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Thursday 22 January 2026

AMI Labs in talks for EUR3 billion valuation in effort to challenge dominant AI models

AMI Labs, an AI startup founded by former Meta scientist Yann LeCun, is negotiating a funding round that could value the company at around EUR3 billion (approx. US$3.52 billion). The...

Thursday 22 January 2026

OpenAI and ServiceNow partner to embed AI models and agents into enterprise workflows

OpenAI and enterprise software firm ServiceNow have forged a partnership to integrate advanced AI models and agents into ServiceNow's corporate workflows, enhancing capabilities in...

Thursday 22 January 2026

AI PC battle heats up as Nvidia and MediaTek join forces

Despite uncertain macroeconomic trends and rising memory prices with constrained supply, PC brands, suppliers, and research firms remain pessimistic about 2026 PC demand. However,...

Thursday 22 January 2026

MFTBC, Foxconn to form joint venture for e-bus manufacturing

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), a major Japanese commercial vehicle maker, has announced to establish a joint venture...

Thursday 22 January 2026

Nvidia overtakes Apple as TSMC's largest customer

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said rising demand for AI computing has pushed the company past Apple to become the largest customer of Taiwan...

Thursday 22 January 2026

Humanoid robot installations rise sharply in 2025, Chinese firms lead market ahead of Tesla

The humanoid robot industry experienced notable commercial growth in 2025, with an annual increase of 16,000 new units installed worldwide, according to reports from multiple research...

Thursday 22 January 2026

GlobalWafers chair sees Taiwan's semiconductor edge, says AI is irreversible

On January 21, 2026, GlobalWafers chairwoman Doris Hsu spoke to the media about the recent US-Taiwan tariff agreement, which lowers Taiwan's reciprocal tariffs to 15% without stacking...

Thursday 22 January 2026

Mercedes-Benz scales back L3 autonomy as AI reshapes the auto industry

Despite the debut of the Alpamayo self-driving AI architecture by Nvidia at CES 2026, Mercedes-Benz, the earliest adoptor of the architecture,...

Thursday 22 January 2026

EMS watch: Celestica and Flex double down on platform-led data center builds; Sanmina and Jabil expand through M&A and diversified portfolios

Electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers are sharpening their competitive positions around AI-era infrastructure, shifting attention from cyclical end markets to longer-cycle...

Thursday 22 January 2026

EMS watch: Chinese EMS champions reshape their playbooks around AI hardware, autos, and global delivery

A cluster of China's leading electronics manufacturers and component suppliers is entering the new year with a clearer division of labor across the AI device wave, automotive electrification,...

Thursday 22 January 2026

Taiwan advances second-phase quantum strategy, betting on hybrid computing and global partnerships

Taiwan's government is moving its quantum technology development program into a second phase, centered on building a national-level heterogeneous hybrid computing platform that integrates...

Thursday 22 January 2026

PSMC to upgrade DRAM processes as demand strengthens

Following its announcement to sell the Tongluo fab to Micron Technology, Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) provided an update...

Thursday 22 January 2026

EMS watch: Taiwanese EMS/ODMs dominate global rankings as 2025 revenue set to surge, DIGITIMES estimates

Taiwanese electronics manufacturing services (EMS) and original design manufacturing (ODM) companies continue to dominate the global industry, with combined revenues of the world's...

Thursday 22 January 2026

TYC expands presence in automotive supply chain with US manufacturing push

TYC Brother Industrial, with 40 years of global experience in the automotive supply chain, is expanding its manufacturing operations to the US, signaling a strategic shift amid evolving...

Thursday 22 January 2026

Cloud ASIC shipments set to surge in 2026; memory capacity remains key risk

2026 is shaping up as a breakout year for cloud application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) shipments. Not only has Broadcom secured mass production projects with multiple major...

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