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Sunday 13 July 2025
China plots desert AI hub with 115,000 Nvidia chips, skirting US export bans
China plans to build at least 39 data centers in the desert regions of Xinjiang and Qinghai, outfitted with over 115,000 Nvidia H100 and H200 GPUs. These advanced chips have been...
Sunday 13 July 2025
xMEMS to begin mass production of active cooling chips for XR smart glasses in 2026
xMEMS, a US-based supplier specializing in monocrystalline silicon microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) air pumps, has announced plans to expand its μCooling micro air-cooled...
Sunday 13 July 2025
Taiwan's NTU teams up with tech giants to build global AI, chip talent pipeline
National Taiwan University has joined forces with six of Taiwan's top tech companies to launch an AI and Electrical Engineering Alliance, seeking to secure the island's competitiveness...
Saturday 12 July 2025
Southeast Asia tariff uncertainties dampen PCB investment momentum
Southeast Asia's reciprocal tariff framework has prompted major IC substrate manufacturers to pause southbound investment evaluations. Meanwhile, Taiwanese and Chinese PCB producers...
Saturday 12 July 2025
Chipmakers bet on premium smartphones to weather 2H25 headwinds
Despite a generally negative outlook for the second half of the year, Largan, a key market indicator, stressed during its earnings call that the demand momentum for new flagship smartphones...
Friday 11 July 2025
Google DeepMind spinoff Biotech moves AI-designed drug to human trials
The biotechnology sector is hailing a major milestone as Isomorphic Labs, a startup incubated by Google DeepMind, prepares to enter human trials with a drug candidate designed using...
Friday 11 July 2025
Bionet, Dassault team up for AI foundry model in drug development
With AI promising to massively transform research and development in the biomedical industry, Bionet Corp. has launched its AI foundry platform for human and animal pharmaceutical...
Friday 11 July 2025
How Taiwan's EMS evolved: From PCs and smartphones to AI servers and deep semiconductor integration
The advent of the personal computer (PC) provided an opportunity for Taiwan's manufacturing services to further evolve.
Friday 11 July 2025
Largan expects large variable aperture project opportunities in 2026
Taiwan-based lens manufacturer Largan Precision held an online earnings call on July 10, during which it explained that exchange rate fluctuations had a significant impact on the...
Friday 11 July 2025
Taiwan's Sun Yad builds US$583 million empire across chemicals to drones
Sun Yad Group operates across construction, biotechnology, materials, healthcare and drones in a diversified conglomerate worth NT$17 billion (US$583 million). Chairman Yu-ming Chang...
Friday 11 July 2025
How Taiwan's EMS evolved (2): Resilience and regionalized supply chains
As of 2024, the global electronic manufacturing services (EMS) industry is valued at approximately US$700 billion, with about half originating from Taiwan. Starting in 1966 with basic...
Friday 11 July 2025
US weighs new export controls on AI chips to Thailand and Malaysia

The US Department of Commerce is reportedly preparing new regulations that would restrict the export of advanced AI chips to Thailand...

Friday 11 July 2025
US tariff revenues surge as protectionist policies drive import reshuffling
Under President Donald Trump's trade policies, US tariff revenue has soared, driven by sweeping duties on steel, aluminum, autos, and goods from China. A recent spike in dutiable...
Friday 11 July 2025
Malaysia's Penang eyes semiconductor upgrade as AI demand reshapes industry
Malaysia's Penang state, home to about 13% of global semiconductor assembly and testing capacity, is positioning itself to capture more advanced chip manufacturing as artificial intelligence...
Friday 11 July 2025
SiPearl raises EUR130 million to mass-produce Rhea1 chip with TSMC, advancing Europe's AI and HPC goals
French microprocessor startup SiPearl has secured EUR130 million (US$152.53 million) in a Series A funding round, with investors including Taiwan's Cathay Venture Inc. The company...