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Monday 1 July 2024
China's AI startups head to Singapore in a bid for global growth
When Wu Cunsong and Chen Binghui founded their artificial intelligence startup two years ago in Hangzhou, China, they quickly ran into obstacles, including a dearth of venture capital...
Monday 1 July 2024
South Korea's export growth accelerates on record chip sales
South Korea's export growth accelerated last month, reflecting resilience in global demand as the artificial intelligence and technology sectors drive record gains in semiconductor...
Monday 1 July 2024
Taisol sees increasing trend in use of liquid cooling
Liquid cooling is widely used in newly built data centers, and L2L (liquid to liquid) architecture has been widely adopted, according to Taiwan-based cooling module maker Taisol El...
Monday 1 July 2024
President Lai's vision for 'AI Island': Stable power, supercomputers, and talent cultivation
President Ching-te Lai, committed to developing Taiwan into an "AI Island" after taking office in May, has highlighted three priority tasks to achieve this goal, including ensuring...
Monday 1 July 2024
India-based Ola Electric ramps up cell manufacturing, develops solid-state battery
India-based EV unicorn Ola Electric announced a plan to spend US$100 million to build a Gigafactory, focusing on in-house battery cells, as the company is expanding beyond the EV...
Monday 1 July 2024
Component suppliers race to adapt as AI smartphones surge
Samsung Electronics recently launched its first AI smartphone, the Galaxy S24, marking 2024 as the inaugural year for AI smartphones.
Monday 1 July 2024
SK Hynix aims to lead HBM Market for AI Chips, invests $75 Billion by 2028
Following a two-day annual strategy meeting, SK Hynix has announced plans to invest a hefty KRW$103 trillion (USD$74.6 billion) in its chip business for the next 3 years. SK Group,...
Monday 1 July 2024
Global telecom giants unite to develop multilingual telco AI models serving 1.3 billion users across 50 countries
The Global Telco AI Alliance (GTAA), composed of Deutsche Telekom (DT), e&, Singtel, SoftBank, and SK Telecom, has established a joint venture focused on developing multilingual...
Monday 1 July 2024
Nations race to secure talent to bolster indigenous semiconductor industry
As AI surges, major countries are all trying to establish their indigenous ecosystem to achieve semiconductor autonomy.
Monday 1 July 2024
EU eyes space for energy-hungry AI data centers
As AI demand surges, data centers are consuming critical levels of energy, raising concerns about an impending energy and environmental crisis.
Monday 1 July 2024
SK Group chairman met with Microsoft and OpenAI CEOs to reinforce global AI partnership network
Following discussions with the CEOs of Nvidia and TSMC about AI semiconductor collaboration, SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won (Anthony Chey) visited the US in June 2024 and met with...
Monday 1 July 2024
Volkswagen, SAIC maintain deep ties with agreements to co-develop five EV models
The Volkswagen Group, one of the major foreign automakers operating in China, signed multiple new energy technology cooperation agreements with the SAIC Group on June 27.
Monday 1 July 2024
India roundup: Foxconn denies discrimination against married women in India
Foxconn encountered fresh accusations from a Reuters report saying the company excludes married women from working at facilities, which Foxconn refutes. Data indicated that India...
Friday 28 June 2024
Sam Altman-backed Rain AI hires Apple chip vet to lead hardware
Rain AI has recruited an Apple Inc. chip executive to lead hardware engineering, the second high-profile hire this month for a startup trying to design a new type of semiconductor...
Friday 28 June 2024
SoftBank raises US$ 1.86 billion overseas as it boosts AI bets
SoftBank Group Corp. raised about US$ 1.86 billion via dollar and euro bond sales in one of the biggest foreign-currency deals by a Japanese company this year, as the tech firm moves...