Nexperia becomes the latest casualty of tech geopolitics
In an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape, Chinese tech giant Wingtech and its core subsidiary Nexperia are facing several trade barriers.
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Samsung joins Nvidia’s NVLink Fusion ecosystem to strengthen AI foundry partnership
Samsung Electronics has officially joined Nvidia’s NVLink Fusion ecosystem, marking a significant step in the two companies’ collaboration within the semiconductor foundry sector. Under Nvidia’s open-standard strategy, Samsung is expected to play a pivotal role in strengthening the global competitiveness of AI infrastructure.
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Supermicro says soaring GPU power demands are forcing shift to rack-scale AI standardization
The explosive rise in AI computing power is pushing the data center industry to rethink its entire architectural model, according to Vik Malyala, senior vice president for technology and AI at Supermicro.
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Commentary: US-China trade tensions hit shipping sector as tariffs and fees escalate
As South Korea prepares to host APEC 2025 Korea in Gyeongju on October 31, attention is focused on a potential high-stakes meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. However, rising tensions over China’s expanded REE export controls and special port fees imposed on US-flagged vessels have intensified the trade conflict ahead of the summit. If unresolved through negotiation, these escalating trade barriers risk inflicting severe economic damage that could leave both the US and China worse off, while also harming Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea as collateral victims.
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Oracle outlines zettascale AI ambitions, urges open standards to support gigawatt-scale data centers
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is expanding its global footprint with plans to build multiple gigawatt-scale AI supercluster campuses capable of hosting millions of GPUs, as it seeks to meet surging demand for large-scale AI workloads.
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China’s Ministry of Commerce vows to ‘fight to the end’ as hawks rise before 4th plenum
Amid China’s toughest-ever rare earth export controls, China’s Ministry of Commerce on October 14, 2025, reiterated a firm stance against the US, stating that if Washington continues tariff hikes and escalates export restrictions, Beijing will “fight to the end,” but “if there’s talk, the door is open.” This signals a tougher posture in ongoing trade negotiations.
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Beyond the rack: how OCP is wiring the world for AI
The Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit, held at the San Jose Convention Center, drew a record crowd of more than 11,000 participants, underscoring the event’s growing importance in the global data center industry. Two major developments stood out during the keynote session: an expanded OCP board reflecting stronger collaboration across the ecosystem, and a strategic shift in technical focus from rack-level designs to power and connectivity beyond the data center.
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Inside Google’s plan to make data centers as adaptive as AI itself
Google unveiled a new industry-wide initiative to redefine data center architecture for the artificial intelligence era, announcing the creation of an “agile, fungible data center” workstream under the Open Compute Project (OCP).
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OCP 2025: BizLink’s strategic play for AI infrastructure leadership
At the 2025 OCP Global Summit, Taiwan-based interconnect solutions provider BizLink unveiled a full suite of high-speed connectivity and AI-ready data center solutions, showcasing its technological edge in copper, optical, and power integration for next-generation computing infrastructure.
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Foxconn partners with Nvidia to deploy 800V DC architecture
Electronics giant Foxconn announced a major partnership with Nvidia on October 13, 2025, to develop next-generation AI data centers, rolling out a powerful 800-volt system designed to dramatically boost energy efficiency.