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Thursday 12 December 2024
Taiwan to launch AI supercomputing center in 2025 with 100 PFLOPS, outpacing Nvidia's Taipei-1
Taiwan's National Center for High-performance Computing (NCHC), under the National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs), plans to build an AI supercomputing center in Tainan by...
Thursday 12 December 2024
Apple's Vision Pro sales fall short: high price, limited content deter buyers
Apple's Vision Pro, its first mixed-reality (MR) headset, is approaching its first anniversary in February 2025. However, projections for 2024 shipments stand at just 500,000 units,...
Thursday 12 December 2024
Samsung lowers smartphone shipment target for 2025 amid AI strategy concerns
As competition in the smartphone market intensifies, Samsung Electronics aims to regain its competitive edge with AI features. However, there are concerns regarding the effectiveness...
Thursday 12 December 2024
Nokia sees 6G and AI reshaping telecom landscape by 2030
Nokia laid out an ambitious roadmap for 6G development and network innovation at a recent Taiwan event, forecasting explosive growth in bandwidth demand and a shift toward AI-driven...
Thursday 12 December 2024
The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang's gamble from near collapse to AI supremacy
A new book, The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant, featuring the first authorized interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, was officially released on...
Thursday 12 December 2024
AWS stresses mutually beneficial relationship with Anthropic
AWS, a subsidiary of Amazon, has significantly expanded its foundational model offerings, leading to speculation on whether AWS intends to reduce its dependence on Anthropic. Vasi...
Thursday 12 December 2024
Huawei's new Mate 70 phone shows its chip advances are stalling
Huawei's latest flagship smartphone is powered by a chip little different from the one that set off alarm bells in Washington a year ago, signaling a slowdown in the Chinese company's...
Thursday 12 December 2024
Thinner, lighter foldable phone designs raise technical threshold for supply chain
Foldable smartphone shipment momentum continues to be strong for certain major mobile phone brands despite their low popularity in the end market. However, as development shifts toward...
Thursday 12 December 2024
Xiaomi targets premium market as leadership shifts amid smartphone slump in India
Xiaomi India is undergoing significant leadership changes while steering its strategy toward the premium market segment. During a recent media event, senior executives outlined the...
Wednesday 11 December 2024
Apple's Next Ultra Smartwatch Will Be Able to Send Texts Via Satellite
Apple plans to bring satellite connections to its smartwatch in 2025 and is ramping up work on a blood-pressure feature, seeking to entice hikers and health-conscious consumers into...
Wednesday 11 December 2024
AI applications boosting on-site storage demand
According to Pure Storage Taiwan Country Manager Jeffrey Chow, the AI boom is driving demand for storage, with many companies choosing to store their important data on-site instead...
Wednesday 11 December 2024
Sharp and KDDI to transform Sakai plant into AI data center
Sharp and KDDI Corporation have announced a joint venture to develop an AI data center in Osaka. The two companies have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to transform...
Tuesday 10 December 2024
Taiwan's US exports surge past US$100 billion ahead of Trump's return
Donald Trump is expected to take office on January 20, 2025, likely being cautious with exporters running significant trade surpluses with the US. Meanwhile, US demand for electronic...
Tuesday 10 December 2024
US accelerates replacement of Chinese telecom equipment, Taiwan chip firms eye windfall
The US House of Representatives is preparing to vote on the fiscal year 2025 national defense budget, which includes a US$3 billion provision aimed at helping US telecoms completely...
Tuesday 10 December 2024
Taiwanese PA makers eye LEO product potential for smartphones
Smartphone shipments underperformed in the second half of 2024, particularly with Android momentum in China slowing compared with the first half of the year. As a result, Taiwanese...