In a significant push to support its burgeoning electric vehicle sector, China’s charging infrastructure has surged to 12.35 million charging units, with silicon carbide (SiC) becoming a crucial component in the supply chain.
Global automotive sales, including new energy vehicles (NEVs), are projected to underperform initial expectations in 2024, yet the market maintains an upward trajectory. Facing growing uncertainties in 2025, Taiwanese supply chain firms are leveraging diversified strategies—spanning traditional vehicles, NEVs, and global markets—to capitalize on emerging opportunities.
FuriosaAI, a Seoul-based AI chip startup founded in 2017, is making waves in the AI hardware market with its innovative accelerator chips aimed at hyperscale data centers and enterprises. In August 2024, the startup unveiled its advanced AI chip, “RNGD.” The chip is positioned to challenge industry leaders such as Nvidia with a 40% power efficiency advantage over Nvidia’s H100 GPUs and competitive performance metrics. Furthermore, it recently gained attention for its testing and sampling progress with global enterprises like LG AI Research and Aramco.
In response to the US export control regulations introduced on December 2, China’s Ministry of Finance issued a notice on December 5 regarding government procurement standards and implementation policies for domestic products, proposing to give local products a 20% advantage in bid evaluations.