The European Parliament made a significant announcement on March 13, 2024, declaring the passage of the "AI Act," set to be implemented in phases beginning in mid-2025.
Business Finland, the government organization for innovation funding and trade, travel, and investment promotion, has recently brought some of the country's leading quantum technology companies and research organizations to Taiwan.
During the 2024 World Governments Summit, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang championed the concept of Sovereign AI, advocating for nations worldwide to establish their own national AI infrastructure.
Malaysia's Johor state has emerged as a main hub for data center construction in the country, attributed to its proximity to Singapore, relatively, inexpensive land, water, and electricity resources, and the ongoing China-US trade conflicts, all of which are attracting more multinational corporations to establish operations there.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently concluded his Southeast Asia tour, during which he visited Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia, and met with government leaders. From Nadella's itinerary and Microsoft's announcements, it can be observed that Microsoft is bullish on the development potential of AI in Southeast Asia and is accelerating local data center infrastructure construction and digital talent cultivation.
Imec.xpand, an independent global venture capital fund, today announced the launch of a new EUR 300 million fund aimed at accelerating the growth of transformative semiconductor and nanotechnology innovations.
Following in the footsteps of MediaTek, Pegatron is also starting to use open-source models to build a Traditional Chinese LLM, with partners including Nvidia and other industry representatives. It is reported that the team that developed the Taiwan LLM, which is from the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE) at National Taiwan University (NTU), is also a partner.
Despite global expectations, Germany and the European Union have trailed in the race for digital healthcare, a surprising development compared to Taiwan's advancements.
Hyundai Motor and its affiliate Kia view software as a crucial element of their future development. The pair targets China's fast-growing connected vehicle market and will collaborate with local tech giant Baidu.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk paid an unannounced visit to China on April 28. His main goal is reportedly accelerating the rollout of Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) software in China. Coincidently, the country said on the same day that vehicles made by Tesla and other carmakers comply with data security requirements.
In a showcase of Taiwan's burgeoning AI ecosystem, the 2024 AI Expo held at the Expo Dome in Taipei Expo Park featured a lineup of 56 local AI startups, each offering diverse and innovative AI solutions tailored to meet the evolving needs of businesses worldwide.
Microsoft reported strong quarterly results. The surge was driven by corporate demand for Microsoft's cloud and AI offerings, particularly Azure. Microsoft plans to ramp up Capex to keep capitalizing on the explosive growth.
Japan-based semiconductor company Renesas released its financial results for the first quarter of 2024 on April 25. The company experienced a limited profit decline and expected the weaker performance to continue in the second quarter.
As the US-China technology war enters its seventh year, with the process of domestic substitution policy of China's semiconductor industry continuing to deepen, China's local Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software products have made considerable progress in recent years and accelerated their development to bridge the 15 years gap with their American and European rivals.
Microsoft touted as the world's largest AI service provider, has reportedly invited several leading figures in the South Korean tech industry to attend a high-level meeting.
