China's AI server vendors are accelerating their shift toward self-developed architectures, bringing RISC-V from edge devices into data-center workloads. StarFive Technology has entered this space with the Lion Rock chip, its first RISC-V–based data-center management processor and one of the earliest large-scale commercial deployments of the ISA in China's server market

Amid an era defined by geopolitical friction and resurgent trade protectionism, the world's largest automaker, Toyota Motor, is maneuvering to secure what it considers its most crucial stronghold: the US. A recent series of high-profile moves by Chairman Akio Toyoda has been widely interpreted as a masterclass in navigating today's fraught trade environment

Hygon Information Technology delivered another solid revenue quarter but noted that profit growth slowed due to higher R&D spending and increased material costs. At the November 17 earnings call, GM and director Sha Chaoqun said order momentum remains strong and that recent memory-price increases mainly reflect an "explosive" rise in AI-server demand rather than structural supply shortages

GlobalFoundries (GF) has acquired Singapore-based Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF), positioning the US chipmaker as the world's largest pure-play silicon photonics (SiPh) foundry and expanding its reach across next-generation AI datacenter infrastructure. Announced on November 17, the deal strengthens GF's manufacturing scale, technology capabilities, and R&D footprint across Asia and the US, while underscoring Singapore's growing role as a strategic semiconductor hub. The companies did not disclose financial terms