The rise of AI and green energy is increasing electricity demand and stressing power reliability. In response, Taiwan’s Fortune Electric is partnering with Japanese IT giant NTT DATA to develop a next-generation Manufacturing Execution System (MES).

With the rapid rise of generative AI (GenAI) and immersive applications, traditional network technologies are struggling to meet the surging data transmission demands. At the Open Compute Project Asia-Pacific Summit (OCP APAC Summit) held on August 5, 2025, Jhih-Heng Yan from the Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories highlighted that the all-photonics network (APN) not only breaks through the limitations of conventional network transmission and latency but also offers a new solution to Taiwan’s data center power supply challenges.

Intel’s grip on the server CPU market is slipping, with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) closing the gap at a pace that may soon bring the once-dominant chipmaker to parity. As Intel grapples with uncertainty around the future of its 14A (1.4nm) node development and contends with Samsung’s recent win of a major wafer order from Tesla, AMD is poised to deliver another blow with its second-quarter earnings, scheduled for release on August 5 in the US.

Efficient Power Conversion (EPC), a company specializing in gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology, announced on August 6 that the Beijing Intellectual Property Court dismissed an appeal filed by Innoscience (Suzhou). The ruling reaffirmed the validity of EPC’s Chinese patent ZL201080015425.X, related to the “Compensated gate MISFET and its manufacturing method,” a key patent in enhancement-mode GaN field-effect transistors (FETs).