navigate renewed US-China trade tensions, Topco Technologies Corp. is capitalizing on a surge in demand for AI server thermal materials—one of the few...
Friday 28 March 2025
AI bubble brewing? Alibaba chair warns of data center frenzy
Alibaba Group Chairman Joe Tsai warned that the ongoing AI data center boom risks creating a market bubble. Speaking at the HSBC Global Investment Summit, he said construction is...
Friday 28 March 2025
DeepSeek sparks AI appliance gold rush in China—with commitment still elusive
Since January 2025, the open-source large language model (LLM) DeepSeek has sparked a surge of product launches across China's enterprise AI sector. Nearly 100 vendors—including...
Friday 28 March 2025
LG Energy Solution to supply 1GWh of ESS batteries for Poland's clean energy transition
LG Energy Solution (LGES) has signed a battery supply deal with Polish utility Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) to deliver lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for a 1GWh energy...
Thursday 27 March 2025
China's self-driving car push spurs safety concerns as BYD leads market
Chinese automaker BYD plans to dominate the world's largest car market in 2025 by making smart driving technology accessible in vehicles below CNY100,000 (approx. US$13,780), triggering...
Thursday 27 March 2025
Google Cloud exec outlines multimodal AI strategy at AI Expo 2025
Google Cloud is betting on multimodal AI models and enterprise applications as the next frontier for artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, according to Head of Cloud Enterprise Sales...
Thursday 27 March 2025
IPC vendors integrate hardware and software for competitive advantage
With the increasing prevalence of artificial intelligence (AI), how to leverage AI technology to drive digital transformation in industries has become a focal point of concern.
Thursday 27 March 2025
Microsoft emphasizes AI accessibility and agency at AI Expo 2025
At the DIGITIMES AI EXPO 2025, Sean Pien, general manager of Microsoft Taiwan, emphasized the company's commitment to making AI technology universally accessible. He highlighted AI's...
Thursday 27 March 2025
China's DeepSeek V3 ups stakes in AI arms race—on Apple's Mac Studio
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has quietly launched its latest large language model, V3, with no big announcement or white paper—just a simple upload to Hugging Face. The low-key...