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Jun 18

Taiwan Hardware Makers Move From Selling Racks to Selling Data Centers

For most of the AI boom, Taiwan’s role in the data center has been to build the racks. TSMC supplied the chips, Foxconn and its peers…

Taiwan Hardware Makers Move From Selling Racks to Selling Data Centers

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Jun 17

AI Leaves the Data Center for the Hospital Ward

At Nvidia’s GTC Taipei this month, headlines focused on Vera Rubin, the company’s next-generation AI server platform. Yet a lower-profile…

AI Leaves the Data Center for the Hospital Ward

Richard Brown

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Jun 16

Heat Removal Is Becoming Core AI Infrastructure

Taiwan’s cooling specialists posted May numbers that deserve more attention than thermal components usually get. As chips run hotter and…

Heat Removal Is Becoming Core AI Infrastructure

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Jun 15

The Numbers Behind the AI Server Noise at Computex

May’s revenue reports from Taiwan’s server makers confirm Jensen Huang’s core message at Computex 2026 that the global AI infrastructure…

The Numbers Behind the AI Server Noise at Computex

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Jun 13

Computex 2026: The Quiet Rise of Optical Interconnects

One of the most significant trends at Computex 2026 was optical interconnects, the technology that moves data between chips as photons…

Computex 2026: The Quiet Rise of Optical Interconnects

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Jun 12

Computex 2026: The PC Is Splitting in Two

Two numbers from Computex 2026 tell you everything about where the PC is heading: US$2,200 and 95 percent. The first is the estimated…

Computex 2026: The PC Is Splitting in Two

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Jun 11

Computex 2026: Taming the Megawatt Rack

As AI racks race toward a megawatt each, the hardest problems in the data center have become getting power in and heat out. At Computex…

Computex 2026: Taming the Megawatt Rack

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Jun 10

Computex 2026: A New Chip Industry Map Emerges

The old battle lines of the silicon world are dissolving. Nvidia has entered the CPU market, Arm is promoting its own data center chips…

Computex 2026: A New Chip Industry Map Emerges

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Jun 9

Computex 2026: Why Taiwan Drives the AI Infrastructure Build-Out

Computex 2026 made one thing crystal clear: the biggest challenge in the AI boom is no longer designing faster chips. It is turning those…

Computex 2026: Why Taiwan Drives the AI Infrastructure Build-Out

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Jun 8

Computex 2026: The Agentic Computing Era Begins

Nvidia added CPUs to its repertoire at Computex 2026 in pursuit of its agentic computing vision. The message echoed throughout the show…

Computex 2026: The Agentic Computing Era Begins

Richard Brown

Richard Brown

I live in Taiwan and am interested in exploring what ancient Chinese philosophy can tell us about technology and the rise of modern China.

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