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Monday 16 December 2024
Data centers' race to cool AI drives liquid tech boom
As artificial intelligence (AI) strains data center cooling limits, a seismic shift from traditional air systems to liquid cooling solutions is reshaping the US$5 billion thermal...
Monday 16 December 2024
TCL chairman: tri-fold smartphone tech is ready; market demand will determine launch
Following Huawei's recent advancements, TCL, a leading Chinese home appliance brand, has revealed its dual-folding technology, signaling potential plans for a tri-fold smartphone...
Monday 16 December 2024
South Korea's FuriosaAI takes on global AI chip race with 'RNGD'
FuriosaAI, a Seoul-based AI chip startup founded in 2017, is making waves in the AI hardware market with its innovative accelerator chips aimed at hyperscale data centers and enterprises...
Monday 16 December 2024
Google to accelerate production shift from China to Vietnam amid US trade tensions
In response to the potential tariffs announced by Donald Trump, Google is expediting its move to shift production from China to Vietnam, aligning with the "China +1" strategy adopted...
Monday 16 December 2024
Huawei's new Mate 70 faces uphill battle despite domestic chip push
Huawei is preparing to launch its Mate 70 series amid industry skepticism over its ability to compete with mainstream rivals, despite trumpeting an all-Chinese semiconductor supply...
Monday 16 December 2024
Dixon and Vivo announce JV to boost smartphone manufacturing in India
Dixon Technologies and Vivo India have announced plans to form a joint venture, with Dixon securing a 51% majority stake and Vivo India holding 49%. This collaboration will focus...
Monday 16 December 2024
Jensen Huang breaks bureaucracy at Nvidia with whiteboard and flat management strategies
The newly released book, The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant, reveals key insights into Nvidia's corporate culture. A notable aspect is CEO Jensen...
Friday 13 December 2024
Cloud wars: Top players set to dominate AI landscape by 2025, according to Sequoia report
In a sweeping analysis of the AI sector, Sequoia Capital projects a widening competitive moat among leading cloud providers through 2025, as infrastructure buildout reaches critical...
Friday 13 December 2024
Supermicro partners with Nidec on water cooling CDU to enhance NVL72 cooling efficiency
Japanese company Nidec has announced its collaboration with Supermicro to develop a coolant distribution unit (CDU) for AI servers, which has already begun shipping. This new cooling...
Friday 13 December 2024
Google unveils Gemini 2.0 and next-gen TPU Trillium, ushering in the era of AI agents
Google has officially launched its upgraded AI model, Gemini 2.0, delivering enhanced performance and multimodal capabilities while paving the way for the future era of AI agents...
Friday 13 December 2024
Apple's slimmest iPhone yet may pave way for foldable devices, according to supply chain sources
Although Apple has received much flak for the lack of innovation in the external design of recent iPhones, the much-rumored iPhone 17 Air is now said to have entered the new product...
Friday 13 December 2024
Apple may work with Broadcom for AI server chips
Apple's cloud infrastructure progress has received much attention ever since the company began developing its Apple Intelligence technology. Currently, Apple Silicon chips are used...
Thursday 12 December 2024
Taiwan to launch AI supercomputing center in 2025 with 100 PFLOPS, outpacing Nvidia's Taipei-1
Taiwan's National Center for High-performance Computing (NCHC), under the National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs), plans to build an AI supercomputing center in Tainan by...
Thursday 12 December 2024
Apple's Vision Pro sales fall short: high price, limited content deter buyers
Apple's Vision Pro, its first mixed-reality (MR) headset, is approaching its first anniversary in February 2025. However, projections for 2024 shipments stand at just 500,000 units,...
Thursday 12 December 2024
Samsung lowers smartphone shipment target for 2025 amid AI strategy concerns
As competition in the smartphone market intensifies, Samsung Electronics aims to regain its competitive edge with AI features. However, there are concerns regarding the effectiveness...