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Monday 25 March 2024
Green energy dilemma: Taiwan faces electricity price surge
In a pivotal move, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has convened to discuss the impending surge in electricity prices, slated...
Monday 25 March 2024
'Green inflation' and 'secular stagnation', which will come first to AI?
An electricity price hike in Taiwan may ignite a butterfly effect on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry and supply chains.
Friday 22 March 2024
Does Toyoda sell a solid hydrogen future?
In a speech in January 2024, Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda said battery EVs (BEV) can only take up at most 30% market share, no matter how much the vehicle progresses. Hybrid EVs (HEV),...
Friday 22 March 2024
Is the Chinese automotive LED market still worth entering?
The rapid growth of the Chinese EV market has driven LED firms to the automotive market, making the automotive LED market a dangerous territory.
Thursday 21 March 2024
Hackers can turn your EV into a deadly weapon
Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the EV.
Wednesday 20 March 2024
Go or stay? ASML wades from geopolitics into domestic politics
Following media reports that the Netherlands-based lithography equipment leader ASML is harboring thoughts to move its operations abroad, the country's political climate, especially...
Friday 15 March 2024
Uncertainties on the macroeconomic horizon
Electronic devices account for over 40% of Taiwan's exports, but semiconductor products are shipped through air freight. Meanwhile, notebook PC and smartphone production lines have...
Friday 15 March 2024
Vision Pro unlikely to replace handheld devices like iPhone in the short term
Apple's Vision Pro has been in the market for around a month after its launch in early February. Some believe this device will replace the iPhone, iPad, and Mac in a few years. While...
Friday 15 March 2024
Operation O-RAN: The US plan to neutralize Huawei (and why it will work)
The US has a devastating not-secret plan to beat Huawei once and for all.
Thursday 14 March 2024
Taiwan IC design firms join Arm Total Design platform to enhance ASIC service capability
The hot demand for AI chips and the trend for cloud AI tech differentiation attracted unexpected attention to Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) design services lately.
Thursday 14 March 2024
AI business opportunities for PCs and smartphones
As edge AI business opportunities continue to brew, smartphones and PCs are considered the primary platforms driving related business opportunities.
Wednesday 13 March 2024
Air cargo capacity shortage could be supply chain breaking point
The shipping industry, passenger or cargo, has slowly recovered to pre-COVID-19 levels. It is worth noting that since air cargo capacities were booked up by e-commerce demand, failing...
Wednesday 13 March 2024
How deep is Nvidia's moat? CUDA may not be invincible forever
Faced with Nvidia's absolute dominance in China's AI chip market, how difficult is it for AMD to grab a share of China's AI market away from Nvidia? Experts said it will be tough...
Monday 11 March 2024
2024 Industry Outlook (8): the Paradigm Shift from dotcom to AI
The winners before the creation of cell phones were Cisco and telecom service companies such as Nokia and Ericsson. However, with the launch of the iPhone in 2007, the cell phone...
Friday 8 March 2024
GenAI powers surge in AI PCs and edge computing, HPC to be key in 2024
GenAI stands out as a key focus in the 2024 supply chain. As AI gradually transitions from cloud to edge computing, it also drives the emergence of terminal applications such as AI...
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Summary of Tech Supply Chain News!
Global smartphone shipments hit 2023 peak in 4Q23, but decelerate in 1Q24 due to seasonality, says DIGITIMES Research
Meet the analyst: Operating system in AI era will be king, says DIGITIMES Research
Taiwan server industry experiences decline in 2023 revenues and shipments; poised to see growth in 2024, says DIGITIMES Research