Until US President Donald Trump’s return a year ago, when the EU talked about cutting economic dependency on foreign powers — it was understood to mean China, but now Brussels has US tech in its sights.As Trump ramps up his threats — from strong-arming Europe on trade to pushing to seize Greenland —
For the second year in a row, a Brazilian movie has wowed international audiences and critics, securing multiple Oscar nominations and drawing fresh interest in the Latin American giant’s film industry.Experts say the success of The Secret Agent, which has won four Oscar nominations, a year after I
INVESTMENTS: Taiwan is to remain its main production base, drawing more than half of its planned capital expenditure to support its customers’ expansion, an official said
Wistron Corp (緯創) yesterday said it is highly optimistic about its artificial intelligence (AI) server business this year, as widening AI applications boost demand for servers that utilize graphics processing units (GPUs) and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs).The company expects last
MediaTek Inc (聯發科), the world’s biggest smartphone chip supplier, yesterday said it plans to double investment in data center-related technologies, including advanced packaging and high-speed interconnect technologies, to broaden the new business’ customer and service portfolios.The chip designer is
CHALLENGES: The platform brings together accounting and legal experts in the two nations to deliver coordinated advisory services on investment and risk management
PwC Taiwan has launched a Taiwan-US service platform to help Taiwanese companies expand into the US, underscoring a shift in corporate investment priorities, as nearly 40 percent of local firms now rank the US as their top overseas destination.The platform brings together accounting and legal profes
Tokyo Electron Ltd yesterday raised its full-year outlook even after its quarterly profit missed estimates and said it sees a surge in spending by chipmakers eager to ride an artificial intelligence (AI) spending wave.The supplier of semiconductor tools now expects operating profit of ￥593 billion (
Amazon.com Inc shares dropped after the company announced plans to spend US$200 billion this year on data centers, chips and other equipment, sparking concern that its colossal bet on artificial intelligence (AI) might not pay off in the long run.The company reported spending about US$130 billion on
Motorists ride past a mural along a street in Varanasi, India, yesterday.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) has scheduled a board meeting in Kumamoto, Japan, on Monday, marking the first time the world's largest contract chipmaker would hold such a meeting in the country, a source close to the event said yesterday.National Development Council Minister Yeh
ROSY PROSPECTS: Given robust demand for tech products and more favorable tariffs, several institutions have raised forecast GDP growth to 5% to 6%, Kung Ming-hsin said
After expanding by a robust 8.63 percent last year, the Taiwanese economy should continue growing this year and is likely to exceed the 3.54 percent forecast that the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) made in November last year, Minister of Economic Affairs Kung Ming-h
Taiwan’s inflation cooled further at the start of the year, underscoring muted price pressures and giving the central bank room to remain patient as domestic demand holds steady.The consumer price index (CPI) edged up 0.69 percent last month from a year earlier, marking the ninth straight month it s
ASE Technology Holding Co (ASE, 日月光投控), the world’s biggest chip packaging and testing service provider, yesterday said it was increasing capital expenditure to a record US$7 billion this year to meet demand for artificial intelligence (AI) applications and a broader recovery in non-AI sectors.That
COMMEMORATIVE COINS: With silver prices jumping about 140% last year, the bank retrieved unsold coins to prevent people from using them for speculation
The central bank has reclaimed unsold commemorative Lunar New Year zodiac coins from past years to prevent arbitrage as global silver prices surged sharply, a bank official said yesterday.The coins were taken back from Chunghwa Post Co (中華郵政), which had been selling leftover zodiac coins from previo
The nation’s foreign exchange reserves last month increased by US$1.9 billion from the previous month to US$604.457 billion, the central bank said in a statement yesterday. Last month’s figure set a record high, the bank’s data showed.Foreign exchange reserves have risen for two consecutive months,
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) yesterday reported record January revenue and said it expects first-quarter performance to beat seasonal averages in recent years, supported by strong shipments of artificial intelligence (AI)-related products.The world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer
Alphabet Inc topped projections for quarterly revenue and outlined an ambitious capital spending plan, far surpassing predictions, leveraging its growth to build out the data centers and infrastructure needed to lead in the artificial intelligence (AI) age.Google’s parent company said capital expend
Cherry blossoms are pictured at Beauty Valley in Yunlin County’s Gukeng Township yesterday. The Gukeng Township Office has recommended several hiking paths through the scenic mountains of Caoling and Shihbi that tourists can visit during the Lunar New Year holiday.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) plans to mass produce advanced 3-nanometer chips in Kumamoto in southern Japan with an investment of US$17 billion, Japanese newspaper the Yomiuri Shimbun reported today.Japan's government, which has subsidized Taiwan's leading chipmaker to build out
Qualcomm Inc, the largest maker of smartphone processors, gave a lackluster revenue forecast for the current quarter, stoking concern that component shortages will hurt consumer demand by driving prices up. The company's sales will be US$10.2 billion to US$11 billion this quarter, the company said i
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