Nvidia is planning to promote new cooling technologies in response to increasing demand for AI server cooling. In addition to the Microchannel Lid (MCL), the company is also said to be introducing a Microchannel Cold Plate (MCCP), both designed to meet the cooling requirements of the Vera Rubin server rack. Since both technologies rely on liquid cooling, liquid cooling is becoming a crucfial standard for AI servers. Subsequently, it has also sparked competition between Taiwan's two major thermal solution companies.

During a recent appearance at Italian Tech Week, Amazon founder and Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos predicted that within the next 10 to 20 years, humanity will begin constructing gigawatt-scale, solar-powered data centers in outer space to meet the surging energy demands of artificial intelligence and cloud computing.

AI's surging momentum has finally reached the upstream semiconductor equipment sector. At ASML's second quarter of 2025 earnings call in July 2025, the company stated that growing macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainties had made it unclear whether it could maintain growth in 2026. Concerns about zero growth were sparking doubts over AI's long-term outlook.

Inventec has formed a joint venture with India's top electronics manufacturer, Dixon Technologies, to localize production of notebooks, servers, desktops, and electronic components. The new company, Dixon IT Devices Private Limited, will finalize the transaction on October 16, 2025, with Inventec owning 40% and Dixon 60%.

Demand for hot swap power supply in servers is increasing as AI data centers proliferate. Potens Semiconductor Chairman Hsiang-Chi Meng stated that in addition to continuing its expansion in the automotive market, the company in 2025 will launch its first AI-focused product: hot-swap MOS. Rigorous environmental testing has revealed that the product's endurance improved by nearly tenfold, significantly enhancing the maintenance efficiency and operational stability of AI servers and data centers. Potens aims to pursue orders from major international clients.

Targeting the global continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) market, microcontroller IC design house Holtek has unveiled its latest CGM application integrated with edge AI computing to capture healthcare opportunities.

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan met recently with Saudi Arabia's Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Abdullah Al-Swaha, to discuss potential collaborations in semiconductor manufacturing, advanced computing, and artificial intelligence infrastructure, according to reports from Arab News and Wccftech.

Below are the top DIGITIMES Asia stories from October 13 to 19, 2025.

Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) announced the winners of the 2025 Future Tech Award. Among the winners is the infant cardiac robotic surgical system (iCROSS) developed by Professor Cheng-wei Chen's team from National Taiwan University's (NTU) Department of Electrical Engineering. The system achieves a level of precision beyond what the da Vinci surgical system is capable of.

South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) has launched a Rare Earth Supply Chain Task Force to shield domestic industries from China's tightened export controls.

DIGITIMES attended SEMICON West 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona, where the event set an 18-year record for both attendance and exhibitor participation. In an exclusive interview, SEMI president and CEO Ajit Manocha shared insights on the show's success and the evolving semiconductor market landscape.