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Tuesday 4 November 2025
China dominates Asia-Pacific startup funding, with focus on AI and defense technology
China continues to see resilience in industry, technology, and trade as the largest economy in Asia, with Chinese firms securing seven of the top 10 spots in the startup fundraising...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Cisco unveils Unified Edge platform to capture AI inference market
Targeting the shift of AI workloads toward distributed computing, Cisco has unveiled its new Unified Edge solution. The platform integrates computing, networking, storage, and security...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Cisco unveils AI cloud network solutions to optimize enterprise management
As AI applications expand from data centers to various enterprise work environments, demands for network bandwidth, low latency, and intelligent management are rising. Cisco has introduced...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Ibiden raises fiscal 2025 financial forecast as GenAI orders exceed expectations
Japanese IC substrate giant Ibiden announced an upward revision of its fiscal year 2025 financial forecast, running April 2025 to March 2026, with revenue, operating profit, and net...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Wistron launches AI computing power donation program, donating 1 million GPU hours annually
Wistron announced the launch of the Wistron Computing Power Donation Program, pledging to donate 1 million GPU hours annually starting in 2026. The free resources will be made available...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Sanmina beats estimates, raises guidance on AI demand, and ZT Systems deal
Sanmina reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and issued upbeat guidance, citing strong demand from communications networks and cloud, and AI infrastructure, and momentum...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Samsung SDI reportedly in talks with Tesla for US-based energy storage batteries
Samsung SDI is reportedly negotiating with Tesla to supply batteries for energy storage systems, aiming to leverage rising demand from AI data centers and renewable energy projects...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
OpenAI partners with Amazon Web Services in US$38 billion deal to scale AI workloads
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and OpenAI have announced a US$38 billion, multi-year strategic partnership that will see OpenAI use AWS infrastructure to run and scale its artificial intelligence...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Global VCs shift focus to AI, quantum, and defense
Global venture capital markets have shown signs of recovery in 2025 despite challenging conditions, including reciprocal tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump and ongoing...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
MediaTek and Realtek see glimmers of growth in a sluggish auto market
While global carmakers and supply chain players remain cautious about automotive market prospects, several Taiwanese chip designers are signaling quiet optimism. Leading international...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
IREN signs US$9.7 billion GPU cloud deal with Microsoft to expand AI infrastructure
On November 3, IREN announced a multi-year contract with Microsoft to provide GPU cloud services, marking a significant milestone for the AI infrastructure provider. Under the five-year...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
PlayNitride eyes 2026 Micro LED growth as Afeela drives automotive demand
Micro LED supplier PlayNitride reported a trough in operations for the second quarter of 2025, posting an after-tax net loss of NT$370 million (US$12 million) due to foreign exchange...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Qualcomm's AI200 and AI250 challenge Nvidia's dominance in AI data center chip market
Qualcomm has officially announced its entry into the data center AI chip sector with the launch of its next-generation solutions for AI inference computing, built on AI200 and AI250...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Taiwan rolls out new measures to sustain manufacturing edge amid labor shortages
Following multiple rounds of negotiation and the successful "Trump–Xi summit," US–China trade tensions have eased, reflecting a cautiously resilient yet competitive relationship...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Nvidia's NVQLink breaks quantum computing barriers, proving that GPUs remain irreplaceable
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stressed that the combination of quantum computing with AI will be crucial for driving developments in future technology, with industry consensus highlighting...