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Wednesday 29 October 2025
Commentary: With new AI chips, Qualcomm joins race to challenge Nvidia in the cloud

Qualcomm on Tuesday unveiled its latest AI accelerator cards, the AI200 and AI250, along with corresponding rack-level system designs,...

Wednesday 29 October 2025
CPCA Show Plus 2025: China's PCB industry rallies around the AI boom
The CPCA Show Plus 2025, one of Asia's largest printed circuit board (PCB) exhibitions, opened on October 28, 2025, in Shenzhen, drawing hundreds of global electronics manufacturers...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
International firms join Taiwan supply chain to launch AI accelerator platform
To accelerate AI adoption across industries, the IPO Forum is partnering with multinational companies and local supply chains to launch a "Trusted AI Accelerator" platform in Taiwan...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Huawei Cloud on the back foot in China's AI race
Huawei Cloud is navigating one of its most turbulent periods yet. Confronted by internal and external headwinds—from a disciplinary probe and sweeping restructuring to a shrinking...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Foxconn expands US AI server buildout, joins Nvidia-Stellantis-Uber robotaxi effort

Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) used this week's GTC event in Washington to highlight two fronts of collaboration with Nvidia: expanding...

Wednesday 29 October 2025
Jensen Huang hails AI as 'America's next Apollo moment,' unveils US-built Blackwell supercomputers

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared that the US is entering "America's next Apollo moment," framing the rise of artificial intelligence...

Wednesday 29 October 2025
Alibaba Cloud's price cuts widen global reach, deepen China's AI cloud duopoly
As China's AI cloud competition intensifies, Alibaba Cloud has introduced new price cuts across overseas markets to accelerate its global expansion, extending the "dual-giant" rivalry...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Taiwan EV market gears up for showdown: Toyota, Hyundai, and Luxgen lead new wave of BEVs
Taiwan's electric vehicle (EV) market is poised to enter a new phase of fierce competition by the end of 2025, as the island's three major automotive groups prepare to launch a wave...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Column: Niche markets and circular economy drive Taiwan battery industry's new growth strategy
The future development of Taiwan's battery industry must be grounded in the global competitive landscape and domestic industrial conditions, implementing differentiated, niche, and...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Hon Precision ramps AI GPU and ASIC testing equipment with orders through 1H26
Semiconductor IC testing equipment manufacturer Hon Precision has, in recent years, successfully entered high-power application markets such as AI, high-performance computing (HPC),...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
CATL's dominance puts squeeze on South Korean battery rivals
Leading Chinese battery maker CATL's 2024 revenue was more than four times the average of South Korea's three major battery firms, highlighting a structural gap in the global battery...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Toyota launches new bZ4X in Taiwan; Hotai Motor forecasts 40,000 BEV registrations in 2025
Hotai Motor, the Taiwanese distributor for Toyota, held a launch event for the newly redesigned bZ4X all-electric SUV on October 27, 2025, which features a maximum range of 743 kilometers...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Foxconn-backed Smart Mobility showcases homegrown EV charging management system at Riyadh Auto Show
Smart Mobility, a joint venture between Foxconn's Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT) and Saudi Arabia's Saleh Suleiman Alrajhi & Sons, recently unveiled its self-developed...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Applied Digital secures US$15 billion lease to expand computing capacity at Polaris Forge 2 campus
Applied Digital, a firm specializing in data center design, development, and operations, has signed a US$15 billion infrastructure lease agreement spanning 15 years with an unnamed...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Apple's 2026 foldable debut set to reshape US-China market dynamics
Samsung Electronics currently leads the foldable phone market and holds the largest share of foldable phone sales in the US, alongside Motorola and Google. However, Apple is expected...