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Friday 24 January 2025
Google Taiwan undergoes small-scale restructuring following acquisition of HTC Vive teams
Google invested US$ 250 million in the acquisition of HTC Vive's R&D team, highlighting its ambitions in the headsets and smart glasses sectors. Regarding this acquisition, Google...
Friday 24 January 2025
Axelera AI's edge computing gambit: can Europe's new AI player compete?
Axelera AI may be a young player in the artificial intelligence (AI) space, but it has big ambitions. Founded in 2021, the Eindhoven-based company is taking aim at edge computing—a...
Friday 24 January 2025
MiTAC-Synnex Group embraces AI for future growth after 50 years of pioneering Taiwan tech transformation
In the 1970s and 1980s, Taiwan's tech industry was on the cusp of a major breakthrough. DIGITIMES president Colley Hwang aptly described this era as one where "heroes always come...
Friday 24 January 2025
EMS Watch: Foxconn leads Taiwan's EMS firms as AI server boom drives record revenue
Six Taiwanese companies rank among the top ten global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) providers for 2024, with Foxconn, Quanta, Wistron, and Inventec hitting record revenues,...
Friday 24 January 2025
EMS Watch: opportunities and challenges amid rapid ascent of Chinese EMS players
Globalization has driven significant transformations in the electronics manufacturing industry since the late 20th century, with Taiwanese EMS providers experiencing rapid growth...
Friday 24 January 2025
Sanan beats PlayNitride to supply Samsung's microLED smartwatch chips
Sanan Optoelectronics has secured a critical role in Samsung Display's microLED smartwatch supply chain, according to industry insiders, marking another milestone in its consistent...
Friday 24 January 2025
EMS Watch: Chinese firms surpass Taiwanese rivals in top EMS/ODM rankings
According to a DIGITIMES survey, the global EMS/ODM industry is becoming increasingly important due to the relocation of global supply chains. However, their 2024 revenues...
Friday 24 January 2025
Can Gemini surpass ChatGPT as the dominant AI tool?
Following the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT in 2022, Google introduced its own AI chatbot, first called Bard and later renamed Gemini. Despite this, Gemini has struggled to compete with...
Friday 24 January 2025
Taiwan science parks explore shared energy storage as power solution
As Taiwan progresses toward its energy transition and net-zero carbon emissions goals, the energy storage market has emerged as a critical driver. Among recent developments, shared...
Friday 24 January 2025
Taiwanese firms wary of AI agents, citing limitations and reliability concerns
Despite growing industry momentum, major companies are intensifying their efforts in the AI agent space, with Nvidia recently unveiling its roster of partners in this emerging field...
Friday 24 January 2025
Singapore and Malaysia optimistic US AI chip curbs won't derail data center plans
Malaysia's data center sector maintains an optimistic outlook despite new US export restrictions on artificial intelligence (AI) chips, which were implemented in the final days of...
Friday 24 January 2025
India roundup: local EMS and semiconductor stars emerging
With India dedicating substantial incentives to bolster its local electronics supply chain, the country is witnessing the rise of new domestic companies within the semiconductor and...
Friday 24 January 2025
Meta faces legal challenge over alleged use of pirated data
Meta faces growing legal pressure over allegations it used pirated content from Library Genesis to train its language model, Llama. The controversy emerges as part of a class-action...
Friday 24 January 2025
Indian watchdog questions Foxconn recruitment probe, demands new investigation
An Indian human rights commission has ordered a new investigation into Tamil Nadu labor officials' handling of alleged recruitment discrimination against married women at Foxconn's...
Friday 24 January 2025
Cambricon faces US$933 million lawsuit from ex-CTO over equity row
A major legal battle between Cambricon Technologies, a leading Chinese AI unicorn, and its former CTO Jun Liang has emerged, drawing parallels to the recent...