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Friday 5 September 2025
SKT launches massive AI data center to recover from cyberattack fallout
South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom (SKT) is doubling down on its artificial intelligence (AI) investments in the wake of a major hacking incident. The company has officially begun...
Friday 5 September 2025
O-RAN falters in Taiwan: factory outages, funding strains shift focus to AI-RAN
Taiwan's bid to challenge global telecom incumbents with 5G Open RAN (O-RAN) is faltering, as network outages in automated factories undermine trust and local vendors struggle to...
Friday 5 September 2025
Smartphone sector braces for uncertainty with US, China steering 2025 growth

Washington's reciprocal tariffs announced in April have disrupted global trade flows and economic momentum, putting the smartphone industry...

Friday 5 September 2025
Taiwan’s top industrial lab says talent, not just chips, will power the future
With the artificial intelligence (AI) wave driving strong demand for AI server hardware products, the energy, power supply, and electromechanical industries have also benefited, due...
Friday 5 September 2025
Taiwan’s IPC makers retool for AI image recognition in retail
With an increasing number of industries integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their operations, retail and food services are now using image recognition technology to enhance...
Friday 5 September 2025
iPhone 17 sales forecast at 80 million units in 2H25, four major variables loom
Apple's 2025 fall product launch event is confirmed for September 10 at 1 a.m. Taiwan time. Market rumors suggest significant upgrades across Apple's hardware lineup, raising high...
Friday 5 September 2025
AI data centers turn to MCIO connectors as GPUs outgrow PCB traces
The rapid advancement of GPU power is driving demand for faster, higher-frequency data links in AI servers and hyperscale data centers. With transfer rates pushing 32 gigatransfers...
Thursday 4 September 2025
Tech Forum 2025: Global smartphone market plateaus as Apple and Samsung bet on chips and ecosystems
After over a decade of rapid expansion, the global smartphone market has reached a mature and highly competitive stage. DIGITIMES projects that global smartphone shipments will hit...
Thursday 4 September 2025
Tech Forum 2025: US-based server assembly surges as Taiwan's EMS leaders navigate rising costs and trade uncertainties
The Trump administration's tariff policy announced in April 2025 is reshaping global server supply chains, prompting Taiwan's leading EMS firms—Foxconn, Wistron, Quanta, Inventec,...
Thursday 4 September 2025
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise sees revenue and profit beat expectations in 3QFY25
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) reported third-quarter fiscal year 2025 revenue of US$9.1 billion, surpassing analyst estimates, driven by strong demand for AI servers and networking...
Thursday 4 September 2025
AMD, Anritsu partner to standardize high-speed testing for AI data centers
Japan's Anritsu has teamed up with US chipmaker AMD to launch an automated testing platform for next-generation high-speed transmission, targeting the surging demand from AI data...
Thursday 4 September 2025
Nextlink buys Renova Cloud to enter Vietnam’s cloud market
Taiwan-based Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) is strengthening its international and cloud strategy through its cloud business, Nextlink. FET has announced it has signed a 100%...
Thursday 4 September 2025
Tech Forum 2025: Qualcomm and MediaTek take smartphone rivalry to the cloud in AI chips
With global smartphone sales leveling off, Qualcomm and MediaTek are taking their long-running rivalry into the fast-growing cloud AI ASIC market. DIGITIMES Research estimates MediaTek...
Thursday 4 September 2025
China’s AI server market surges to US$22B, set to top US$100B by 2029
China is ramping up efforts to build an integrated nationwide computing network as the global race for artificial intelligence (AI) intensifies. The State Council's "AI+" strategy...
Wednesday 3 September 2025
Infineon teams up with Nvidia on 800V data center power, eyes EUR1 billion AI business
As artificial intelligence transforms data centers worldwide, the spotlight has expanded beyond computing and networking to power semiconductors. AI chips draw enormous amounts of...