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Tuesday 21 May 2024
Alibaba sparks China AI price war with spate of steep discounts
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. slashed prices for a clutch of artificial intelligence services by as much as 97%, spurring an immediate response from Baidu Inc. in potentially the start...
Tuesday 21 May 2024
Airtel and Google Cloud forge landmark partnership for cloud and AI services in India
India's second-largest telco, Airtel, recently announced a long-term partnership with Google Cloud. The collaboration is expected to offer cloud services and Generative AI (GenAI)...
Tuesday 21 May 2024
EV rivalry among US, Europe, China stresses top German carmakers
The rivalry among China, Europe, and the US – the world's three largest EV markets – heats up as America and Europe are poised to raise tariffs on Chinese EVs. China has...
Tuesday 21 May 2024
As AI smartphone era arrives, 3nm mobile AP war poised to heat up
The advent of the AI smartphone era has marked a new chapter in the competition for Application Processors (AP) that determine smartphone performance, with the 3nm mobile AP war already...
Tuesday 21 May 2024
LGES likely to overtake Panasonic in launching 46800 battery mass production
LG Energy Solution has been progressing in the development of the 46800 battery.
Tuesday 21 May 2024
Canadian startup CEMWorks looks to play crucial role in semiconductors, 5G, and AI with its simulation tool
The Winnipeg, Canada-based CEMWorks is looking to bring its electromagnetic (EM) simulation solution to more companies to help develop new technologies, contributing to the "precision...
Tuesday 21 May 2024
China's internet giants see 1Q24 revenues skyrocket thanks to AI
AI models have now become the new battleground in China's tech industry, with the four leading giants—Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and JD, or BATJ for short—all seeking to...
Tuesday 21 May 2024
Microsoft's AI ambition clashes with carbon-negative goal as supplier green mandate intensifies
Amid Microsoft's aggressive AI investments, the company's ambitious 2020 pledge to become carbon-negative by 2030 is now under scrutiny.
Tuesday 21 May 2024
Aplex expands market with OT and IT, adding AI to IoT framework
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications move from the cloud to the edge and end devices, the Industrial PC (IPC) sector is experiencing a broader application market.
Tuesday 21 May 2024
Direct supply of GPU and HBM becoming mainstream: IC distributors expand AI businesses
As AI continues to sweep through the semiconductor supply chain, IC distributors are experiencing strong pull-through demand for data center product lines.
Tuesday 21 May 2024
Polarizer supplier CMMT sees manufacturing utilization rise
With its factory utilization rates reaching 70-80%, polarizer manufacturer Cheng Mei Materials Technology (CMMT) anticipates double-digit sequential revenue growth in the second quarter,...
Tuesday 21 May 2024
AI PC race between Qualcomm, Apple, and MediaTek
In the upcoming wave of the AI PC boom, many believe that the biggest winners will be the processor vendors. In addition to Intel and AMD, companies from the Arm camp such as Qualcomm...
Tuesday 21 May 2024
AUO goes beyond panels
In an effort to position itself as more than a panel company by 2025, AUO has increased its deployment of non-display business operations, according to company chairman Paul Peng.
Tuesday 21 May 2024
Cooling, power supply, cabinets: server suppliers' main selling points at Computex
The server supply chain is gearing up for Computex Taipei in June, with key players such as Quanta, Wiwynn, Foxconn, Inventec, Compal, and Supermicro all exhibiting their latest AI...
Tuesday 21 May 2024
Lead times for Nvidia chips shortened
Delivery lead times for Nvidia's AI chips have been greatly reduced, but demand remains high, according to industry sources.