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Tuesday 26 August 2025
Research Insight: Humanoid robots are coming, but hardware may decide how fast
Nvidia's framing of the next AI wave as "physical AI" has fueled investor and industry excitement around humanoid robots, accelerating development. But according to a DIGITIMES...
Monday 25 August 2025
Taiwan plans to train 200,000 AI talent amid US tech layoffs
Taiwanese engineers offer employers high cost-performance value and a competitive advantage compared to their peers from Europe, the US, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong...
Monday 25 August 2025
Solomon Technology adopts Nvidia's 'robot supercomputer' to speed humanoid AI
Taiwan's Solomon Technology, a major player in AI 3D vision, has maintained a close partnership with Nvidia. The company has developed a natural language-driven humanoid robot simulation...
Monday 25 August 2025
Taiwan's Walrus Pump rides AI liquid cooling wave, fast-tracks revenue growth in technology pumps
Taiwan's largest water pump brand, Walrus Pump, is seeing a sharp rise in inquiries from ODMs and cooling module makers for liquid cooling and immersion cooling systems. The company...
Monday 25 August 2025
Research Insight: Win-win alliance between Tesla and Samsung strengthens chip and foundry ambitions

Tesla and Samsung have struck a US$16.5 billion chip deal seen as a win-win, with Samsung's Texas...

Monday 25 August 2025
Chipping away at H20: DeepSeek's UE8M0 FP8 signals Beijing's AI pivot toward homegrown chips
DeepSeek has introduced its new large language model, DeepSeek-V3.1, featuring a key upgrade: the "UE8M0 FP8 Scale" precision format. The company emphasized that the format was tailored...
Monday 25 August 2025
China's AI drive accelerates: data centers power 40% jump in computing capacity
China's computing power for artificial intelligence is expanding at a blistering pace, with capacity expected to rise more than 40% this year, according to the Ministry of Industry...
Monday 25 August 2025
CMC teams up with Taiwanese suppliers to launch ET35 electric commercial vehicle
Taiwan-based auto maker China Motor Corporation (CMC) held a press conference at its Hsinchu plant on August 22, 2025, for the launch of the ET35, a 3.5-ton electric commercial vehicle...
Monday 25 August 2025
Semco revamps IC substrate supply chain amid AI accelerator push
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) has recently adjusted its IC substrate supply chain, appointing Mitsubishi and Resonac as the primary suppliers for key materials such as copper-clad...
Monday 25 August 2025
AI glass race intensifies: Sunny Optical trades tech for equity in Goertek
Sunny Optical Technology (Group) Co. said on August 22, 2024, it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Goertek Inc. and its subsidiary Goertek Optical Technology, a move...
Monday 25 August 2025
South Korea's AI fix to its tariff disrupted ASEAN playbook
The US tariff policies have disrupted global supply chains, hitting South Korea not only by imposing a 15% reciprocal tariff but also by impacting the ASEAN countries where South...
Monday 25 August 2025
Weekly news roundup: Huawei found to use outdated 5nm; Google launches 270M AI model; China's new E-Beam tool
Below are the key DIGITIMES Asia stories from August 11 to 17, 2025. Firstly, a recent teardown confirms that Huawei's Kunpeng 930 chip still relies on TSMC's outdated 5nm process...
Monday 25 August 2025
China tightens rare earth controls with new quota and traceability rules
China has introduced fresh regulatory measures to reinforce state control over its rare earth sector, further cementing its position as the world's dominant supplier of the strategic...
Monday 25 August 2025
OpenAI to open corporate office in New Delhi amid India expansion
OpenAI announced plans to open a corporate office in New Delhi, India, its second-largest market for the firm, in the coming months. The company has begun hiring locally, posting...
Monday 25 August 2025
Baidu's Kunlunxin's US$140 million AI chip order from China Mobile fuels face-off with Nvidia
China's push to challenge Nvidia in AI chips is accelerating, with Baidu's Kunlunxin winning a US$140 million order from China Mobile. Alongside Huawei's Ascend processors and Cambricon's...