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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...
Friday 28 August 2026
Taiwan's next biotech prescription: AI drug discovery, smart devices, biomedical chips
Taiwan is charting a new direction for its biomedical industry, drawing on its strengths in semiconductors, AI hardware, precision manufacturing and healthcare. AI-powered drug discovery,...
Friday 28 August 2026
Wah Lee targets 2Q27 ODM phase as robotics push moves beyond components
Wah Lee Industrial is targeting the second quarter of 2027 to move its Physical AI push into an ODM development phase, signaling an effort to capture more value beyond supplying materials,...
Friday 28 August 2026
US targets Singapore's Apex Logistics in widening probe into illicit Nvidia chip smuggling to China
Efforts to curb the illicit trade of advanced AI hardware to China have intensified following a series of indictments and probes targeting the supply chain.
Thursday 27 August 2026
Trump declares emergency over foreign grid equipment, likely eyeing Chinese power hardware
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 26 declaring a national emergency over the security of America's electrical grid. It restricts the purchase, import, and...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Rebellions targets 100-plus NPU racks as UK steps up chip spending
Rebellions is pursuing deployment of more than 100 NPU-based computing racks in the UK through a partnership with British AI infrastructure startup Callosum, giving the South Korean...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Malaysia's charging shortfall opens the door for Chinese hardware players
Southeast Asia's EV market is expected to reach US$23.58 billion by 2031, with a 2026-2031 CAGR of 31.55%. But Malaysia's charging infrastructure is falling well behind government...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Nvidia reportedly acquires Hugging Face for US$12.9 billion, tying open-source AI to chip dominance
Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for US$12.9 billion, giving the AI chipmaker control of one of the most widely used platforms for open-source models, datasets, and AI deployment...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Analysis: From Starlink to Starmind, Nvidia deal reveals SpaceX's blueprint for an orbital AI economy
The recent disclosure of SpaceX's partnership with Nvidia to deploy Vera CPUs as part of the architecture behind SpaceXAI's Starmind AI satellite was an outright showcase of where...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Analysis: Smartwatch demand set to outpace broader hardware market in 2026
Smartwatch shipments are expected to continue rising faster than broader IT hardware in 2026, even as smartphones and notebook PCs see weaker growth due to higher memory costs. For...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Record mid-2026 growth for WUS Printed Circuit and China's pivot to ultra-high-layer PCBs
The global hardware supply chain is undergoing a structural transformation, driven by an unprecedented surge in artificial intelligence infrastructure investment. "This shift has brought...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Cook's parting shot: Apple takes AI compute out of data centers
Apple took pre-orders on August 25 for a new Mac mini and Mac Studio. Both will ship on September 22. Prices of the Mac mini start at US$899 with the M6 chip, or $1,699 with the M5...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
Tesla senior chip engineer joins DensityAI as in-house plans face more strain
Tesla's senior director of AI hardware design, Shishuang Sun, joined DensityAI in July 2026, taking charge of packaging and system hardware development. The move came as Tesla continued...