High-Bandwidth Flash (HBF) is likely to reach commercialization sooner than previously expected and could become a key technology supporting large-scale data training and real-time inference, said Joungho Kim, professor of electrical engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said rising demand for AI computing has pushed the company past Apple to become the largest customer of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).

Servers built around custom AI chips, known as application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), have emerged as a focal point of the global server supply chain.

At its year-end celebration on January 16, ASUS held a confident tone amid a turbulent global outlook. Jonney Shih, the company's chairman, told employees that despite mounting uncertainty from international tariffs and geopolitical tensions heading into 2025, the company had delivered what he described as a "solid report card," crediting strong execution and organizational cohesion.