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Monday 25 May 2026
India's electronics manufacturers seek higher-margin businesses as smartphone slowdown shrinks profits
India's electronics manufacturing industry, which has emerged as the world's second-largest mobile phone production hub after China, is facing growing pressure as slowing smartphone...
Monday 25 May 2026
AUO eyes MicroLED for short-range optical interconnects, potentially shifting data center wiring and power dynamics
MicroLED short-range optical interconnects are attracting global R&D investment for their low power consumption and high-speed modulation, and AUO has formed a supply-chain alliance...
Monday 25 May 2026
Anthropic-Microsoft deal could broaden ASIC demand across cloud supply chains
Anthropic has reportedly approached Microsoft about renting AI computing power running on Microsoft's in-house chips to expand support for its Claude model business. The move is a...
Monday 25 May 2026
Topco and Bloom Energy install Taiwan's first on-site SOFC low-carbon data center power system
Topco Energy Service, a Topco Group unit, and Bloom Energy installed a 2.6MW solid oxide fuel cell on-site power system at a Taiwan IC design firm's Miaoli data center, creating what...
Monday 25 May 2026
AI data centers spark 800V HVDC rush for Taiwan lead frame suppliers

The shift toward 800V high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power architectures in AI data centers is driving a surge in demand for power...

Monday 25 May 2026
DeepSeek makes 75% API discount permanent, intensifying global AI price war

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has permanently reduced the API pricing of its flagship DeepSeek-V4-Pro model to one-quarter of its original...

Monday 25 May 2026
Univacco sees steady 2026 sales growth from Poland plant, North America momentum
Univacco, which held its shareholders' meeting last week, said that 2025 was a challenging year for the global economy and its industry, with exchange-rate swings, geopolitical risks,...
Monday 25 May 2026
Weekly news roundup: TSMC faces its first real rivals; Agibot claims 100% success rate in factory deployment
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of May 18-24, 2026:
Monday 25 May 2026
Singapore launches physical AI testbed at Punggol Digital District
Singapore will launch a new testbed at the Punggol Digital District (PDD) later in 2026 to research, test, and deploy physical artificial intelligence (AI) systems, as the government...
Monday 25 May 2026
Manus eyes US$1 billion buyback after Beijing blocks Meta deal
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup Manus is reportedly evaluating a US$1 billion fundraising round to buy back control of the company from Meta Platforms, in response to...
Monday 25 May 2026
Nvidia, Intel, and AMD all in on AI: server supply chain faces shortage of orders, but does for three critical resources
Nvidia, AMD, and Intel are all optimistic about AI development. However, server supply chain companies admit that orders are no longer the issue. Instead, what is most lacking are...
Monday 25 May 2026
Global Electronics Policy Council formed to coordinate industry response to tariffs and export controls
The Global Electronics Association announced the formation of the Global Electronics Policy Council on Monday to centralize policy advocacy for the electronics supply chain in response...
Monday 25 May 2026
Taiwan to showcase Open Source Team Taiwan pavilion at COMPUTEX to highlight AI and industry collaboration
Open Source Team Taiwan will debut at COMPUTEX / InnoVEX 2026 as a government-backed pavilion showcasing how open-source frameworks underpin corporate product strategy, AI commercialization,...
Monday 25 May 2026
BenQ Materials secures US$190M loan to fund shift into medical, semiconductor and display materials
BenQ Materials, part of the BenQ Qisda Group, announced on May 22 that it completed a five-year syndicated loan of NT$6 billion (US$190.4 million) led by E.SUN Bank to refinance debt...
Monday 25 May 2026
Grok falters across government and enterprise as SpaceX pivots to lease idle compute
Elon Musk's AI startup xAI faced weak uptake for its chatbot Grok across US government, corporate, and consumer markets, and SpaceX moved to lease idle computing capacity to Anthropic...