Over 100 business and technology leaders from across our customer and partner network gathered for the EdgeOpen Consortium APAC 2025 event, held at ADLINK headquarters in Taoyuan, Taiwan, on May 19-20, 2025.Credit: CompanyStephen Huang, ADLINK's President and Chief Operating Officer, officially commenced the event with a keynote titled "Empower AI at the Edge: Scale by Industrial Application." He emphasized the critical role of customer insights in shaping ADLINK's strategic direction.By staying close to customer needs, Stephen Huang explained, ADLINK has critical insight into key challenges, especially the need for faster deployment, greater system intelligence, and reduced complexity. These insights have shaped ADLINK's response to global uncertainties: rather than simply delivering hardware, ADLINK focuses on integrated solutions that add software value to unlock the full potential of AI at the edge.ADLINK transforms market risks into business momentumStephen Huang acknowledges the growing challenges in today's global landscape, including trade tariffs, geopolitical tensions, overcapacity, and currency fluctuations. But rather than viewing these as roadblocks, ADLINK sees them as catalysts for innovation and momentum. Outlined key initiatives in response to these challenges:*Supply Chain Resilience: In response to global disruptions, ADLINK has established dual-site manufacturing in Taiwan and China, ensuring agility and continuity. *Operational Efficiency: With an integrated supply and value chain, ADLINK has streamlined operations to adapt quickly and reduce costs. Innovative *Breakthroughs: ADLINK is driving deeper capabilities in its proven solutions, such as the OSM module, SMU tester, rugged panel PCs, and Soft Motion software, to support more complex and connected edge scenarios.Credit: CompanyOver the past decades, ADLINK has evolved by creating a robust lineup of products designed for edge AI applications. This strong foundation now supports a new phase of innovation, software-integrated solutions that meet the growing demand for intelligent, connected systems. Looking ahead, General Manager Stephen Huang emphasized ADLINK's focus on key technology innovation and its continued close collaboration with industry leaders to develop core technologies that shape the future jointly.Concluding his keynote, he shared a vision of collaboration: "I hope that not only ADLINK, but also our partners, will continue to support and co-create Edge AI solutions, so we can unlock more opportunities and drive real business growth together."Global technology leaders share edge AI strategiesFollowing the opening keynote by Stephen Huang, ADLINK's President and CEO, global technology leaders took the stage to share their strategic insights on the future of edge AI. The partner keynote series began with Intel, which highlighted how open ecosystems and scalable platforms are accelerating innovation at the edge. MediaTek followed with its perspective on enabling the next generation of AIoT applications across a wide range of industries. AUO Display Plus showcased how advancements in green display technologies are reshaping visual experiences in both industrial and commercial environments. NXP explored the role of machine learning in transforming smart factory operations and strengthening secure edge connectivity. Phison introduced breakthroughs in high-performance and endurance flash storage that not only reduce GPU cost but also enhance inference performance of private generative AI. SynaXG concluded the session with a forward-looking perspective on expanding AI from centralized infrastructure to mobile and autonomous systems, such as robotics, connected vehicles, and drones. These strategic contributions set the tone for a day centered on real-world edge AI innovation and collaborative momentum.Credit: CompanyEcosystem collaboration with leading solution partnersComplementing the presence of global technology leaders, and prominent channel partners from across the Asia-Pacific region, including Macnica Altima Company, HF Technology, RTC Technology, and PB Technology, shared market insights, success stories, and collaborative achievements with ADLINK. Their involvement highlighted the strength of regional partnerships in accelerating edge AI adoption.Several solution partners also took the stage to present how their technologies integrate with ADLINK hardware to deliver real-world solutions. These included AUO, Elma Electronic Taiwan, Phenikaa-X, Tallgeese AI, Hailo, CyberLink, Wind River, Delta Electronics, AUO Display Plus, and Euresys. Their presentations demonstrated the power of ecosystem collaboration in delivering reliable, high-performance edge AI solutions tailored to a wide range of vertical markets, including manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, and smart cities.Accelerating edge AI adoption with scalable solutionsThe exhibition featured an application-focused showcase area, highlighting real-world implementations of ADLINK's edge AI solutions. From modular hardware and ruggedized devices to intelligent systems, the demonstrations illustrated how innovation is translated into practical solutions that help customers address frontline challenges.In smart manufacturing, ADLINK showcased its Soft-landing solution, empowered by SoftMotion EtherCAT controllers, along with a high-speed AI AOI inspection solution, enabling precise, multi-axis motion control and enhancing real-time, reliable quality management. For intelligent vision applications, ADLINK demonstrated a plug-and-play AI OCR solution powered by Euresys Open eVision software and the NEON smart camera, which adapts easily to diverse lighting conditions and requires no pre-training. In the area of interactive AI, ADLINK collaborated with Avalanche Computing, OSENSE, and Phison to launch an edge AI solution supporting private, offline LLM deployment. This enables the fast and low-cost implementation of AI assistants, smart customer service, and on-premises knowledge retrieval, ensuring both data privacy and system flexibility.ADLINK also introduced advanced AI-based safety applications and smart display technologies. In partnership with TeamMax, it presented an AI-powered fire and smoke detection solution for real-time monitoring and early warning in industrial and public spaces. Collaborating with AUO Display Plus, ADLINK showcased an energy-efficient HiRaso Panel PC and passenger information display systems (PIDS), highlighting the synergy between edge computing and next-generation smart displays. Additionally, in collaboration with its partner EGK, ADLINK developed a solution to enhance the in-vehicle experience, further advancing intelligent transportation systems. These comprehensive solutions demonstrate ADLINK's ability to deliver deployable, cross-industry edge innovations that accelerate AI adoption and drive digital transformation across sectors.

At COMPUTEX 2025, ASUS showcased its comprehensive AI infrastructure solutions, targeting the computing needs of data centers, edge computing, and a wide range of intelligent applications. With a robust product portfolio, ASUS brings to life the NVIDIA AI Factory vision, illustrating how AI will be deeply embedded into enterprise IT infrastructure. This evolution continues to drive forward applications and services that shape the future of AI and high-performance computing.Comprehensive Showcases: From Hardware to Data Center ManagementASUS's booth centered around a diversified server product line and integrated hardware-software systems. These are paired with data center management and monitoring solutions, presenting a well-rounded, detailed exhibit. In particular, ASUS features purpose-built architectures aligned with the NVIDIA AI Factory concept, designed to optimize next-generation data center infrastructure.As future AI applications require increasingly massive token processing capabilities, computing demands grow significantly. ASUS's new design architecture focuses on boosting performance and AI processing power while simultaneously addressing the challenges of thermal management. The booth highlighted versatile cooling options, including air- and liquid-cooled cabinet systems, making this one of the key attractions for visitors.Complete Lineup: NVIDIA HGX, NVIDIA MGX, and NVIDIA Blackwell Architectures for Rapid AI Infrastructure GrowthAt the entrance of the exhibition space, ASUS showcased its AI POD full-rack system based on NVIDIA HGX systems, supporting NVIDIA Blackwell and Blackwell Ultra GPUs. Known for its scale-up capabilities in a single server, the HGX system is a critical solution for high-performance computing needs.Next comes the NVIDIA MGX-based solutions, utilizing PCIe to deliver scalable and flexible AI computing power. ASUS emphasizes its certified, reference-architecture-based product line, validated by NVIDIA for performance and reliability, helping customers build independent, tailored AI infrastructure suited for various use cases.This year's highlight is the latest NVIDIA Grace Blackwell architecture. ASUS presents its NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 rack solution, targeting high-end AI POD full-rack systems featuring the NVIDIA GB200 and GB300 platforms. This powerful setup includes 72 Blackwell Ultra GPUs and 32 NVIDIA Grace CPUs, forming a system with 18 compute trays and 9 switch trays. Notably, the entire rack is equipped with a full liquid cooling system, maximizing computing density and energy efficiency, showcasing the next generation of performance-driven design.Software Tools Empower Enterprise AI DevelopmentOn the software front, ASUS supports customers from the early planning and deployment of AI server racks through infrastructure management and monitoring. Solutions such as ACC and AIDC offer one-stop deployment and operations support, addressing the entire data center lifecycle.ASUS also presented its collaboration with NVIDIA in deploying Agentic AI systems, custom AI agents capable of reasoning, planning, and action-taking. The integration of NVIDIA AI Workbench enables development teams to flexibly build applications on local or remote GPUs, streamlining workflows from experimentation and prototyping to proof-of-concept. This delivers an accessible, robust toolkit for enterprise AI development.Additionally, inspired by ChatGPT, ASUS introduces AI Hub, a software solution that simplifies LLM (Large Language Model) usage for enterprise teams. Now part of ASUS's AI infrastructure portfolio, AI Hub provides pre-integrated tools, open-source software, and LLM resources. It also supports collaboration with AI model developers, cloud service providers, and system integrators, helping enterprises more easily build and scale their AI applications and accelerate their innovation journey.

Various generative AI tools and services have gradually permeated everyday life and the workplace, driving rapid market growth and attracting startup teams to enter the field. Founded in Seattle in 2020, Seasalt.ai is one of the rising stars that began developing intelligent voice solutions even before the current generative AI boom.With a focus on the linguistically diverse and densely populated Southeast Asian market, the company has established Taiwan as its development and support center, offering AI-powered customer service agents and meeting assistant tools that excel in accurately recognizing local accents and understanding nuanced semantics.Co-founded by CEO Xuchen Yao and CTO Guoguo Chen, Seasalt.ai marks their second entrepreneurial collaboration. Instead of competing in dominant markets like the U.S. and China, the duo chose to focus on Southeast Asia - a region often overlooked by major tech giants."Our company name, Seasalt AI, not only comes from our roots in Seattle but also reflects our target market - Southeast Asia (SEA)," said Yao. He noted that most AI voice tools on the market tend to overlook the less widely spoken languages in the Southeast Asian region. "But these underrepresented areas are home to large populations and many businesses in need of support. Filling in the gaps left by the tech giants has become a unique opportunity for us."Seasalt.ai offers an AI meeting assistant, SeaMeet Copilot, which provides real-time meeting transcripts, structured summaries, and action items for each meeting. It seamlessly integrates with Google Meet - popular among local users - and is specifically optimized to recognize Taiwanese accents, accurately understanding complex sentences that mix both Chinese and English.Cloud-Based and Subscription: Ensuring Security and Product FlexibilitySeasalt.ai also offers the SeaX platform - an all-in-one omnichannel solution for businesses. It integrates voice and text to support AI-powered messaging and phone-based voice calls, with a focus on outbound marketing. The platform enables natural language Q&A summaries, bilingual Chinese-English interaction, and smooth integration with existing workflows.According to Seasalt.ai, SeaX empowers companies to book appointments via AI voice assistants, engage in two-way conversations, track marketing campaigns across SMS, WhatsApp, and phone, discover customer buying intent, analyze user behavior, and conduct surveys - bringing automation and personalization into one seamless system.Another key advantage is the speed of deployment. According to Yao, in the case of assisting the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) with building a customer-facing chatbot with GenAI, Seasalt.ai successfully launched it in just three months, compared to competing solutions with last-generation technology (such as Natural Language Understanding) that would have taken up to two years.Chen highlighted the usability of Seasalt.ai's tools, stating: "Approximately 70% to 80% of users are able to set up and maintain their AI chatbots independently using our documentation and examples. Only about 10% to 20% of large enterprise clients necessitate custom development."Regarding deployment strategy, it is important to keep product features up to date due to the rapid advancement of generative AI. Therefore, a cloud-first approach is often recommended, supplemented by customized private cloud solutions for clients with stricter data security requirements.Rapid Tech Growth: Pros and Cons for AI StartupsSeasalt.ai was born during the global outbreak of COVID-19. At that time, Taiwan's strict pandemic control measures and its startup-friendly environment made it an ideal springboard for the company's expansion into the Southeast Asian market.As one of the standout alumni of SparkLabs Taiwan, Seasalt.ai also benefited greatly from its collaboration with Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA), gaining valuable resources for growth. In December 2024, the company announced the completion of its seed funding round, raising NT$130 million. Investors included Z Venture Capital (ZVC), the corporate venture arm of LINE.In view of the rapid advancements in AI technology and the fast-evolving market landscape, Chen stated, "We began early and possess extensive knowledge of the field, allowing us to swiftly integrate new technologies. However, much of our initial work needs to be revised." He added that the plethora of new technological resources has also empowered Seasalt.ai to quickly update product features and improve user experience, thereby maintaining market competitiveness.Chen observed that the rapid advancement of generative AI technology has reduced development barriers, enabling startup teams to create prototypes and test the market at lower costs and within shorter timeframes. However, the reduced entry barriers have resulted in an increase in competitors, making it more challenging for new players to distinguish themselves in the market.Looking forward, Yao articulated that Seasalt.ai aspires to establish itself as the market leader in Taiwan while simultaneously innovating new products. One such product is SeaHealth, an AI-powered assistant intended as a front office solution for hospitals and clinics to facilitate proactive healthcare messages and communications for patients with chronic illnesses or elderly individuals living alone. The company's vision is to provide more convenient and accessible AI tools to a broader range of users.SeaMeet Copilot supports multilingual meetings and audio uploads. Credit: Company