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Tuesday 20 May 2025
Microsoft sharpens focus on AI platform centrality with multi-model hosting push
At its Build developer conference, Microsoft signaled a strategic pivot toward becoming a central hub for artificial intelligence development. According to Reuters, the company...
Tuesday 20 May 2025
AI agent race heats up: cross-system integration and standardization key to widespread adoption
In a keynote on May 19, 2025, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang focused on AI infrastructure, AI agents, and physical AI (robots). He highlighted that AI agents require significantly more computing...
Tuesday 20 May 2025
Microsoft unveils new tools for AI agents, open protocols at 2025 Build developer conference
At the 2025 Build Developer Conference, Microsoft introduced a range of new tools and platforms focused on accelerating the development and deployment of AI agents, signaling its...
Friday 16 May 2025
Microsoft shifts focus to Asia-Pacific amid massive job cuts
Microsoft is reportedly laying off around 6,000 employees, or about 3% of its global workforce, with most of the cuts concentrated in the US. The tech giant has also made organizational...
Thursday 15 May 2025
Getac unveils rugged AI PC meeting Microsoft Azure standards, to launch in 3Q25
Getac Technology, a subsidiary of Getac Holdings, has unveiled the world's first rugged AI PC that meets Microsoft Azure's AI PC standards. The flagship model, B360 Plus, features...
Wednesday 14 May 2025
Microsoft accelerates AI, talent push in SEA—Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand in focus
DIGITIMES visited Singapore, Malaysia, and the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) to explore how Microsoft is shaping the AI landscape in Southeast Asia. The...
Wednesday 14 May 2025
Microsoft is cutting thousands of employees across the company
Microsoft Corp. said it will cut 6,000 workers across the company in an effort to reduce management layers.
The planned terminations will amount to less than 3% of total headcount...
Wednesday 14 May 2025
Cloud market remains strong as top trio CSPs report capacity constraints
Global enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure reached US$94 billion in the first quarter of 2025, marking a 23% year-over-year increase. Amazon's AWS continues to lead the market,...
Tuesday 13 May 2025
Interview: highly complementary AI ecosystems in Singapore and Malaysia—analyzing Microsoft's ASEAN strategy
The world is in the midst of an AI revolution, with data center supply chains becoming central to the electronics industry. As software and hardware converge, the focus on "sovereign...
Monday 12 May 2025
Exclusive: AI implementation challenges reshape government roles in ecosystem success
During an in-depth reporting trip to the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ), DIGITIMES explored the evolving AI landscape through exclusive interviews with Microsoft executives...
Thursday 8 May 2025
China's quantum leap: Microsoft warns of 'race the US can't afford to lose' in the wake of Origin Tianji 4.0 debut
As quantum computing emerges as a pivotal battleground in global tech competition, tensions between China and the US continue to intensify. On May 6, 2025, Hefei-based Origin Quantum...
Friday 2 May 2025
Nvidia braces for regulatory headwinds ahead of 1Q earnings
Nvidia faces multiple challenges as it approaches its fiscal first quarter 2026 earnings release on May 28, with new AI export controls taking effect on May 15 and potential tariffs...
Friday 2 May 2025
Non-AI cloud workloads power Microsoft's 3Q25 Azure overperformance
Microsoft's fiscal year 2025 third-quarter earnings call revealed a company operating at full throttle in the age of AI, driven by skyrocketing demand for AI infrastructure and cloud...
Wednesday 30 April 2025
Supermicro's sales miss hints at slower AI investments by cloud giants
Supermicro, a major provider of AI-optimized servers, reported preliminary fiscal third-quarter 2025 results that fell short of expectations, raising concerns about a potential slowdown...
Thursday 24 April 2025
Cloud market braces for key Amazon earnings update amid lease cuts, supply snags, and tariff tensions
Amazon and Microsoft have reportedly paused selected external data center lease agreements, impacting third-party colocation centers but not their self-built facilities. The move...