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Tuesday 1 September 2026
Tim Cook concludes 15-year Apple tenure, John Ternus takes over
Tim Cook's tenure as Apple CEO has officially drawn to a close after nearly 15 years. Cook stepped down as CEO and became Executive Chairman, while Senior Vice President of Hardware...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Imec maps chip scaling to 2040, says AI's next gains need full-stack integration
Imec has extended its advanced semiconductor roadmap into the early 2040s, arguing that sustained AI scaling will depend on closer integration across logic, memory, interconnects and...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Apple reshuffles leadership, shifts Schiller out of App Store
Apple has made another major management shake-up. After Tim Cook stepped down as CEO and was succeeded by John Ternus, formerly head of hardware engineering, veteran Phil Schiller...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Commentary: CXMT's HBM3E leap gives China's AI chipmakers a new path to scale
China's leading DRAM maker CXMT has reportedly begun small-volume production of HBM3E, a step that could ease one of the most important hardware constraints on China's domestic AI...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Nvidia and MediaTek link AI technologies in bid to accelerate custom data center chip adoption
Nvidia and MediaTek are widening a global AI partnership that could reshape data center, edge, and PC hardware markets. MediaTek's US$3.9 billion overseas convertible bond sale, largely...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
OpenAI compresses Jalapeno design to 9 months
OpenAI unveiled performance results for its in-house AI chip Jalapeno at Hot Chips 2026 ahead of Nvidia's latest earnings report, underscoring not whether it can beat GB200 or GB300,...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
AI Macs, Part 2: Mac mini, Mac Studio gain enterprise AI ground; Apple still lacks the platform
Apple's AI hardware momentum is forcing an enterprise question it did not plan for. Mac mini and Mac Studio are increasingly being used as local AI infrastructure, but Apple's business...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
John Ternus takes over an Apple with one growth engine, no obvious second
John Ternus becomes Apple's chief executive on September 1 with comfortable near-term numbers and an uncomfortable medium-term question. Apple's June quarter was a record. Its largest...
Monday 31 August 2026
US weighs limits on China's access to chips in overseas data centers
US restrictions on China's access to advanced computing could expand beyond physical chip shipments to the remote use of computing resources, potentially increasing compliance requirements...
Monday 31 August 2026
AI smart glasses race heats up as MEMS enable wearability
Once mocked as "computers on the nose bridge," AI smart glasses have long suffered from a trade-off between advanced AI capabilities and lightweight comfort. However, this race is...
Monday 31 August 2026
France draws Taiwanese investment projects worth EUR7.5 billion
Taiwanese investment projects announced or under implementation in France are worth about EUR7.5 billion (approx. US$8.7 billion), according to the French Office in Taipei, led by...
Saturday 29 August 2026
Qualcomm's HBC play pulls Samsung and SK hynix into a new race beyond HBM
The AI infrastructure race has spent the past few years fixated on high-bandwidth memory as one of the most indispensable building blocks of accelerated compute. Yet as model sizes,...
Friday 28 August 2026
Anthropic sets sights on custom hardware to fuel AI ambitions, reportedly eyed $7B MatX deal
In an effort to accelerate its custom silicon initiative and curb reliance on external hardware suppliers, artificial intelligence developer Anthropic held discussions to acquire AI...
Friday 28 August 2026
Anthropic opens research preview of hardware standard for AI agents
A new hardware standard could make it easier for AI agents to operate laboratory and factory equipment across borders and industries. Anthropic says its Model Hardware Standard aims...
Friday 28 August 2026
Renesas opens physical AI, robotics lab in Beijing
Renesas Electronics has opened a physical AI and robotics lab in Beijing, a move that could speed the development of safer, smarter machines for factories, logistics, and homes worldwide...