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Tuesday 28 July 2026
From models to chips: Anthropic chip ambitions pull Korea deeper into the AI silicon race
The push toward deeper sovereign control over the critical hardware stack underpinning AI models is gaining traction following news of Anthropic's outreach to SK hynix for supplies...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Optics remain hardest technological hurdle for smart glasses, says Jorjin chairman
Jorjin Technology chairman Wen-lung Liang believes that smart glasses that combine AI with spatial computing are the next smartphone-killers, going beyond mere hardware upgrades to...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Smart glasses with color displays could enter mass production by 2028
Taiwan's smart glasses supply chain urgently needs to break down technical silos and move first, according to industry executives speaking at a forum on July 24 on the outlook for...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
China faces AI compute divide as advanced capacity falls short and lower-tier resources sit underused
China's AI computing infrastructure is developing along two sharply divergent paths. As large language models and AI agents gain traction across industries, rapidly rising token consumption...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Taiwan urged to move beyond hardware role in AI glasses race
As global tech giants push into AR, VR, and spatial computing, Taiwan's chip and hardware strength could help it shape the next wave of AI glasses for users worldwide. But that opportunity...
Monday 27 July 2026
DeepSeek reportedly pauses second funding round amid market and geopolitical scrutiny
Chinese artificial intelligence pioneer DeepSeek has verbally informed prospective investors that it is suspending its second fundraising round, according to people familiar with the...
Monday 27 July 2026
AMD widens robotics push with Taiwan IPC partners as it targets Nvidia lead
AMD is deepening its robot and physical AI ambitions, and the move could matter far beyond Taiwan's industrial PC sector. By building a broader partner network in edge AI and robotics,...
Saturday 25 July 2026
US connected-car crackdown widens from Chinese tech to ownership ties

US efforts to restrict Chinese technology from connected vehicles are expanding beyond hardware and software sourcing, as proposed...

Saturday 25 July 2026
Commentary: OpenAI and Apple heat up AI hardware; Anthropic stands apart
As OpenAI extends its foundation model outward to capture every entry point, Anthropic has chosen almost the opposite path. Rather than emulate Google or Apple, Anthropic is concentrating...
Friday 24 July 2026
IEI pairs NANO-X100 with Ryzen AI for edge AI inference
Industrial PC maker IEI Integration joined Castec International at AMD Advancing AI 2026 in San Francisco on July 21 and 22 to showcase the new NANO-X100 4-inch single-board computer...
Friday 24 July 2026
AMD launches ROCm.ai to accelerate agentic AI development, reporting up to 3.3x inference gains
Alongside its expanding AI hardware portfolio, AMD is stepping up efforts to strengthen its AI software ecosystem in a bid to challenge NVIDIA's CUDA dominance. At its Advancing AI...
Friday 24 July 2026
DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng says China trails US AI by up to 18 months, with compute the decisive gap
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng says China's AI industry trails the US by six to 18 months mainly because of limited computing power, not talent.
Friday 24 July 2026
AMD goes all-in on ecosystem strategy to challenge Nvidia
AMD used its Advancing AI 2026 conference in San Francisco this week to do more than launch new hardware — it put its entire AI ecosystem strategy on display in a direct challenge...
Thursday 23 July 2026
IBM trims revenue outlook as hardware demand reshapes client spending

IBM lowered its full-year revenue growth target after a second-quarter miss, saying clients shifted spending toward scarce hardware...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Apple reportedly ramps up iPhone 18 production as Foxconn hiring surges and AI takes center stage

Apple has entered mass production of its upcoming iPhone 18 lineup, with manufacturing partners ramping output earlier than usual as...