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Tuesday 9 December 2025
IBM to acquire Confluent for US$11 billion to expand real-time data and AI capabilities
IBM said on December 8 that it has agreed to acquire Confluent in an all-cash deal valuing the data-streaming company at US$11 billion. Under the agreement, IBM will purchase all...
Monday 8 December 2025
Largan eyes high-end product mix as key to 4Q25 performance
Largan Technology posted November revenue of NT$5.303 billion (approx. US$170 million), reflecting a 15.3% decrease from October and an 11.84% drop compared to November of last year,...
Monday 8 December 2025
India reviews proposal to make smartphone location tracking permanently active
India is reviewing a proposal that would require smartphone makers to keep satellite-assisted location tracking permanently enabled on all devices, triggering strong pushback from...
Monday 8 December 2025
IBM CEO warns AI data center investments tough to break even due to short hardware cycles
As tech giants race to build data centers targeting artificial general intelligence (AGI), IBM CEO Arvind Krishna cautions that the industry is on a costly path that's difficult to...
Monday 8 December 2025
OpenAI’s next frontier? Altman explores a space detour with Stoke Space
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly engaged in discussions to invest in or acquire Stoke Space, a rocket manufacturer, aiming to develop space-based data centers and compete with...
Monday 8 December 2025
India roundup: India flip-flops on mandatory security app installation
India backtracks on plan for pre-installation of security app after public pushback. Global AI firms are partnering with local giants for AI data centers in India.
Monday 8 December 2025
Ritek revives growth by becoming an AI infrastructure dark horse

Ritek Group CEO Wang Ting-chang said the group has long invested in AI-linked fields such as power, semiconductor materials, and packaging...

Monday 8 December 2025
Huawei's Peter Zhou says China's storage stack is stressed yet still primed for global standing
China's storage industry is at a critical juncture. Surging AI workloads have fuelled a global shortage of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and pushed storage to the forefront of the semiconductor...
Sunday 7 December 2025
Taiwan's major emitters race to cut carbon costs ahead of 2026 fee launch
Taiwan's carbon fee system will officially launch in 2026, requiring companies with annual emissions exceeding 25,000 tonnes to start paying fees based on 2025 emission data. Regulatory...
Sunday 7 December 2025
South Korea bets on airport GSE to break 90% power chip import lock
South Korea is racing to slash its more than 90% dependence on imported power semiconductors. Industry leaders warn that this reliance threatens the country's competitiveness in electric...
Saturday 6 December 2025
Fabship takes chip manufacturing into orbit as industry eyes Space-based fabs

As artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates the global semiconductor race—and as commercial space activity heats up—the idea...

Friday 5 December 2025
Taiwan pushes toward robotics-driven healthcare as Foxconn expands AI applications
At the opening day of the Healthcare+ Expo in Taipei, HiMEDt—co-founded by Foxconn and the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)—held its fourth annual symposium,...
Friday 5 December 2025
Infineon's GaN patent wall forces global firms to rethink China ties
In the global power-device supply chain, influence is shifting quickly as AI computing demand and geopolitical tension intensify. Although AI data centers urgently need gallium nitride...
Friday 5 December 2025
Murata unveils smart wearable module at Healthcare+ Expo Taiwan
Murata Manufacturing introduced its latest smart wearable module at the Healthcare+ Expo Taiwan. The company showcased several next-generation medical solutions, including Picoleaf...
Friday 5 December 2025
AI power boom exposes Western GaN dilemma as firms still route through China
TSMC's decision to exit the gallium nitride (GaN) foundry market has set off a major restructuring of the global power device supply chain toward China-independent models and sharpened...