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Monday 19 May 2025

Middle East key to extending cloud AI peripheral chip market growth by two years

US President Donald Trump recently led a large delegation of American companies to the Middle East for various political and business cooperation agreements. Reports indicate that...

Monday 19 May 2025

AI-driven server demand boom spurs explosive growth for Taiwan CCL suppliers

Despite recent uncertainties surrounding new tariff policies under US President Donald Trump, major US and Chinese cloud service providers have reaffirmed that their capex plans for...

Monday 19 May 2025

AI, EV boom thrusts advanced packaging to forefront of China's chip strategy

China's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) industry is gaining momentum, driven by surging demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and electric vehicles (EVs). As the...

Monday 19 May 2025

Tesla sidelined in Trump's Middle East trip, as Lucid pushes for Saudi auto tariffs

US President Donald Trump's new agreement with Saudi Arabia will allow the state to procure AI chips from leading US-based chipmakers Nvidia and AMD, as part of the Saudi Vision 2030...

Monday 19 May 2025

From containment to control: Trump's Gulf deals isolate Huawei and heat up AI Cold War

The US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued fresh guidelines targeting AI chips, delivering another major blow to Huawei. The directive explicitly...

Monday 19 May 2025

Chipmakers seek edge beyond Moore's Law as computing power race escalates

The semiconductor industry's decades-long strategy of shrinking transistors faces diminishing returns, forcing companies to explore alternative technologies for competitive advantage...

Monday 19 May 2025

Nvidia's quantum computing pivot spurs automakers' cybersecurity revamp

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang publicly reversed his quantum computing timeline at March's GTC conference, shrinking his earlier 20-year prediction made at CES to establish "Quantum Day"...

Monday 19 May 2025

Weekly news roundup: China sharpens its chip game, Samsung lands wins, TSMC widens global footprint

These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of May 12 – May 18. From China's push in DUV lithography and Samsung's resurgence in foundry orders to...

Monday 19 May 2025

Nvidia's master plan: forging a strategic alliance for the future of AI infrastructure

For the past two years, the AI revolution has resembled a software arms race: the bigger the model, the better the odds of winning. But...

Monday 19 May 2025

Pre-tariff rush leaves US car market facing cold spell

As President Donald Trump's auto tariff policy begins to take effect—levying duties on foreign-made vehicles and parts while exempting...

Sunday 18 May 2025

GlobalWafers deepens US investment with US$7.5 billion commitment

GlobalWafers, the Taiwan-based semiconductor materials giant, officially opened its new US$3.5 billion manufacturing facility in Sherman,...

Sunday 18 May 2025

Appier posts strong 1Q25 growth, eyes Middle East expansion

Appier has reported solid financial results for the first quarter of 2025, with revenue rising 27% year-on-year to approximately JPY9.4 billion (US$64.17 million), or 31% on a currency-neutral...

Sunday 18 May 2025

Jensen Huang brings in Compal, as Foxconn chair sits out

Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, continued his closely watched Taiwan visit with a high-profile gathering of semiconductor and electronics...

Saturday 17 May 2025

Nvidia CEO turns spotlight back to Taiwan

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrived in Taiwan on May 16, marking the start of a tightly scheduled visit that blends symbolic gestures with...

Friday 16 May 2025

Robust.AI partners with Foxconn to scale U.S. production of warehouse robots

Robust.AI, a U.S.-based developer of AI-powered warehouse automation, has announced a manufacturing partnership with Taiwan's Foxconn...

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