26 Mar
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PCB firms see AI and networking demand drive growth in 2Q25

Entering the second quarter of 2025, Taiwanese PCB manufacturers have exhibited optimism on market recovery, propelled by persistent demand from high-end applications, including AI servers and satellite communications, as well as the expedited adoption of edge AI devices. This trend is expected to enhance order visibility for high-layer count, high-speed, and high-frequency PCBs, according to industry sources.

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26 Mar
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‘Go and Build’: Andrew Ng urged Taiwan to seize AI moment

Artificial intelligence pioneer Andrew Ng delivered a powerful message to Taiwan on the opening day of the AI Expo, a three-day event hosted by DIGITIMES in Taipei. In a fireside chat with Camille Hsiao-Wei Hu, Associate Professor at the College of Intelligent Computing and Quantum Information at Chung Yuan Christian University, Ng urged Taiwan to seize the opportunities of the AI era by embracing technology across all sectors of society.

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26 Mar
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China Ant Group builds 300B-parameter AI model without Nvidia GPUs

As Washington ramps up restrictions on exporting advanced AI chips to China, Chinese tech giants are accelerating efforts to reduce reliance on foreign hardware. Ant Group emerged as a key player in this movement, announcing it has trained a 300-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts (MoE) large language model (LLM) using domestically produced chips from Huawei and Alibaba.

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