BRIGHT PROSPECTS: The company expects second-quarter performance to beat its forecast, but global political and economic factors bear watching
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) yesterday reported a 39.57 percent annual increase in revenue last month to a record NT$859.4 billion (US$27.3 billion), driven by strong growth in its cloud and networking business.On a sequential basis, revenue grew 3.28 percent from NT$832.1 billion in April,
Nvidia Corp CEO Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) yesterday said that his company has arranged to boost capacity in the second half of this year to next year to meet robust demand.Before boarding his private jet at the Songshan Airport in Taipei to wrap up a 14-day trip to Taiwan, Huang told reporters that Nvidia
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) yesterday said that robotics would be South Korea’s next major sector, as he arrived for his second visit in seven months, underscoring deepening ties with local firms in not only chips, but also robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) factories.“Because [South] Korea
The eurozone economy shrank at the start of the year after an unprecedented contraction in Ireland forced a revision to data that originally showed feeble growth.Economic growth in the first three months of the year fell 0.2 percent, Eurostat said yesterday, compared with an earlier estimate of 0.1
A bookseller holds a book at a book shop in the GUM department store yesterday, during the annual Red Square Book Festival celebrating Alexander Pushkin’s birthday in Moscow.
‘INSANE YEAR’: C.C. Wei said he is confident that Taiwan’s AI supply chain would fend off foreign competition, dismissing concerns South Korea would take over
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) yesterday said an explosive demand for artificial intelligence (AI) chips has led to pervasive supply constraints and it is accelerating capacity expansions to avert bottlenecks.“We are trying not to become the bottleneck. Supply is a little bit tigh
The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI, 工研院) yesterday said that a US drone industry certification program has granted it Green UAS evaluation authorization.In addition, the institute signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with state-backed Aerospace Industrial Development Corp (漢翔航空
EXPANSION HURDLES: Msscorps said the issue of semiconductor materials analyses would become more important as firms move toward more advanced technologies
Taiwanese companies across the artificial intelligence (AI) supply chain yesterday said they expect robust growth ahead as AI investment accelerates, but warned that bottlenecks are emerging in areas ranging from memory chips and advanced packaging to semiconductor material analyses.At a Taiwan Stoc
The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the role of server manufacturers, forcing them to expand globally and take on increasingly complex integration work that extends far beyond traditional hardware assembly, Wistron Corp (緯創) chief technology officer David Shen (沈慶堯) said
Taiwan yesterday launched a one-stop banking initiative aimed at making it easier for foreign residents to access financial services, designating six banks to provide streamlined account opening, credit card and international transfer services.The National Development Council (NCD) certified six par
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) yesterday said it would work with US chipmaker Intel Corp to jointly develop and deploy next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and intelligent computing platforms in a move to capture booming demand for AI computing systems.Hon Hai, also know
Global asset management giants are being squeezed out in the race for a piece of a US$300 billion retail investment boom in Taiwan, surpassed by nimbler domestic competitors with massive brokerage networks.As a retail investing frenzy has gripped the island, firms such as BlackRock Inc and JPMorgan
Self-driving vehicles are displayed at the Baidu Apollo Park during a media tour in Beijing yesterday.
NEW TECH: Jensen Huang responded positively when the ‘Taipei Times’ asked him if 800V architecture would be the next-generation power standard for AI data centers
Delta Electronics Inc (台達電) plans to begin small-volume shipments of its 800V high-voltage direct current (HVDC) architecture to Nvidia Corp next quarter, with the product currently in the verification stage, Delta vice president of the power and system business group Ares Chen (陳盈源) said yesterday.
MAJOR CHANGES: As AI develops faster than expected, the biggest issues facing the supply chain are technological capabilities and production capacity, Mike Yang said
Quanta Cloud Technology Inc (雲達), the manufacturing arm of Quanta Computer Inc (廣達), plans to add three new facilities in California by the end of this year to support clients’ expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, company president Mike Yang (楊麒令) said on Tuesday.Yang also serve
Aspeed Technology Inc (信驊), a supplier of baseboard management controllers (BMCs), expects revenue to grow significantly this year and next year, chairman Chris Lin (林鴻明) said yesterday, citing skyrocketing server demand as agentic artificial intelligence (AI) applications such as OpenClaw gain trac
The average pay to employees by ASE Technology Holding Co (日月光投控) was the highest among the companies listed on the local main board last year, while contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) ranked seventh, the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) said on Monday. Data compiled by
Nvidia Corp chief executive officer Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) touted “insane” returns for investors willing to bet on the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, seeking to dispel lingering concerns around the big sums spent on AI and its long-term profitability.The Nvidia cofounder, who has spent much of the w
Nvidia Corp has begun shipping next-generation copackaged optics (CPO) switches developed with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), as the US tech giant seeks to tackle data transmission and power consumption challenges in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, an Nvidia executive
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