Tim Culpan

BLOOMBERG

In Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture, TSMC is teaming up with Sony Group Corp, Toyota Motor Corp and vehicle-electronics supplier Denso Corp to serve the country's carmaking, industrial and consumer electronics industries.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Two companies will guide global supply chains

Hyundai thinks it can leverage its conglomerate advantage to build out the entire fuel-cell supply chain “from hydrogen production and storage to logistics, transport and diverse applications.”

Old empires could be the key to a new car future

Foxconn's chairman Young Liu is working on plans to rotate the leaders of various business units through the chief executive officer role.

Foxconn’s musical chairs sound like punk rock

Shares of shipping companies have risen in the wake of the recent hijacking of container carrier MSC Aries in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran-Israel strife throws out a lifeline to shippers

Mitsubishi Motors at the Montreal Electric Vehicle Show. US protectionism against China is creating an opportunity for Japanese carmakers to bring EV production to North America.

Japan is poised to fill an EV gap left by China

The most obvious hallmark of Mark Liu's term as TSMC chairman is the company's global expansion.
THE BROAD VIEW

Inside TSMC chairman Mark Liu's short but impactful reign

Cainiao is set to become the first of five Alibaba Group companies to pursue an independent equities-market listing.

This year’s hottest tech IPO may be a transportation firm: Alibaba’s Cainiao

Qantas and its low-cost unit Jetstar control 61 per cent of Australia’s domestic market, with Virgin Australia taking a third.

The world’s safest airline is crashing its brand

Cutting out intermediaries like Nvidia, AMD, and Intel allows companies to optimise chips specifically for their unique tasks whether it’s streaming videos, serving up search queries, or managing massive databases.

A mammoth industry hidden by private-label chips

A doubling of data-centre revenue at Nvidia last quarter shows that demand for generative applications such as ChatGPT hasn’t yet hit its peak.
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Bitcoin’s dirty history offers a lesson for AI’s future