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Thursday 7 March 2024
Taiwan's CCL trio soars with AI servers in 2023, eyes bright 2024
The advancement of AI application is driving significant developments in the essential materials for PCB and HDI, with Taiwan's leading trio in Copper Clad Laminate (CCL) —...
Thursday 7 March 2024
Taiwan's Phison lends memory expertise to slingshot DeepMentor's LLM training
Taiwan's AI startup DeepMentor has teamed up with memory giant Phison Electronics to edge training servers for training large-scale language models (LLM).
Thursday 7 March 2024
Electrifying Brazil: BYD begins plant construction as Stellantis, Toyota increase investments
South America's largest economy sees growing automotive investment. China-based BYD recently started building an industrial complex for EVs in Brazil, aiming to produce 15,000 vehicles...
Thursday 7 March 2024
AI server demand to drive 2024 foundry market growth, says DIGITIMES Research
As a result of a prolonged inventory adjustment in the electronics sector and slower economic development in 2023 compared to 2022, DIGITIMES Research forecasts that the global wafer...
Thursday 7 March 2024
Smart cockpit becomes most critical feature for future cars, Suntek says
Taiwan-based Suntek Group, a car dealer and after-sales provider, opened a new Skoda showroom and service center on March 6. Ray Wu, Suntek's CEO, said the smart cockpit will be the...
Thursday 7 March 2024
Qisda picks up M&A pace; subsidiaries going public
Qisda Chairperson Peter Chen announced that the group will be picking up its merger and acquisition pace this year, as several of its subsidiaries are slated for IPO and the conglomerate...
Thursday 7 March 2024
AI to drive US$50 billion revenue push by 2030, says Advantech's KC Liu
Although Advantech saw an unprecedented drop in revenue in 2023, improved gross margins meant that the company set a new high in net profit, furthering its push toward transformation...
Thursday 7 March 2024
Wistron ITS secures orders from major client, eyes AI push
Wistron Information Technology and Services (Wistron ITS) battled through headwinds in 2023 to emerge stronger, according to chairman and CEO Ching Hsiao. For 2024, massive opportunities...
Thursday 7 March 2024
Backend houses gearing up for AI chip boom
The arrival of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) age has underscored the increasing importance of semiconductor packaging and testing, with makers stepping up efforts to expand advanced...
Thursday 7 March 2024
Nvidia restricts CUDA usage on third-party GPUs, highlighting Chinese reliance on foreign technologies
Nvidia recently warned developers against using its CUDA on non-Nvidia GPUs, a move where the company tries to fend off other competitors. It also highlights another challenge in...
Wednesday 6 March 2024
OpenAI fires back at Musk allegations with trove of emails
OpenAI fired back at a lawsuit filed against it by Elon Musk in a href="https://openai.com/blog/openai-elon-musk"...
Wednesday 6 March 2024
Alibaba backs $2.5 billion AI firm in second big 2024 deal
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is leading a financing round of at least $600 million for Chinese AI startup MiniMax, spearheading its second major deal in the space this year as it unleashes...
Wednesday 6 March 2024
Edge AI processors to nearly double by 2028, says Omdia
The total market for AI processors at the edge is expected to grow from US$31 billion in 2022 to US$60 billion in 2028, a CAGR of 11%, according to new research from Omdia. PCs will...
Wednesday 6 March 2024
Taiwan's job market booms with AI amid historic labor shortage
Following the Chinese New Year, Taiwan is experiencing a job-hopping wave that coincides with the largest labor shortage in history. Data from 104 Job Bank revealed a staggering 1.078...
Wednesday 6 March 2024
KYEC upbeat about AI, HPC chip demand
According to King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), the IC testing specialist is bullish about the AI and HPC chip market. The company anticipates an increase in testing volume in the second...