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Thursday 4 December 2025

Exclusive: Qualcomm SVP says AI PC still in early stage, focuses on tech and market education

Qualcomm is hosting another summit with Taiwan's local PC ecosystem by the end of 2025, following its 2023 event. Kedar Kondap, Qualcomm's senior vice president responsible for PC...

Thursday 4 December 2025

OpenAI to acquire Neptune to bolster model training

OpenAI said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Neptune, or neptune.ai, a startup that develops tools for tracking machine-learning experiments and monitoring model-training...

Thursday 4 December 2025

Western automakers embrace AI, but supply chains bear the brunt

While European and American automakers push forward with artificial intelligence (AI) to upgrade manufacturing and operations, the true burden of this digital transformation often...

Thursday 4 December 2025

Tech Forum 2026: Quanta flags memory shortage as top AI hardware risk for 2026

Quanta Computer vice chairman and president C.C. Leung warned on December 3, 2025, that persistent memory shortages and rising costs could become the most significant risk to the...

Thursday 4 December 2025

Eris Tech targets data center opportunities; Nexperia chip crisis effects to surface in 2026

To meet the rising power management demands of AI data centers, power semiconductor company Eris Technology has begun deploying AI power components, and its subsidiary Yea Shin Technology...

Thursday 4 December 2025

Chunghwa Telecom expands Southeast Asia presence

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) officially established its Malaysia subsidiary, Chunghwa Telecom Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., on December 1. CHT chairman Chih-Cheng Chien said during a digital empowerment...

Wednesday 3 December 2025

Kyocera pulls plug on 5G base-station project, cites fierce global competition

Kyocera has abandoned its bid to enter the 5G base-station market, shelving a plan it once hoped would help Japan reclaim a foothold in...

Wednesday 3 December 2025

AMD, HPE expand partnership around Helios rack-scale AI architecture

AMD and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) are expanding their long-standing partnership with a new plan to deliver open, rack-scale infrastructure for the AI era. HPE becomes one of...

Wednesday 3 December 2025

Tesla and BYD confront slowing sales as global EV momentum falters

Tesla and BYD are both facing increasing sales pressure, with the two electric vehicle (EV) giants showing signs of fatigue in their key...

Wednesday 3 December 2025

Nvidia CFO: US$100bn OpenAI agreement still unsettled

Nvidia CFO Colette Kress said at the UBS Global Technology and AI Conference in Arizona that the company's potential investment agreement...

Wednesday 3 December 2025

Vultr plans US$1bn AI cluster in Ohio with AMD's newest chips

US cloud infrastructure provider Vultr said it plans to build a 50 MW AI computing cluster at its Ohio data centre, using around 24,000 chips powered by AMD's latest AI processors...

Wednesday 3 December 2025

Japan's humanoid robot alliance expands to counter Chinese dominance

The Kyoto Humanoid Association (KyoHA), a coalition initiated by Waseda University and Murata Manufacturing Co., has welcomed several new members, including Renesas Electronics, in...

Wednesday 3 December 2025

EOC reshapes into integrated supply chain eyeing AI and semiconductors

Optical communication filter maker East Tender Optoelectronics Corp. (EOC) completed a board restructuring in March 2025, positioning itself to capture booming opportunities in AI,...

Wednesday 3 December 2025

AI companion toys break out in China after Huawei's sell-out launch

AI-driven emotional-companion toys are becoming a new growth driver for the consumer electronics sector as advances in AI accelerate.

Wednesday 3 December 2025

OpenAI declares 'code red': tests ad formats as Google gains ground

OpenAI has declared a "code red" status, concentrating efforts on improving ChatGPT and delaying other initiatives such as advertising, according to Reuters, citing

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