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Tuesday 25 February 2025
US AI chip export curb expected to impact Malaysia's data center development
Chin Tong Liew, Malaysia's Deputy Minister of Investment, Trade, and Industry (MITI), has acknowledged that the US restrictions on artificial intelligence (AI) chip exports, set to...
Tuesday 25 February 2025
DeepSeek quietly attends GDC; set to open source five code repositories this week
The 2025 Global Developer Conference (GDC) was held in Shanghai from February 22 to 23, gathering top executives, developers, and industry professionals. Unlike other participants,...
Tuesday 25 February 2025
Four-color ESL market heats up as Taiwanese firms target 1Q25 growth
Electronic shelf label (ESL) products, which experienced a downturn in 2023, have shown a steady recovery in 2024, with projections indicating a stronger surge in the second half...
Tuesday 25 February 2025
Global server shipments to slip less than 5% in 1Q25, but volumes in 2024 stay growing YoY, says DIGITIMES
The global server shipments are expected to see a mild decline of 3.8% in the first quarter of 2025 and among US-based cloud service providers (CSPs), Meta will maintain a relatively...
Tuesday 25 February 2025
Apple's iPhone 16e boosts OLED demand, SDC and LGD adjust strategies for stronger sales and recovery
Apple recently unveiled the iPhone 16e, its first budget iPhone model that features an OLED display. Analysts now speculate that Samsung Display (SDC), once less invested in the affordable...
Tuesday 25 February 2025
Chief Telecom expects record revenue and profit in 2025
Following the transition of Chief Telecom's LY2 AI data center to commercial operation, company chairman Hong-jia Shao expects revenue and profit will reach new heights in 2025.
Tuesday 25 February 2025
China's DeepSeek sparks an automation boom, keeping supply chains local
The swift progression of AI is accelerating automation within the manufacturing sector. Contributing significantly to this trend is China's DeepSeek, which provides a cost-effective...
Monday 24 February 2025
Samsung, union agree 5.1% wage hike in 2025 as tensions ebb
Samsung Electronics and its largest labor union have tentatively agreed to a 5.1% wage increase and stock awards for staff in 2025, signaling efforts by the two sides to defuse tensions...
Monday 24 February 2025
Biostar to showcase IPC products at Embedded World 2025 in Germany
BIOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of IPC solutions, motherboards, graphics cards, and PC peripherals, is set to showcase its latest industrial computing and edge AI computing solutions...
Monday 24 February 2025
Global EV sales, 2024 review and 2025 forecast

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Monday 24 February 2025
AI boom sends HBM demand soaring as Samsung eyes ASIC market shift
The global AI boom is set to keep high bandwidth memory (HBM) in short supply through 2025, as demand surges across AI and data-intensive applications, according to experts at SEMICON...
Monday 24 February 2025
Charging ahead: Taiwanese firms race for a slice of Japan's clean energy pie
Japan's drive for carbon neutrality by 2050 has spurred increased demand for renewable energy infrastructure, from charging stations to energy storage and hydrogen technology. This...
Monday 24 February 2025
Faraday's 1Q25 revenue is expected to increase by 150% quarterly, but gross margin may drop to 20%
On February 21, leading ASIC design service and silicon intellectual property (IP) provider Faraday held its earnings call. The company's fourth quarter of 2024 gross margin declined...
Monday 24 February 2025
Taiwan ternary lithium battery makers navigate geopolitical pressures amid EV market slowdown
The global electric vehicle (EV) market is experiencing a slowdown, with the projected annual growth rate for 2025 falling behind that of 2024. While market performance varies regionally,...
Monday 24 February 2025
DeepSeek drives growth at Chief Telecom, executives say
Taiwan-based internet data center (IDC) service provider Chief Telecom sees promising prospects in edge AI development, particularly thanks to the...