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Wednesday 20 May 2026
Interview: Governments are losing the AI cybersecurity race, and Palo Alto Networks thinks it has the answer
Governments are losing the race against AI. That is the blunt assessment of Nicole Quinn, vice president of policy and government affairs for Asia-Pacific at Palo Alto Networks. Policy...
Friday 15 May 2026
Interview: The 6G clock is ticking — and Ericsson wants Taiwan in its corner
The global mobile standards race has moved into the 6G prelude, with Ericsson saying the first fully implementable 6G specification is expected as early as March 2029. In an exclusive...
Tuesday 12 May 2026
Interview: Cyient Semiconductors CEO on Kinetic acquisition — why power is the new compute bottleneck
As the semiconductor industry grapples with the growing energy demands of artificial intelligence, Cyient Semiconductors is repositioning itself away from being a primarily semiconductor...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
SignalPro positions itself as 'translator' to enter AI sensing sector, builds own AI data center as model refinery
Amid the rapid advancement of generative AI and the simultaneous rise of autonomous vehicles and robotics, industry competition is shifting away from pure computing power and hardware...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Texas Instruments executive discusses high-voltage power architecture for AI data centers
Texas Instruments (TI) plans to showcase its 800V power architecture-based AI data center solutions at Computex 2026, featuring applications in humanoid robots, automotive, and edge...
Thursday 23 April 2026
Interview: Seiko Epson outlines engineered future vision for 2035 amid geopolitical challenges
Amid volatile geopolitical tensions affecting Japan's components, manufacturing, and end-user sectors, Seiko Epson unveiled its Engineered Future 2035 long-term vision. The plan aims...
Wednesday 22 April 2026
Interview: How a Taiwanese startup convinced Tesla to open up its energy storage system
A green energy startup from Taiwan is heading to Silicon Valley with an unconventional argument: the most valuable layer in the energy transition may not be more solar panels, but...
Friday 17 April 2026
Interview: AI compute startup TBC details biological computing platform linking living neurons and machine learning
In an era where AI systems are rapidly scaling beyond the limits of traditional silicon, new experimental companies are beginning to question what "compute" itself should look like...
Friday 17 April 2026
Interview: Semidynamics expands from SoC to rack-level solutions, targeting memory-intensive AI inference
Spain-based AI chip startup Semidynamics has recently seen a wave of positive developments. Its first chip, fabricated on TSMC's 3nm process, has successfully completed tape-out, and...
Tuesday 14 April 2026
Exclusive: Edge AI inference set for 10x growth; Nokia, Blaize advance hybrid AI compute
As generative AI demand shifts from centralized cloud training to edge inference, Nokia and AI chip startup Blaize have expanded their partnership in Singapore, unveiling a full-stack...
Monday 13 April 2026
Interview: AI compute expands into space, Ramon.Space and Ingrasys team up for 2027 commercial deployment
As demand for AI computing continues to surge, terrestrial data centers are facing mounting constraints in power supply, thermal management, and land availability. As a result, the...
Tuesday 7 April 2026
Interview: Agentic AI is creating a new frontier of cybersecurity risks
AI agents and their high-powered capabilities are creating a new category of cybersecurity threats among enterprises using them, from accidental data breaches to bad actors breaking...
Thursday 2 April 2026
Interview: How Europe's two-year AI lag is becoming a security liability
While North America and Asia race to deploy "physics-bending" AI hardware, Europe has opted for a "wait-and-see" approach, shielded by thick layers of regulation. In a DIGITIMES...
Thursday 26 March 2026
Alibaba‑backed Tripo AI draws investor confidence, led by exec from Minimax
Tripo AI, founded in 2023, is rapidly emerging in AI-driven 3D content creation, turning text prompts or 2D images into production-ready 3D models in seconds. Backed by major investors...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Interview: The quantum clock is ticking — here's which industries need to move now
Enterprises have a 2035 deadline. That is when the US government expects companies to have completed their migration to post-quantum cryptography — a safeguard against the encryption-breaking...