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Wednesday 4 November 2026
Waymo fleet crowds San Diego chargers, straining EV access
Alphabet's autonomous taxi service Waymo began operations in San Diego, California, in September 2026 and expanded its coverage on October 27. However, EV owners have reported that...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Reflect Orbital targets 50,000 mirror satellites, sparking light-pollution concerns
California startup Reflect Orbital plans to reflect sunlight from space onto designated areas of Earth at night, targeting solar power, nighttime search-and-rescue and lighting markets...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
AI boom raises financial crisis fears among US regulators
The expanding artificial intelligence (AI) investment boom is exposing risks tied to financing and returns, with US regulators warning that a failure of AI growth expectations could...
Sunday 1 November 2026
The pioneer behind TSMC's FinFET leap: a personal look at Chenming Hu
In 2008, I accompanied a graduate student delegation sponsored by Applied Materials to visit the University of California, Berkeley. The trip was arranged with hopes of meeting Dr...
Friday 30 October 2026
Intel tells Taiwan's chip suppliers to build service capacity early
Intel told Taiwanese chip equipment and materials suppliers that they need spare parts and service capability in place early if they want its business. The company said this at a supplier...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Advantech opens Tustin HQ to strengthen North American R&D
Industrial PC maker Advantech has opened its new North American headquarters in Tustin, California, expanding local R&D, manufacturing and system integration capabilities. The...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
OCP 2026 shifts AI competition from chips to rack-scale systems
The 2026 OCP Global Summit, held from October 12 to 15 in San Jose, California, highlighted a shift from open server hardware to open AI infrastructure. Rack-scale standardization...
Monday 19 October 2026
Solution Finders Part 2 of 2: TSMC's first CTO said no to Intel twice but still wonders what if
Chenming Hu co-invented the FinFET transistor with colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley, in the 1990s and became TSMC's first chief technology officer in 2001. Decades...
Monday 19 October 2026
ByteDance Seed launches AI safety team, global recruitment drive
ByteDance's AI research unit Seed has established an Alignment & Preparedness department and is recruiting 10 researchers in Beijing, Shanghai, and San Jose, California, to focus...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Taiwan suppliers target OCP power, cooling, 1.6T integration
The Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit 2026 recently took place in San Jose, California, as Taiwan suppliers joined the global AI infrastructure race with offerings spanning...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
MiTAC spotlights liquid cooling, open platforms for AI infrastructure
MiTAC Computing Technology featured a comprehensive suite of full-stack AI infrastructure at the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit in San Jose, California, centered around the...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Wistron, Wiwynn spotlight liquid-cooled AI compute, storage at OCP
Wistron and Wiwynn are showcasing next-generation AI compute and storage systems for AI factories at the 2026 Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit in San Jose, California, with...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Applied Materials opens R&D center to speed chipmaking for the AI era
Applied Materials has opened its Equipment and Process Innovation and Commercialization (EPIC) Center in Sunnyvale, California, positioning the Silicon Valley site as a new hub for...
Sunday 11 October 2026
IPC makers expand US production as supply chains, tariffs shift
Industrial PC (IPC) makers are adding US manufacturing as supply chains regionalize, tariff policy tightens, and government buyers press for local sourcing. For global readers, the...
Friday 2 October 2026
California tech exec arrested in US$300M Nvidia AI server smuggling case
US federal prosecutors on October 1 arrested a 38-year-old California man accused of violating US export controls by smuggling computer servers containing US$300 million worth of Nvidia...