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Despite an escalating technology standoff between the US and China, top executives of multinational corporations are visiting China, showing their commitment to the East Asian country.

Apple contract manufacturers continue expanding their investments in India, while CMR said that Samsung is still the largest mobile phone exporter in India.

Chinese automakers are attempting to negotiate cheaper bids with component suppliers as they face strong pricing competition in the local market, according to industry sources.

IC design houses have experienced a surge in short lead time IC orders for mass-market devices, including TVs, IT products, and handsets, according to industry sources.

Dell now has over 1,000 AI products and solutions on hand, indicating that the AI industry has reached a tipping point, according to Terence Liao, GM of Dell Technologies Taiwan.

The second quarter is expected to be a low point for the NAND flash industry, with growth likely to restart in the third quarter, according to market observers in China.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at this years GPU Technology Conference (GTC) discussed a variety of subjects and technological development trends, particularly those related to accelerated computing and AI. In a Q&A call hosted by Nvidia for the press based in Asia on March 22, Huang revealed his vision for the era of accelerated computing and AI that he believes has come, and trends towards applications like ChatGPT and massive language models.

Toshibas board of directors has approved a JPY2 trillion (US$15.3 billion) offer from a consortium led by Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) to buy the company, according to local media reports in Japan.

The year 2023 will be one of recovery for wearable devices after the markets first-ever contraction in 2022. Global shipments in 2023 are poised to reach 442.7 million devices this year, growing 6.3% on year. The majority of shipments are expected later in the year as the first quarter will likely see another on-year decline, according to new data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker.

TSMC has seen a ramp-up in orders from Nvidia for the GPU vendors A100 and H100 chips, as well as lower-spec A800 series explicitly designed for the Chinese market, according to industry sources.