Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed two months ago, at a dinner party for Taiwanese partners in Silicon Valley, that he considers himself Taiwan's ambassador. Taiwan is positioned as a key player in the AI revolution, and all Taiwanese businesses must be prepared to effectively tell the "Taiwan story" to the rest of the world.

Industry leaders continue to voice their optimism for AI PCs, with Acer chairman Jason Chen drawing a comparison with the explosion of the internet in the late 1990s, and Wistron president Jeff Lin saying that AI PCs will gradually take off.

China's panel industry is accelerating its venture into the IT OLED market.

India introduced an import management system for imported notebooks and tablets, which displeased major exporters.

Microsoft recently announced the "Copilot + PCs" strategy and concluded its Build developer conference.

On May 28, the Taipei Computer Association (TCA) held an event to announce the winners of this year's Best Choice Award (BC Award) for Computex 2024. A total of 41 winners were announced for the Golden Award, Sustainable Tech Special Award, and Category Award. The winner of the highest honor: the Best Choice of the Year award will be announced during the opening of Computex 2024 on June 4.

Getac has released what it claims is the world's first rugged notebook that supports AI, and expects 50% of its rugged product lines to be AI-enabled by 2025.

Delivery times for Nvidia's H100 AI GPU have improved from 52 weeks to 16–20 weeks, as TSMC ramps up its CoWoS production capacity, meaning second-tier server suppliers finally have a chance to flex their muscles.

MediaTek's recent comment has fueled speculation that the Taiwanese IC design house may unveil a new Arm processor platform for AI PCs at the upcoming Computex next week.

Apple Inc. will open its first retail location in Malaysia next month as it expands its presence in Southeast Asia to augment both sales and operations outside of China.

With 2024 widely regarded as the inaugural year for the AI PC era, Taiwanese PCB manufacturers are revving up to meet the upcoming replacement demand for AI PCs and notebooks, expected to emerge from the second half of this year into 2025, according to industry sources.

While many South Korean companies have struggled to penetrate the Indian market, Samsung Electronics has emerged as a remarkable success. Celebrating its 30th anniversary in India, Samsung is well-positioned for continued growth amid the country's population boom.

Apple Inc.'s iPhone staged a rebound in China last month with shipments rising 52% amid a flurry of discounts from retail partners.

Chinese CPU maker Loongson Technology Founder and Chairman Hu Weiwu, who is also a Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Computing Technology researcher, told Xinhua News Agency that Loonson's next-generation CPU will match the performance of Intel's 12th-generation Core i5.

As the spotlight on AI-powered PCs intensifies and market competition heats up, Lenovo Executive Vice President Luca Rossi reveals the company's strategic move to offer differentiated products tailored for both Chinese and international markets. Rossi claims this will secure Lenovo a "unique position" in the burgeoning global AI PC arena.

China and Japan have questioned India's import license requirements, highlighting renewed concerns from WTO members against India's unilateral trade measures.

Apple's first OLED-screen tablet, the iPad Pro, reportedly has a shipment target of over 9 million units. This is noteworthy given the recent downturn in the overall IT device market.

Compeq Manufacturing, an HDI PCB specialist, forecasts a modest rebound in demand for consumer electronics applications in the second half of 2024 while remaining optimistic about sales generated by orders for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites throughout the year.

Samsung Display (SDC) is reportedly collaborating with Lenovo to develop slidable display devices, suggesting that devices capable of extending the screen by pulling it are about to be commercialized.

Since the turn of the century in the year 2000, the changes brought to the world by digital technology and the Internet can be roughly categorized into four phases. The first phase was the post-dot-com bubble era in the early 2000s, and the leading vendors of this era were Nokia and Cisco, which provided networking equipment.

India-based Dixon Technologies reportedly will make Google's Pixel 8 smartphones starting in September following a deal signed between Taiwan-based Compal and Padget, Dixon Technologies' subsidiary.

AI smartphones are defined as smartphones that can run Large Language Models (LLMs) to perform Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) functions offline. Many may be curious, how will the first batch of AI smartphones differentiate themselves from current ones?

AI has officially found its way onto PCs and smartphones.

As daily life and industrial development rely more and more on electricity, the global demand for the construction and updating of power infrastructure has also increased significantly.

MOSFET manufacturer Sinopower has seen a massive reduction in urgent and short orders, as overall conditions return to normal with the end of inventory destocking, and the introduction of AI PCs leading into the traditional peak season for the industry, according to chairman Shiue Tian-Fure. Even though forecasts for the latter half of 2024 remain unclear, performance is expected to pick up as businesses begin upgrading to AI PCs.