Foreign media outlets recently reported that due to poor demand for the China-tailored H20 series AI chips, Nvidia has lowered the prices of the H20 series chips. Several supply chain sources later confirmed to Chinese media that the weak demand and price cuts for the H20 series were indeed true.
Foxconn has held a shareholders’ meeting on May 31. Chairman Young Liu expressed optimism about the overall development of the AI market, stating that the revenue from the AI server business will soon surpass the trillion New Taiwan Dollar (NTD) mark. Subsequently, Liu expected that the AI server business will exceed the trillion NTD mark in 2025, which will also drive Foxconn’s overall revenue to surpass NT$7 trillion.
Announcing a US$47.5 billion funding for Phase 3 of the National IC Industry Investment Fund (the “Big Fund”), China’s next move is under the eye of global chip players.
The Southeast Asian smartphone market is rebounding, with Canalys’ data showing that in the first quarter of 2024, smartphone shipments in Southeast Asia reached 23.5 million units, a 12% year-on-year increase. Transsion’s performance has been particularly notable, and the growth potential in the high-end market should not be overlooked as well.
The Government of Gujarat, India, has dispatched a delegation to Taiwan for the India-Taiwan Semiconductor Summit, while also seizing the opportunity to glean knowledge from Taiwanese partners at Hsinchu Science Park.
Software has become the core of automotive innovation as the era of Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV) arrives. Zhang Rixing, CEO of Vektor China, said the architecture of automotive software will grow more complex. Moreover, SDVs will break the linear automotive supply chain and turn it into a network.