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Wednesday 26 November 2025

Apple enables LLMs to recognize actions from sound, advancing health monitoring and smart fitness

Apple has demonstrated that large language models (LLMs) can accurately identify user activities by integrating textual audio and motion data without accessing raw audio. This multimodal approach opens new possibilities for health monitoring and smart fitness applications.

Wednesday 26 November 2025

HPE wins US$931M Pentagon cloud contract to modernize defense data centers

The US Department of Defense has awarded Hewlett Packard Enterprise a ten-year, US$931 million contract to build a hybrid cloud system that will support the Pentagon's expanding artificial intelligence and data processing needs. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) will deploy HPE's GreenLake Private Cloud platform across multiple high-security military data centers to strengthen the department's classified computing capabilities.

Wednesday 26 November 2025

US pulling far ahead in advanced chips as Europe shifts to supply-chain defense, says McKinsey

A new McKinsey report says the global semiconductor landscape is undergoing a dramatic divergence, with the US emerging as the center of leading-edge computation while Europe pivots toward securing industrial supply chains. As 2025 nears its end, the firm notes that a clear pattern has formed in the wave of greenfield Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): the US is consolidating the future of advanced logic production, and Europe is focusing on technological security and manufacturing continuity.

Wednesday 26 November 2025

Taiwan boosts 2026 budget for 5 trusted industries, semiconductors and AI in spotlight

National Development Council (NDC) minister Chun-Hsien Yeh has pointed out that shifting global geopolitical risks are disrupting supply chains. To adapt, Taiwan aims to seize the AI trend by advancing its "five trusted industries" that are closely linked with AI development. The government's strategy includes promoting 10 major AI infrastructure projects to generate over NT$15 trillion (US$462 billion) in output value, driving nationwide industrial upgrades through AI commercialization and integration toward becoming a smart nation.

Wednesday 26 November 2025

China submits 96 papers to top chip design conference, nearly double US and South Korea

The International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) will take place from February 15 to 19, 2026, in San Francisco, US, with MediaTek CEO Rick Tsai delivering the opening keynote on semiconductor innovation amid the AI era. The conference highlights a surge in submissions and shifting geographic leadership in integrated circuit (IC) design research.

Wednesday 26 November 2025

Nvidia defends GPU lead as Google TPU gains traction in AI chip market

Nvidia has asserted that its graphics processing unit (GPU) platform remains a full generation ahead of its competitors, responding to increased attention on Google's Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) in the artificial intelligence (AI) chip sector. The company emphasized that GPUs provide greater versatility and performance than specialized ASIC chips like the TPU.

Wednesday 26 November 2025

Samsung and India-based Reliance expand partnership with focus on AI, 6G and semiconductors

Samsung Electronics and India-based Reliance Industries have deepened their long-standing partnership, exploring cooperation across artificial intelligence, next-generation telecommunications, semiconductors, batteries, data centers, and engineering, following a high-level meeting in Seoul, according to the Korea Times, the Korea Joongan Daily, and the Chosun Daily.

Wednesday 26 November 2025

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.5 with enhanced capabilities and reduced prices

Anthropic has introduced Claude Opus 4.5, its latest flagship AI model, which offers improvements in programming development, automated office tasks, multi-step agent operations, and memory functionality. The company also slashed prices by over 60%, making the model more accessible to users.

Wednesday 26 November 2025

OpenAI develops first AI device prototype targeting launch within two years

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that the company has completed prototypes of its first dedicated AI device, with plans to release it within two years. The device aims to offer a calm user experience, minimizing distractions and providing an intuitive interface.

Wednesday 26 November 2025

Foxconn to expand Wisconsin operations with US$569 million investment and job creation plan

Foxconn has announced a new four-year plan to expand its operations in Wisconsin, focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, after approval from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). The plan includes an additional investment of US$569 million and aims to create nearly 1,400 new jobs in Racine County, marking a significant step in the company's efforts to grow its presence in the US.

Wednesday 26 November 2025

Google steps up in ASIC war, but brings mixed implications for MediaTek and Broadcom

Google has been on a streak of breakthroughs in AI. Gemini 3 has been outperforming major AI models, while it has also received strong engineering feedback on Antigravity. Its already fast-rising TPU business is now seeing another major development: Google is reportedly in discussions with Meta about potentially deploying TPUs in Meta's data centers. This is fundamentally different from Google providing TPU computing services to Apple or Anthropic in the past.

Wednesday 26 November 2025

Japan sets new strategic tech priorities, tightens cyber rules for chip plants

Japan is preparing to designate artificial intelligence, nuclear fusion, space, and other advanced sectors as "national strategic technologies," while moving to require stricter cybersecurity protections at semiconductor plants that receive government subsidies, according to reports from Nikkei and financial news outlet Minkabu. The dual initiatives highlight Tokyo's push to strengthen technological competitiveness and reduce supply chain risks amid intensifying global competition.

Wednesday 26 November 2025

Chunghwa Telecom subsidiary IISI makes stock market debut amid rising demand for digital services

International Integrated Systems, Inc. (IISI), a subsidiary of Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), began trading on the Taiwan Stock Exchange on November 25 at its offering price of NT$46 per share.

Wednesday 26 November 2025

Xiaomi unveils open-source AI model unifying robotics and autonomous driving

Xiaomi has unveiled MiMo-Embodied, an open-source foundational model that integrates autonomous driving with embodied intelligence. The research team includes Fuli Luo, a former DeepSeek deep learning researcher who recently joined Xiaomi.

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Baidu stakes its future on AI-native China, says CEO Robin Li

Baidu CEO Robin Li says AI will become the core of China's "new-quality productive forces," adding that the company will deepen investment in AI infrastructure and model development as Beijing pushes its national "AI+" strategy.

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Identity security delivers double ROI, but 63% of firms still rely on manual processes, says cybersecurity provider

Cybersecurity provider SailPoint released its annual Horizons of Identity Security report on November 20, which noted that identity security now offers the highest return on investment (ROI) among all cybersecurity domains. However, 63% of enterprises are still in the early stages of transition and remain largely dependent on manual audits and fragmented account management, which limits their ability to tackle increasingly complex cyber threats.

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Meta reportedly eyes Google TPU adoption, intensifying pressure on Nvidia

Meta is reportedly negotiating to adopt Google's tensor processing units (TPUs) in its data centers starting in 2027, with plans to lease TPUs from Google Cloud as early as 2026. According to Bloomberg, citing The Information and insiders, this potential partnership positions Google as a viable alternative AI accelerator supplier to Nvidia, potentially reshaping the industry landscape.

Tuesday 25 November 2025

US launches Genesis Mission to accelerate scientific breakthroughs

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order creating the Genesis Mission, a nationwide push to use artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate scientific discovery. This initiative will integrate federal datasets, national laboratory supercomputers, and private-sector computing resources.

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Ubtech estimates 20-30% annual reduction in humanoid robot manufacturing

Chinese humanoid robot maker Ubtech Robotics said that in benefiting from China's manufacturing scale and supply chain advantages, the manufacturing cost of humanoid robots could fall by 20-30% per year as demand significantly outpaces production capacity.

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Innodisk says flash price surge accelerates in 4Q25

As the global memory shortage intensifies, Innodisk chairman Randy Chien stated that the trend for 2026 will be simultaneous shortages in DRAM and NAND Flash, while edge AI applications take off. With AI-related products accounting for 25% of Innodisk's revenue in 2025, the company expects to increase the share to 30% in 2026. DDR4 will remain a key product for industrial applications over the next two to three years.

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Taiwan expands list of core national technologies to strengthen trade secret protection

The Taiwanese government has expanded its list of core national technologies from 32 to 42 items to enhance the protection of trade secrets and prevent unlawful infringements. The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) coordinated efforts among various ministries, industry associations, and academic experts to update the list in accordance with the National Security Act.

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Taiwan urged to tighten foreign investment reviews amid global tech scrutiny

The 29th International Conference on Technology Law, hosted by National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) from November 20–21, 2025, spotlighted Taiwan's role in global technology security. The Science and Technology Law Institute (STLI) under the Institute for Information Industry (III) presented research comparing international foreign investment review frameworks and explored implications for Taiwan's semiconductor, AI, and quantum sectors.

Tuesday 25 November 2025

ASE commits US$133 million to new Taiwan packaging plants to meet AI chip demand

ASE Technology Holding announced it will invest more than NT$4.2 billion (US$133.67 million) to acquire a new factory in the Zhongli District of Taoyuan, Taiwan, and simultaneously initiate phase one construction of its new plant at the Kaohsiung Nanzih Technology Industrial Park (KNTIP). The expansion aims to meet the strong AI-driven chip demand and urgent customer needs for advanced semiconductor packaging and testing capacity.

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Amazon announces up to US$50 billion investment to expand AI and supercomputing for US government customers

Amazon has announced an investment of up to US$50 billion to expand artificial intelligence (AI) and supercomputing capabilities for Amazon Web Services' (AWS) US government customers. Scheduled to break ground in 2026, the plan will add approximately 1.3GW of AI and supercomputing capacity across AWS Top Secret, AWS Secret, and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions through new data centers equipped with advanced compute and networking technologies.

Tuesday 25 November 2025

OpenAI launches AI shopping tool in ChatGPT ahead of Thanksgiving

OpenAI has introduced a new AI-powered shopping feature in ChatGPT designed to help users research and compare products ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. The feature, called shopping research, is rolling out on mobile and web for users across Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, with nearly unlimited usage available through the holiday season.

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