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Friday 21 August 2026
Huawei, China power giant Huaneng explore AI compute-power coordination
China Huaneng Group said on August 20 that chairman Wen Shugang and president Zhong Guodong recently visited Huawei in Shenzhen, where they met Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei to discuss...
Friday 21 August 2026
Power supply lags behind AI compute growth: chips, optical interconnects battle for energy efficiency

At the "AI on Chips: Semiconductor Industry Trends Forum" hosted by DIGITIMES in Taipei on August 20, semiconductor, investment, and...

Friday 21 August 2026
Research Insight: 2028 key year for optical interconnects in AI racks
Optical communications will likely enter AI server racks in 2028, DIGITIMES analyst Joyce Chen said on August 20 at a semiconductor industry forum in Taipei, as rising AI cluster scale...
Friday 21 August 2026
Research Insight: CPO gains momentum as AI interconnect demands outpace chip gains
The AI industry is watching the rise of co-packaged optics (CPO) as faster AI systems now depend on more efficient links between chips and data centers. At DIGITIMES Tech Forum 2026...
Friday 21 August 2026
800VDC adoption in AI data centers is set to reshape power chip demand
A shift to 800VDC power architectures in next-generation AI data centers is gathering pace, with implications for GPU planning, power semiconductor demand, and rack design. Many vendors...
Friday 21 August 2026
Taiwan export orders near US$98 billion in July, with US as top buyer
Taiwan's export orders climbed by US$207.3 billion, or 52.5%, in the first seven months of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, according to data released on August 20 by the...
Friday 21 August 2026
Stripe weighs US$7 billion OpenRouter deal to expand AI model routing
Stripe is in acquisition talks to buy AI startup OpenRouter for more than US$7 billion, according to reporting by Bloomberg and Axios. The price would be more than...
Friday 21 August 2026
SK hynix outlines CPO roadmap as AI computing shifts from chips to systems
SK hynix has published a technical roadmap for co-packaged optics (CPO) in the journal Nature Electronics, positioning the world's largest supplier of high-bandwidth memory...
Friday 21 August 2026
Elice to build South Korea's first warm-water-cooled AI data center, unveils coding agent
South Korean AI infrastructure provider Elice Group is expanding on two fronts, adding enterprise AI transformation (AX) solutions while building what it says will be the country's...
Friday 21 August 2026
China's humanoid robot shipments hit 40,000 in the first half of 2026
China shipped more than 40,000 humanoid robots in the first half of 2026, lifting its share of global shipments to 97%, according to a development report released on August 20 at the...
Friday 21 August 2026
TXC pivots to AI infrastructure as 1.6T optical modules surge
Quartz component leader TXC is targeting AI and automotive applications as demand grows for faster data transmission, with 1.6T optical modules expected to see explosive growth in...
Friday 21 August 2026
Column: Is 800V really 'high voltage'? —AI data centers revive an old power debate
High-voltage direct current (HVDC) is currently one of the hottest areas of technology and product development for AI data centers. It is not only the first layer of what Nvidia CEO...
Thursday 20 August 2026
Aurotek targets humanoid robot rollout gap with Physical AI push
Aurotek Corporation is accelerating its push into the robotics market, unveiling its first lights-out factory solution integrating multi-brand, multi-form-factor robots at Automation...
Thursday 20 August 2026
China tightens grip on global LCD market as TV panel share tops 70%
The global LCD panel industry continues to consolidate around Chinese manufacturers, whose share of the LCD TV panel market has remained firmly above 70% and is gradually approaching...
Thursday 20 August 2026
Nvidia physical AI executive Madison Huang appears at Beijing WRC after LG Seoul visit
Two days after visiting LG Electronics' robotics hub in Seoul, Nvidia executive Madison Huang was in Beijing on August 20 for the 2026 World Robot Conference (WRC), highlighting the...