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Wednesday 5 November 2025

New car registrations in Taiwan rise in October, as Tesla stumbles and Luxgen returns to the top

Taiwan recorded 34,511 new car registrations in October, marking a 7.1% month-over-month and 3.9% year-over-year increase. Although still below earlier market expectations, this was...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

SK Group, backed by OpenAI's Sam Altman, puts efficiency at the core of its AI expansion

SK Group held the SK AI Summit 2025 to demonstrate its AI strengths in semiconductors, energy solutions, AI data centres, and AI agent services. Chairman Chey Tae-won said that as...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

US Treasury Chief hints Nvidia's Blackwell chips could one day reach China, but not right now

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has suggested that the government may eventually permit Nvidia's high-end Blackwell-architecture...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

KYEC secures triple AI chip testing contracts, expands production in Taiwan and Singapore

The global race to build next-generation AI computing power is accelerating, and Taiwan’s King Yuan Electronics Corp. (KYEC) has emerged as a key winner.

Wednesday 5 November 2025

Supermicro reports lower quarterly sales but expects AI-driven rebound in December

Supermicro reported financial results for the fiscal first quarter of 2026, reflecting a temporary slowdown caused by shipment delays and customer upgrades, but reaffirmed a strong...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

Apple reportedly uses Gemini to upgrade Siri with privacy-focused in-house servers

Apple is reportedly integrating Google's Gemini extensively into its new Siri, while running all computations on Apple's private cloud compute (PCC) servers to ensure data privacy...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

Astemo shifts from parts manufacturing to software services, betting on future EV market

The dominance of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in the 19th and 20th centuries is now being challenged by environmentally friendly cars in the 21st century. Automotive...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

OpenAI's revenue far exceeds US$13 billion as CEO denies 2026 IPO rumors

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman disclosed that the artificial intelligence (AI) company's annual revenue has significantly surpassed the widely reported US$13 billion mark. During a podcast...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

AMD’s AI growth story: how OpenAI became both catalyst and concern

OpenAI has become a key driver of AMD's data center growth, marking a turning point in the chipmaker's AI strategy. As AMD deepens collaboration with OpenAI through massive GPU deployments,...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

AMD hits record quarter as AI boom lifts all chips—except those bound for China

On November 4, AMD reported record results for the third quarter of 2025, driven by strong demand in the data center and client computing segments, which underscore the company's...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

Apple’s MacBooks shine in a dull PC market

Apple's iPhone 16 sales have exceeded expectations for its fourth quarter of 2025 earnings after being initially doubted at its launch. The upcoming lower-priced MacBook will drive...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

SoftBank returns to robotics with US$5.4B ABB acquisition despite Pepper, Boston Dynamics setbacks

SoftBank announced in early October 2025 that it has agreed to acquire Swiss industrial giant ABB's robotics business for US$5.375 billion, with the deal expected to close in the...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

AR glasses get cheaper as the next platform race begins

Augmented reality (AR) glasses could become the next mainstream computing platform after smartphones. AR glasses are the core hardware of AR technology, but rely heavily on the integration...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

Why Malaysia is attracting the world’s biggest AI data centers

"Electricity is computing power," said Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), predicting that global data center power...

Wednesday 5 November 2025

Foxconn's Young Liu calls for regional supply chains and 'game-changing' AI strategy

At the Nikkei Forum in Tokyo, Young Liu, chairman of Foxconn Technology Group, said that rising geopolitical tensions between the US...

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