As geopolitical tensions have been spreading, IPC makers' customers are demanding to have more production capacity outside of China and Taiwan to lower the risks of being affected.

Chinese and US public cloud providers have invested in self-developed chip projects to achieve cost reduction and service differentiation in cloud services through vertical software and hardware integration

Taiwan's IPC industry suffered a minor on-year decline in overall 2023 revenues, but the amount is expected to pick up in 2024 to arrive at above NT$300 billion.

With the growing popularity of AI, Google is also pushing keenly to adopt Gemini Nano in Android for generative AI and LLM applications.

AI-enabled products as a proportion of China's IoT market have been increasing year after year with AI has grown to become more important for related products

With the rise of edge computing, network processing units (NPUs) will be one of the key developing directions for AI accelerator chips.

AI network cameras and edge computing devices play crucial roles in driving smart road development.

Japan's delivery robot market is still at its initial stage of development and the costs for producing the machines and their operation afterward are still high.

The Taipei International Logistics and IoT Exhibition 2023 and Taipei International Cold Chain Technology Exhibition 2023 were jointly held from August 23 to 26, with more than one hundred cold chain and logistics operators participating in the events.