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Aug 21

Xiaomi's Xring O3 nears launch on TSMC N3P, testing its in-house chip strategy

Xiaomi is preparing to take its in-house smartphone silicon further upmarket, with founder and chairman Lei Jun confirming that a new generation of its Xring chip is on the way. Supply-chain sources say the chip has already returned from fabrication, completed initial power-on testing and moved into the device integration stage.

Google, Marvell long-term deal keeps Broadcom at bay, limits MediaTek impact

Aug 21

Apple's VR retreat deepens with rumored layoffs in its Vision team

Aug 21

Alibaba's 45% AI cloud jump masked by 75% capex surge and margin squeeze

Aug 21

Unitree chief says humanoid robots are not yet ready for mass real-world work

Aug 21

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AIAutomation Taipei 2026: If AI is advancing so fast, why is the factory floor still so hard to automate?

Aug 22, 09:08

For all the extraordinary progress made by artificial intelligence, the physical world remains stubbornly difficult to automate.

SERVER, IPC, CLOUD COMPUTING, IOTSupermicro's internal probe clears senior management in export-control case

Aug 22, 09:08

Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) said Thursday that an internal investigation run by its independent directors found no evidence that any current senior manager knew of an alleged scheme to divert export-controlled products — the conduct at the center of a March federal indictment of two Supermicro employees and a contractor.

AIInterview: Arbe Robotics on why radar is needed for autonomous driving and beyond

Aug 22, 09:08

Autonomous driving technology is maturing, and a future in which cars entirely drive themselves is quickly approaching in the rearview mirror. Yet safety and trust remain crucial barriers to overcome before fully autonomous driving becomes a reality, and a key part of this is the "eyes" of the car.

AIColumn: Lessons in supply chain resilience from China Huadian's power-compute coordination model

Aug 22, 09:07

As AI develops rapidly, data centers are driving equally rapid growth in electricity demand. The stability of future energy supplies will directly determine whether AI computing capacity can continue to expand.

AIDS Technology shifts from custom automation to modular systems, eyes Brazil and Mexico

Aug 21

Taiwanese automation integrator DS Technology is shifting more of its highly customized robotic automation work toward standardized, modular systems as it seeks to make its technology easier to sell and deploy overseas, with prospective partners in Brazil and Mexico among its latest expansion targets.

ICT MANUFACTURINGBroadcom reportedly eyes up to US$100B debt financing to expand AI chip push

Aug 21

Broadcom is in talks with asset managers to raise more than US$60 billion in debt financing, with the potential package reaching as much as US$100 billion, as the chipmaker moves to expand its role in the rapidly growing AI infrastructure market, according to Bloomberg.

SERVER, IPC, CLOUD COMPUTING, IOTVecow eyes robotics growth as North America, EMEA account for 65% of business

Aug 21

Taiwan industrial computer supplier Vecow is stepping up its push into robotics and edge AI, with North America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) together accounting for 65% of its business, Executive Vice President Joseph Huang said at Automation Taipei 2026 on August 21.

AIUbtech expands humanoid push as Nvidia executives quietly visit WRC booth

Aug 21

As the first publicly listed humanoid robot company, Ubtech Robotics is often referred to in China as the sector's "first humanoid robot stock." At the 2026 World Robot Conference (WRC) in Beijing, the company found itself sharing the spotlight with recently listed Unitree Robotics, as both showcased their latest humanoid platforms.

IT COMPONENTS, PERIPHERALSTop 4 CSPs boost AI infrastructure; volume ramping of 800G switches fuels Accton's growth

Aug 21

Major global cloud service providers (CSPs) continue to scale up investments in AI infrastructure. According to the latest DIGITIMES research report, combined capital expenditures from Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta are projected to reach a record high of US$745 billion in 2026.

AICambricon advances sixth-gen AI silicon, broadens support for DeepSeek, Qwen and GLM

Aug 21

Cambricon Technologies chairman and president Chen Tian-shi said the company's sixth-generation AI processor and instruction set remain under development, with the next-generation platform targeting large-model training and inference while improving programmability, ease of use, performance, power efficiency and chip area.

IT COMPONENTS, PERIPHERALSHiwin expands into CPO optical coupling process; 2H26 robotics revenue outlook brightens

Aug 21

Hiwin Technologies Chairman Eric Y. T. Chuo stated that the company has supplied samples of miniature ball screws and single-axis robots to co-packaged optics (CPO) vendors across Taiwan and China for validation. Meanwhile, the timeline for its dual-arm logistics robot, originally scheduled for small-batch shipment in 2026, has been adjusted due to customer requirement changes. Hiwin expects to submit revised samples for testing in November.

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