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Wednesday 13 August 2025
Altman backs Merge Labs to take on Musk's Neuralink in US$850 million brain-computer drive
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is helping launch a brain-computer interface startup called Merge Labs, aiming to take on Elon Musk's Neuralink. The venture is targeting a valuation of about...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Taiwan, US eye closer trade ties in ongoing tariff negotiations
Taiwan's lead negotiator and vice premier of the Executive Yuan Li-chiun Cheng held a press conference on August 11, 2025, during which she stated that since the US aims to become...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Sun Yad to buy majority stake in Y-S Electronics in strategic move
Sun Yad Industry announced plans to acquire a 34.76% stake in Y-S Electronics for approximately NT$295 million (approx. US$9.82 million), aiming to strengthen its market position...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
China to start mass production of domestic HBM3 chips, paving way for Huawei AI integration

China's domestic high-bandwidth memory (HBM) technology has reportedly reached a major milestone, with one of the nation's top DRAM manufacturers...

Wednesday 13 August 2025
Wistron Chair pledges 1 million GPU hours to power Taiwan's AI startups
Simon Lin, Chairman of Wistron Corporation, offered a candid look at the tech giant's bumpy journey into venture capital during a keynote speech at Taiwan's Venture Capital Summit...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
India's first AI unicorn files for IPO amid the country's booming AI sector
Fractal Analytics, an India-based artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics services provider, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in Mumbai that could value the company...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Humanoid robots gain momentum, but hardware costs hold back mass adoption, says DIGITIMES
When Nvidia framed the next wave of AI as "physical AI," it helped ignite a surge of interest in humanoid robots, accelerating development efforts worldwide. Yet, according to DIGITIMES'...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Huawei unveils AI software to boost inference and curb China’s reliance on foreign memory chips

Huawei has launched its Unified Cache Manager (UCM), a software framework designed to speed up inference in large AI models. The company...

Wednesday 13 August 2025
Taiwan industries seek tariff relief as Chinese rivals undercut prices despite 50% duties
Taiwan's Minister of Economic Affairs J.W. Kuo recently held forums addressing the impact of increased US tariffs on Taiwanese industries. He proposed six countermeasures to help...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
US export levy targeting Nvidia and AMD may expand to other semiconductor firms
The White House confirmed on August 12, 2025, that the Trump administration is still finalizing details around a 15% "export levy" applied to Nvidia and AMD's AI chip sales to China,...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
AI startup Perplexity makes $34.5 Billion bid for Google's chrome browser
AI startup Perplexity made a formal offer to acquire Google's Chrome browser for US$34.5 billion, an audacious bid to get ahead of a potential requirement for the search giant to...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
HTC bets on AI glasses with Taiwan Mobile, but skips AR/VR features
HTC has announced a product launch for its Vive series scheduled for August 14, with Taiwan Mobile (TWM) set to unveil its updated application services simultaneously. The events...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Taiwan optics maker wins orders, US robotics deals in AI and automotive lenses
Taiwan-based optical imaging manufacturer Ability Enterprise is riding a wave of positive developments, with major strides in robotics and optical imaging technology, new global partnerships,...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Why Taiwanese tech giants pour record funds into US AI server hubs
Taiwanese EMS accelerates US and global investments amid AI server demand and geopolitical dynamics
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Two Chinese robot firms join Nvidia to drive ‘physical AI’ boom
As AI shifts from the "information space" into the physical world, China's leading robotics firms Unitree Robotics and Beijing Galbot are strengthening ties with Nvidia to speed the...