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Friday 8 May 2026

Foxconn bets on Poland as its European EV beachhead, partnering with state-owned EMP

Foxconn announced a strategic partnership with ElectroMobility Poland S.A. (EMP), a Polish state-owned enterprise, to jointly evaluate building an electric vehicle manufacturing and...

Friday 8 May 2026

Shenmao rides the AI infrastructure boom to record revenue growth

Taiwanese solder materials manufacturer Shenmao Technology said surging demand from the artificial-intelligence server supply chain, coupled with expanding shipments to Southeast Asia...

Friday 8 May 2026

Analysis: Samsung's China appliance exit signals Chinese brands' upmarket march

Samsung Electronics remains one of the global capital market's major beneficiaries of the AI memory boom, with its market value briefly surpassing US$1 trillion in May. Yet another...

Friday 8 May 2026

Google launches Fitbit Air, a screenless tracker at $99 targeting mass-market wearables

Google has unveiled the Fitbit Air, a screenless wrist-worn health tracker positioned as the most affordable and lightweight device in the Fitbit lineup, available for pre-order at...

Friday 8 May 2026

Anpec plans midyear 15% price hike to protect PMIC margins

Taiwan power management IC (PMIC) maker Anpec Electronics recently said its 2026 growth momentum will mainly rely on demand in non-PC applications to offset declines in PC-related...

Friday 8 May 2026

AI-driven capital spending by hyperscalers reshapes global EMS competition and supply chain strategy

Hyperscaler AI capital spending is rapidly reshaping global EMS and ODM strategies, driving firms like Luxshare to pivot from smartphones toward AI infrastructure opportunities, while...

Friday 8 May 2026

Chenbro Micom sees strong second-half 2026 server demand as AI build-out continues

Chenbro Micom said demand driven by AI deployments remained clear for the second quarter and the second half of 2026 as the company accelerated localization of manufacturing and operations...

Friday 8 May 2026

Memory shortages choke AI storage orders, says Hitachi Vantara

AI-driven demand is turning storage into one of the hottest segments in enterprise infrastructure, but tightening memory supply and rising...

Friday 8 May 2026

Power Win builds lithium battery circular economy with SEA push

Power Win said it is expanding its lithium battery recycling business as demand from energy storage and electric vehicles (EVs) surges and geopolitical tensions elevate scarce metals...

Friday 8 May 2026

PlayNitride pivots to MicroLED optical interconnects as Samsung TV strategy shifts

MicroLED applications are expanding across automotive, wearable, and display markets, but the sector is facing mounting pressure. Following...

Friday 8 May 2026

Column: The sim-to-real problem—why robots that pass every test still fail on the floor

Simulators are robotics' most seductive shortcut. Spin up a virtual environment, generate millions of training trajectories at near-zero cost, tune the weather, reposition the obstacles,...

Thursday 7 May 2026

MediaTek opens AI R&D data center in Taiwan with Nvidia DGX SuperPOD

MediaTek announced the opening of a new research and development data center at the Tongluo Science Park in Miaoli, Taiwan, aimed at supporting growing demand for edge AI and cloud...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Gemtek sees no end to high-end optical demand, 1.6T mass production set for 4Q26

Network equipment maker Gemtek Technology, following the launch of its 800G linear-drive pluggable optics (LPO) optical module in 2025, announced on April 6 that it has successfully...

Thursday 7 May 2026

Meta seeks to challenge Google, Amazon, and TikTok Shop with consumer AI agents

Meta is reportedly developing AI agents for consumer use, including an agentic shopping tool for Instagram and an OpenClaw-like agent known within the company as "Hatch". The efforts...

Thursday 7 May 2026

SpaceX targets AI chip independence with US$119 billion Texas Terafab

Elon Musk is rapidly expanding his ambitions beyond rockets and electric vehicles (EVs), positioning SpaceX at the center of a vertically integrated artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure...

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