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Wednesday 6 November 2024
To split or not to split: Intel's dilemma has no clear-cut solution
Intel is grappling with an operational crisis as its IDM 2.0 transformation plan has yet to yield results, casting doubt on when its foundry business might finally become profitable. This raises the question of whether Intel should consider abandoning its IDM model and separating its product design and manufacturing divisions—a move with both potential advantages and drawbacks. Industry leaders, including former board members, are offering advice in hopes of helping Intel find a viable path forward. However, the conflicting nature of their advice highlights the complexity of the company's dilemma
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Saturday 21 March 2026
Analysis: Samsung's Exynos chip rebounds with mixed performance in 2nm era
Samsung Electronics' self-developed mobile application processor (AP) series, Exynos, long criticized for poor performance and overheating issues, is showing signs of revival. The new Exynos 2600, built on the advanced 2nm second-generation process (SF2), has delivered unexpectedly strong performance results compared to its previous chips, laying a foundation for the once-struggling chip line to bounce back
Friday 20 March 2026
Analysis: Supermicro co-founder's GTC star turn ends in federal indictment
At NVIDIA GTC 2026, Super Micro Computer (Supermicro) appeared firmly at the center of the AI infrastructure boom. The company showcased its deepening collaboration with Nvidia and welcomed CEO Jensen Huang to its booth in a highly public display of partnership. When the event wrapped up, however, that momentum was quickly overshadowed by a federal indictment placing one of the company's most senior figures under scrutiny
Friday 20 March 2026
Analysis: Alibaba and Baidu raise AI pricing as token-based model reshapes cloud economics
Alibaba and Baidu have raised prices for AI computing services, reflecting a broader shift in how cloud providers monetize AI as demand for tokenized workloads accelerates
Friday 20 March 2026
Commentary: Taiwan's display panel makers are quietly becoming chip companies
Taiwan built its technology identity on two pillars: semiconductors and display panels. One has thrived. The other is reinventing itself
Friday 20 March 2026
Analysis: Memory price swings leave e-reader supply chain in the red
Recent shifts in the memory market are putting significant pressure on the e-reader supply chain, from upstream manufacturers to midstream module makers and downstream brand companies
Thursday 19 March 2026
The HBM paradox: why Taipei and Seoul can't afford a diplomatic cold war
A diplomatic dispute over administrative nomenclature has escalated into a high-stakes standoff between Taiwan and South Korea, threatening to cast a shadow over one of the world's most critical semiconductor supply chains
Thursday 19 March 2026
Analysis on Micron's strategic pivot: de-commoditizing the memory industry
The most significant revelation from CEO Sanjay Mehrotra during Micron's earnings call was the structural shift in how the company engages with its largest customers
Thursday 19 March 2026
Analysis: China's on-device AI chipmakers rush to supply OpenClaw, race for edge AI silicon leadership
OpenClaw is forcing a rethink of the AI hardware stack, shifting the locus of deployment from cloud-based interaction to autonomous, always-on agents running locally on devices
Wednesday 18 March 2026
In-depth: China's AI 'five-layer cake'— impressive on the outside, underbaked in the middle
Jensen Huang's "five-layer cake" model for AI is a tidy recipe: energy, chips, infrastructure, models, applications — stacked in order. Applied to China, the cake looks polished on top. Pull it apart, though, and the middle layers are still underbaked
Wednesday 18 March 2026
Analysis: How Nvidia is leveraging DeepSeek R1 surge to cement hardware–model domination
On March 11 (US time), Nvidia announced a US$26 billion five-year investment in open-source large language models and introduced Nemotron 3 Super, its most powerful hybrid mixture-of-experts model to date. The company said the model outperforms OpenAI's open-source GPT-OSS in several benchmark tests
Monday 16 March 2026
Analysis: Alibaba Qwen talent exit highlights ByteDance's push in multimodal AI
A core researcher behind Alibaba's Qwen large language model has left the company and is reportedly joining ByteDance's AI research unit Seed, Chinese media reported. The move underscores intensifying competition for AI talent as China's tech firms accelerate development of next-generation foundation models
Monday 16 March 2026
Analysis: OpenClaw sparks China's AI agent wave, economists see new compute boom
AI agent technology is gaining momentum in China's tech sector, driven by the open-source platform OpenClaw and a trend known locally as "raising lobsters". The phenomenon is drawing attention from developers, policymakers, and industry leaders
Monday 16 March 2026
Commentary: Nvidia CEO outlines new AI infrastructure vision ahead of GTC 2026
On March 10, 2026, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang published an in-depth personal article systematically explaining the development logic behind the AI industry. He argued that AI should not be seen as a single model or application but rather as an emerging infrastructure system undergoing a technological revolution comparable to the industrial era
Friday 13 March 2026
AW 2026: a reality check for the fully autonomous era
Global headlines may proclaim a fully autonomous era, but AW 2026 told a different story. The show made clear that robots are not yet fully autonomous — a fact obscured by modern robotics coverage. The industry is heading in the right direction, but independent operation remains out of reach. A surprising number of robots were teleoperated via controllers. Those left unsupervised often struggled with basic environmental navigation
Friday 13 March 2026
Apple's Mac Neo gambit: when volume alone can't hold the TSMC crown
The semiconductor landscape is undergoing a fundamental shift, moving from a mobile-first volume game to an AI-driven value competition