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Tuesday 21 July 2026

Middlemen emerge as ASEAN's No. 2 AI compute buyers

In the AI computing race, Nvidia AI server chips remain red-hot, even as the US-China trade confrontation shows no sign of easing. Although Shopee and YTL Group are among the biggest...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

China's Z.ai reportedly powers up 1GW data center built entirely on domestic chips

Chinese AI developer Z.ai has completed a giant data center running exclusively on domestically made chips, a milestone in Beijing's...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

Phone prices to surge in 2H26 as low-end models fade

As the AI boom keeps memory shortages running hot, steep price hikes for smartphones in the second half of 2026 are coming into view...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

Taiwan launches AI- and IoT-powered smart heat protection network, starting with Tainan pilot

As climate change fuels increasingly severe heat waves, Taiwan is stepping up efforts to combat heat-related illness by integrating artificial intelligence (AI), IoT sensors and social...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

WAIC 2026 elevates the 'token factory' — why is China chasing cheap tokens over bigger models?

At the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, held July 17-20 across "three districts and four venues" with...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

TSMC weighs margin hit against long-term AI payoff in US push

TSMC has announced an additional US$100 billion investment in the US on top of its existing US$165 billion commitment, expanding its...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

Li Auto reportedly forms new Shanghai chip company to expand in-house semiconductor ambitions

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Li Auto has established a new subsidiary focused on IC chip design, underscoring its long-term strategy of developing core AI technologies in-ho...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

Tariffs, competition drag down top automakers' 1H26 sales

The world's biggest automakers are losing their long-held advantage as weaker demand, tariffs, and fierce competition reshape the market...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

Samsung consolidates robot teams and weighs standalone HX division

Samsung Electronics has started a broad reorganization of its robot operations, bringing scattered teams under one structure as humanoid robot competition shifts toward artificial...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

China's AI supernode race seeks systems edge through optics, packaging, and cloud scale

China's AI hardware race is shifting from individual accelerators to supernodes, optical interconnects, advanced packaging and cloud-scale...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

China's solar slump deepens, raising warning signs for energy storage and electric vehicles

China's solar industry is still trapped in a painful shakeout after three straight years of losses across much of the supply chain, according to first-half reports from leading companies...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

Microsoft expands Azure partnership with AMD ahead of Helios AI system launch

Microsoft has expanded its strategic partnership with AMD, announcing plans to deploy the company's upcoming Helios rack-scale AI system...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

TaiSol expects server revenue to top 50% in 2H26, liquid cooling to exceed 25% for full year

As power consumption of artificial intelligence (AI) servers continues to rise, liquid cooling is rapidly evolving from an auxiliary solution into a standard feature at the rack and...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

Microsoft promotes AI sovereignty through local data, while Stanford warns on US jurisdiction

Microsoft has been positioning AI sovereignty as a way to prioritize local languages, culture and values in AI systems rather than build isolated national alternatives, according to...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

LGES accelerates sodium-ion battery plans while CATL secures early ESS lead

LG Energy Solution plans to establish a sodium-ion battery mother line at its Ochang Energy Plant in South Korea in 2026, seeking to narrow CATL's early commercial lead in energy storage...

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