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Tuesday 19 August 2025

Intelligo reports 52% jump in Q2 profit, sees stronger 2H25

Taiwan-based ASIC design firm Intelligo Technology, which specializes in AI-powered acoustics and speech recognition, posted solid gains in the second quarter of 2025 as consumer...

Tuesday 19 August 2025

China's humanoid robots to make live debut in Taipei, testing Taiwan's supply-chain edge

Global labor shortages and US reciprocal tariffs are pushing supply chains to fast-track automation as a safeguard against disruption. Advances in artificial intelligence are transforming...

Tuesday 19 August 2025

Foxconn to operate SoftBank's Stargate AI server site in Ohio

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. will operate a US factory owned by SoftBank Group Corp., setting up what's in the running to be the first manufacturing site in the Japanese company's...

Tuesday 19 August 2025

China EV sector invests more abroad than at home for first time

Chinese companies involved in the electric vehicle industry invested more overseas than domestically for the first time in 2024, although foreign projects face higher costs, delays...

Tuesday 19 August 2025

Google unveils energy-efficient 270M-parameter Gemma 3 model for mobile AI

Google has expanded its Gemma 3 series of open-weight AI models by introducing a 270-million-parameter variant designed to reduce power consumption for mobile applications. This new...

Tuesday 19 August 2025

China's demand for AI chips and HBM equipment persists despite uncertainty over Nvidia H20 sales

China's semiconductor industry continues to expand capacity in mature process chips while strengthening self-production of AI chips, especially as the Chinese AI sector gained momentum...

Monday 18 August 2025

OpenAI's GPT-5 consumes over eight times the power of GPT-4, researchers estimate

OpenAI's latest flagship model, GPT-5, delivers markedly stronger reasoning performance than its predecessor—but at a sharply higher environmental cost. According to a new analysis,...

Monday 18 August 2025

Chipmakers bet on agentic AI to spark consumer demand for smart glasses after Ray-Ban success

Meta's success with its smart Ray-Ban glasses has ignited a wave of development in smart and AI-powered eyewear, offering fresh optimism for chipmakers who once banked on the metaverse...

Monday 18 August 2025

Tariffs, trade, and transformation: how Hushan is redefining Taiwan's auto supply chain

As the world's largest aftermarket supplier of automotive door handles and an emerging force in vehicle camera modules, Hushan Autoparts finds itself navigating a critical transformation—and...

Monday 18 August 2025

Between Tesla and China's Unitree, two diverging blueprints emerge for humanoid robots

Humanoid robots are generating intense hype, but supply-chain players remain wary, pointing to two uncertainties: unclear industrial use cases and lagging technical progress. With...

Monday 18 August 2025

Beijing reportedly pushes local chip usage as H20 sales resume in China

As Nvidia's H20 artificial intelligence (AI) chips become a focal point in US-China tech competition, Beijing is taking a cautious and increasingly assertive approach toward their...

Monday 18 August 2025

Samsung debuts world's first 115-inch micro RGB TV, aiming at OLED and mini LED rivals

Samsung Electronics has unveiled the world's first 115-inch micro RGB television, marking a bold step to reinforce its presence in the...

Monday 18 August 2025

Honda's hybrid blueprint shapes China's growing PHEV market

As competition in China's electric vehicle (EV) market intensifies and range anxiety persists, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs)...

Monday 18 August 2025

Giga Solar Materials enters AI server market with Parker liquid cooling fittings distribution rights

Solar conductive paste manufacturer Giga Solar Materials (GSMC) announced on August 14 that it has obtained the rights to distribute US vendor Parker's AI server liquid cooling fittings...

Monday 18 August 2025

LGD showcases new generation of in-car interactive displays

LG Display (LGD), optimistic about the automotive market outlook, showcased a fully autonomous driving concept car equipped with various innovative display solutions at K-Display...

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