Industrial PC maker Neousys Technology Inc (宸曜科技) expects strong growth in its edge artificial intelligence (AI) business from this year, driven by rising demand across manufacturing, transportation, semiconductors, defense and healthcare.Edge AI computers account for about 40 percent of its product
CPC Corp, Taiwan (CPC, 台灣中油) on Saturday announced that it would keep retail gasoline and diesel prices unchanged this week, while Formosa Petrochemical Corp (台塑石化) yesterday said it would maintain its fuel prices at the same levels despite a spike in international crude oil prices.The decisions mar
‘A MUST’: The government should allocate more funds for social welfare to create long-term benefits for social equality and economic stability, CIER’s president said
With GDP per capita forecast to rise to about US$45,000 this year and approach US$50,000 next year amid the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, how to ensure a more balanced distribution of income is becoming a concern, an economist said.Although GDP per capita is rising rapidly, the benefits of stro
The market debut of artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Anthropic PBC, a chief rival to OpenAI, could break the record set by Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX), US media have reported.Businessman Elon Musk’s SpaceX went public in June at a value of US$1.77 trillion and raised US$85.7 bi
Workers use shovels to turn longans inside brick kilns at a cultural festival in Nantou County’s Jhongliao Township yesterday. Manual stirring ensures that the longans are exposed to even heat during a slow-roast process and gives the dried fruits a smoky flavor.
Italy’s fragmented space industry is facing growing pressure to consolidate as defense and government customers increasingly favor larger suppliers capable of handling complex programs. The shift reflects a broader push across Europe to build strategic autonomy in defense and critical technologies,
The idyllic beaches of the Greek islands have long been a draw for European holidaymakers, but now a new wave of US tourists is waking up to their charms, driven by stars such as Madonna, Katy Perry and Justin Bieber. Madonna celebrated her 68th birthday on Corfu, sharing a whirl of parties and boat
YouTube is offering millions of dollars to popular channels if they upload their videos to the site exclusively for a certain period of time, in an effort to halt Netflix Inc’s pursuit of its biggest stars, people familiar with the conversations said. The payment would come in a couple of different
SPECIALTY SUPPLIES: Taiwan is ushering in a major shift in industrial upgrades and a local alliance will reinforce supply chain resilience, SEMI president Terry Tsao said
SEMI Taiwan launched a semiconductor materials alliance yesterday to fortify industry resilience, capitalizing on surging domestic demand fueled by advanced nodes and next-generation packaging.Taiwan has been the world’s largest semiconductor materials consumer for 16 years in a row, the industry as
DATA CENTER DRIVER: The firm has stepped up investment in the segment and shifted its focus from standalone UPS products to total solutions, an executive said
Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) maker CyberPower Systems Inc (碩天科技) yesterday said that third-quarter revenue and profit are expected to surpass its second-quarter results and be the strongest quarter this year.Growth would be driven by seasonal demand, including for UPS systems and data center p
US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent on Thursday said that he might further increase the US government’s repurchases of Treasuries, attempting to jawbone a government debt market that was beginning to balk after the previous day’s surprise plan to double buybacks.Bessent, a former hedge fund m
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping workplaces rather than simply eliminating jobs, with companies across the Asia-Pacific region expecting their workforces to grow even as they struggle to find skilled workers needed to drive AI adoption, Jones Lang LaSalle said in a report.About 61 percent o
Intraday odd-lot trading is scheduled to start in line with standard block trading from early December as part of the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s (TWSE) efforts to optimize the local intraday odd-lot trading mechanism, the exchange announced on Thursday.Execution of intraday odd-lot trading is to begin
People hold Korean-language signs that read “Park Hak-gyu, resign, Jung Hyun-ho, resign” at a protest in front of Samsung Electronics’ Seocho building in Seoul yesterday, referring to the top two company executives. Members of the Companion Union of Samsung Electronics demanded improvements to Samsu
AI BOOM: Orders for ICT products increased 89.5 percent, and electronic products climbed 71.7 percent, while orders for optoelectronic products decreased 10.6 percent
Export orders last month rose 61.9 percent year-on-year to a record US$97.94 billion, marking the 18th consecutive month of increases, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.The expansion accelerated from the 59.4 percent annual increase in June and exceeded the ministry’s forecast of a 54.
China Steel Corp (CSC, 中鋼), the nation’s biggest steelmaker, yesterday reported a 55 percent month-on-month slump in pretax profit for last month, as sliding steel demand in Asia drove lower gross profit.Pretax profit dipped to NT$655 million (US$20.52 million) from a 47-month high of NT$1.47 billio
Taiwan’s shortage of readily available low-carbon electricity could deter investment in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers despite the country’s technological strengths, a renewable energy executive said yesterday.AI data centers require more than electricity: They need power that is availabl
CAUTIOUS: Official forecasts and household expectations diverge as the benefits of AI-led expansion have yet to translate into consumer confidence, a survey showed
Taiwanese consumers grew more cautious about the economic outlook and spending this month despite the economy’s strongest growth prospects in decades, with inflation concerns and financial-market volatility weighing on sentiment, a survey released yesterday by Cathay Financial Holding Co (國泰金控) show
Delta Electronics Inc (台達電) debuted its embodied artificial intelligence (AI) dual-arm cobot solution integrated with Nvidia Corp’s platform at an automation and robot show in Taipei on Wednesday.Unlike conventional robots that require engineers to preprogram movements and workflows, Delta’s cobot s
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