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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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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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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China’s rare earth clampdown risks jeopardizing Taiwan’s drone expansion
China has once again expanded export controls on rare earth minerals, injecting fresh uncertainty into global defense manufacturing. The move poses a direct risk to Taiwan’s massive drone procurement program.
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AMD CTO projects US$500 billion AI market by 2028, calls openness ‘fundamental’ for scale
Open collaboration and shared standards will be essential to sustain the exponential growth of artificial intelligence (AI), AMD Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President Mark Papermaster said at the 2025 OCP Global Summit.
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Apple unveils iPhone Air preorder date in China and launches CNY10 billion renewable energy fund
Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced that the new iPhone Air will open for preorder in China on October 17, with official sales beginning on October 22. The announcement was made during Cook’s public appearance in China, where he promoted the device through a live stream on the popular platform Douyin, known internationally as TikTok.
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Microsoft expands AI infrastructure by 2 GW, cuts GPT-4 cost by 93%, and backs new OCP power and cooling standards
Microsoft is accelerating its transformation into what it calls “the world’s AI supercomputer,” revealing that it added 2 gigawatts of Azure capacity in the past year, more than the company’s total capacity three years ago.
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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.
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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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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).