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Tuesday 27 May 2025

Rocket science meets red ink: China’s Star Compute Program explained

Chinese satellite network provider ADA Space Technology has advanced its space capabilities with the recent launch of 12 satellites featuring sophisticated AI inference technology...

Monday 26 May 2025

OpenAI bets on South Korea's AI appetite

Seoul becomes the latest hub in a global push to deepen ties with advanced tech markets.

Monday 26 May 2025

AI gives small chipmakers a shot at the big leagues

Taiwanese IC design companies made a strong showing at Computex 2025, using the global stage to spotlight cutting-edge technologies developed for AI applications. While tech giants...

Monday 26 May 2025

Wolfspeed's collapse threatens SiC market: US$2B Renesas deal in jeopardy

Wolfspeed, the US-based chip component maker, is reportedly preparing to file for bankruptcy—sending shockwaves through the global semiconductor industry. The news has sparked...

Monday 26 May 2025

Hygon, Sugon unify to cement China's HPC leadership

China's Dawning Information Industry Company (Sugon) and Hygon Information Technology announced plans for a strategic merger on May 25 to consolidate the country's computing power...

Monday 26 May 2025

CHT mulls international data center partnerships leveraging all-photonics network

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), one of Taiwan's major telecommunications companies, is considering collaboration with international AI data centers leveraging all-photonics networks (APN)...

Monday 26 May 2025

AI boom sparks unprecedented energy crisis threatening industry growth, warns Schneider Electric executive

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) is fueling an unprecedented energy crisis that could fundamentally constrain the industry's growth, according to Pankaj Sharma,...

Monday 26 May 2025

Castrol pivots to data center cooling as AI threatens traditional systems

BP's lubricants subsidiary Castrol is entering the data center cooling market as artificial intelligence workloads strain traditional air-based systems. Speaking at Computex 2025,...

Monday 26 May 2025

Malaysia's neutrality tested: Huawei AI project draws G2 heat

Malaysia is walking a diplomatic tightrope as a locally initiated artificial intelligence project involving Chinese tech giant Huawei has drawn scrutiny from both the US and China,...

Monday 26 May 2025

Zhen Ding eyes server market as Foxconn-Nvidia alliance signals new AI chapter

In a landmark announcement at Computex this week, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled plans to partner with Foxconn in establishing Taiwan's...

Monday 26 May 2025

Taiwan's President Lai calls for resilient chip alliances to counter dumping and fortify innovation

Taiwan's President Ching-te Lai, speaking at the Global Semiconductor Supply Chain Partnership Forum held in Taipei on May 23, warned that the semiconductor industry is facing increasing...

Monday 26 May 2025

Innatera's Pulsar: first neuromorphic RISC-V MCU, TSMC-fabbed for edge AI era

Innatera, a Dutch semiconductor company, has unveiled Pulsar—the world's first mass-market neuromorphic microcontroller tailored...

Monday 26 May 2025

Nvidia reportedly develops new lower-cost AI chip for China to skirt US export curbs

Nvidia is reportedly developing another lower-cost AI chip for China, pricing it at US$6,500–8,000—well below its restricted H20 model. The new GPU, based on Blackwell...

Monday 26 May 2025

IFA Berlin CEO: Asian companies flocking to Europe as US tariff fears mount

Asian technology companies are scrambling for exhibition space at Europe's largest consumer electronics show as Trump administration tariff policies drive them away from the US market,...

Monday 26 May 2025

Weekly news roundup: Huawei's 5G lead, DeepSeek's LLM moves, and TSMC's packaging gap

These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of May 19 – May 25. Highlights include China's accelerating push for tech self-sufficiency with new AI...

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