J-Star Holding, known as YMA, was listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market on July 29, 2025. Chairman Jonathan Chiang noted that this marks a significant milestone for the company, aiming to inspire Taiwanese SMEs by highlighting opportunities beyond the Asian market.
Zettabyte, an AI data center service provider, has secured a strategic investment from Lam Capital, part of Lam Research Corporation. The funding round also saw involvement from Taiwanese firms Foxconn, Pegatron Corp., and Wistron Group, aiding Zettabyte’s global market expansion. The investment amount remains undisclosed.
Microsoft’s market capitalization surged past US$4 trillion following its latest earnings release. While the company exceeded revenue expectations, significant challenges persist, including strained relations with OpenAI and less advanced AI innovations relative to competitors, raising questions about the sustainability of its valuation.
Huawei plans to open-source its Compute Architecture for Neural Networks (CANN), a heterogeneous AI computing framework positioned as a direct alternative to Nvidia’s dominant CUDA platform.
Samsung Electronics has secured an order from Tesla for artificial intelligence (AI) chips, offering a renewed boost to its foundry business. However, the company continues to face significant challenges in the memory sector, particularly in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) segment, where it has yet to pass Nvidia’s quality tests, which could hinder its performance recovery.
At the inaugural Open Compute Project (OCP) APAC Summit in Taipei, ASE Group Executive Vice President Tingu Yin Chang said surging AI computing demand has become the primary catalyst for innovation across the semiconductor sector. Advanced packaging technologies now face three critical challenges: increasing package size, escalating power consumption, and complex thermal management.
Taiwan Specialty Chemicals (TSC), a subsidiary of Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), is currently transforming from a specialty chemical supplier into an integrated advanced semiconductor process service provider. It posted a nearly 20% annual revenue increase in the first half of 2025, a product of the growth of advanced logic chip processes, delivering a solid performance despite a volatile environment.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the autonomous driving landscape, shifting the development paradigm from algorithm-driven systems to AI-centric architectures. At the forefront of this transformation is Nvidia, which has steadily evolved from a chipmaker into a comprehensive system solutions provider. In collaboration with global partners, the company is accelerating the commercial deployment of autonomous vehicles.