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Wednesday 9 July 2025
IBM sees potential in Taiwan & Japan as quantum strategies advance
Hans Dekkers, General Manager of IBM Asia Pacific, recently returned to Taiwan for his fifth visit in less than a year since taking office. He believes Taiwan and Japan will play...
Tuesday 8 July 2025
Groq sets up shop in Finland as sovereign AI demands surge

Groq, the US-based AI chipmaker, has launched its first European data center in Helsinki, accelerating its global expansion and tapping...

Tuesday 8 July 2025
With tariff clarity, Aeon Motor’s Vietnam strategy shifts into high gear

Taiwanese electric vehicle maker Aeon Motor has officially begun mass production at its new Vietnam facility as of April, with the first...

Tuesday 8 July 2025
BYD begins Brazil plant operations despite production delays and labor probe
Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD is set to officially commence operations at its Brazil car plant in July 2025. However, due to heavy rains and a labor investigation, the...
Tuesday 8 July 2025
Taiwanese firms upbeat about Vietnam's long-term prospects in auto manufacturing
Taiwanese firms remain optimistic about Vietnam's long-term automotive prospects, citing trade agreements, government support, and improving infrastructure. Though still developing...
Tuesday 8 July 2025
HTC prepares to storm the smart glasses battlefield with Android XR OS
August 2025—Meta dominates the smart glasses market. Over one million Ray-Ban Orion units sold. Wearable technology is now a battlefield.
Tuesday 8 July 2025
Foxconn's FII projects 50% profit surge on soaring AI server demand
Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII), a subsidiary of Foxconn focused on cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, announced a significant year-over-year increase in its...
Tuesday 8 July 2025
Chief Telecom sees 1H25 revenue exceed NT$200 million
Internet data center (IDC) provider Chief Telecom saw revenue in July 2025 drop by 2.11% year-over-year to NT$327 million (approx. US$11.2 million). However, total revenue in the...
Tuesday 8 July 2025
Meta tests proactive chat AI to deepen user engagement
Meta is reportedly working on a new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot capable of proactively engaging with users by reviewing past conversations and initiating messages. The goal...
Tuesday 8 July 2025
Whistleblower exposes Huawei's PanGu AI model copycat scandal
On June 30, 2025, Huawei released the source code for its PanGu 7B dense parameter model and the larger PanGuPro mixture-of-experts (MoE) 72B model, both tailored for inference on...
Tuesday 8 July 2025
India at the center of Samsung's 2025 mobile strategy as it targets all price segments
Samsung has reclaimed the No. 2 spot in India's smartphone market in early 2025, driven by a dual strategy targeting both budget and premium buyers. Its renewed push includes AI-powered...
Tuesday 8 July 2025
EDA tool ban lifted, China's PCB industry seizes strategic opening

As demand surges for AI, HPC, and high-speed communications, the PCB industry is entering a new phase of advanced innovation. Chinese...

Monday 7 July 2025
CipherLab sees AI boosts orders; sets up Japanese subsidiary to expand operations
CipherLab, a manufacturer of automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) solutions, performed well in the first half of 2025, benefiting from large-scale orders from domestic...
Monday 7 July 2025
Nissan reportedly in talks with Foxconn to explore electric vehicle production at Oppama plant
Nissan Motor is engaging in discussions with Taiwan's Foxconn to potentially use its Oppama plant in Kanagawa Prefecture for electric vehicle (EV) production. This move forms part...
Monday 7 July 2025
Taiwan IPC makers bet on AI agents to drive edge computing boom
Taiwan's industrial PC manufacturers see AI agents as the catalyst for widespread AI adoption, expecting the application market to expand significantly over the next two years as...