Chapter 3 of the Daodejing highlights how the practice of wuwei, or effortless action, by a sage ruler creates a stable and peaceful society in which everyone lives in harmony with each other and the surrounding environment. Section 1 Not honouring the worthy, Keeps the people from contending. Not prizing rare…

The December 6 launch of the highly anticipated AMD Instinct MI300X and MI3000A accelerators promises to add some much-needed competition for Nvidia in the AI GPU market. The MI300 series features a chiplet design and uses TSMC’s SoIC 3D inter-chip stacking and CoWoS advanced packaging technologies. The MI300X accelerator is…

Chapter 2 of the Daodejing features the first mention of the term 聖人/shéngrén, which I have translated as sage. Unlike Confucius, Laozi did not regard a sage as a shining beacon of morality. …

Taiwan has played a pivotal role in the buildout of the global generative AI compute infrastructure in 2023. TSMC has led the way in the manufacturing of the advanced semiconductors required for high-performance AI servers, while Foxconn, Gigabyte, Quanta and other leading Taiwan-based component makers and system integrators have established…

Chapter 2 of the Daodejing advises you to remain detached from the hurly burly of the world by practicing effortless action and teaching without words. …

Chapter 1 of the Daodejing presents a number of intriguing challenges for the would-be translator — starting with which term to use for the character道/dào. One option is to translate this directly into English as Way or Path. The other is to romanize the pronunciation of the character, either as…

Chapter 1 of the Daodejing invites you to step through the gateway to all wonders and explore the manifold mysteries of the Dao (way or path). In poetic, even portentous language, the text opens your eyes to a new way of looking at and reflecting on the world around you. …

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made quite a splash with the launch of the next generation of its custom-designed AI chip families — the AWS Graviton4 and AWS Trainium2. …

Microsoft’s recent announcement of its Microsoft Azure Maia and Cobalt processors signals a major shift among the world’s leading cloud service providers towards the in-house development of custom silicon platforms for their data centers. With these processors being built by TSMC, the move is a big nod to the deepening…