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Friday 29 May 2026
From cloud to factory floor: KETI outlines four directions shaping next-gen physical AI chips
As AI moves from cloud environments into factories and physical systems, semiconductor design is being reshaped by new demands in speed, energy efficiency, and on-site learning. At...
Friday 29 May 2026
Taiwan auto parts makers look to capitalize on US tariff cuts
The US government will formally announce reduced tariffs for non-semiconductor Section 232 products, to be applied retroactively starting from May 1, 2026, according to a notice published...
Friday 29 May 2026
Taiwan turns to AI and drones as defense demand rises
Former US Pacific Army commander Charles Flynn led a defense and aerospace industry delegation to Taiwan and attended the 2026 Taiwan-US Defense Industry Forum organized by the Taiwan...
Friday 29 May 2026
Anthropic reaches US$965B valuation, placing it ahead of OpenAI
Anthropic's post-money valuation has reached US$965 billion after its newest funding round, more than doubling its value since February 2026 and putting it past its rival ChatGPT as...
Friday 29 May 2026
Foxconn shifts gears from electronics maker to physical-industries powerhouse
Foxconn chairman Young Liu said the company is accelerating its move into electric vehicles, robotics, and smart cities, arguing that these businesses will drive its next phase of...
Friday 29 May 2026
Wiwynn sees widening AI infrastructure bottlenecks beyond memory chips
Wiwynn Technology, a major server manufacturer for AI infrastructure, warned that shortages are emerging across a range of data-center components beyond memory, a shift that could...
Friday 29 May 2026
Wistron says AI market could expand more than tenfold, pledges GPU hours to academia and startups
Wistron told shareholders on May 29 that it expects artificial intelligence to be in the early stages of growth and could expand to more than 10 times its current scale, potentially...
Friday 29 May 2026
Pegatron expects tenfold growth in AI servers, defines four key business models
Pegatron held its shareholders meeting on May 28, where market attention focused on the company's new artificial intelligence (AI) server business. The company's co-CEOs, Kuang-Chih...
Friday 29 May 2026
India's C2i Semiconductors tapes out AI power chip as investors back scaling of data center power technology
C2i Semiconductors has advanced its power management technology with the tape-out of a chip designed for AI infrastructure, while also securing fresh venture backing to expand development...
Friday 29 May 2026
Apple doubles down on Siri and edge AI to close GenAI gap
Apple is set to unveil its biggest Siri overhaul in nearly 15 years at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 8, 2026, as the company seeks to narrow the gap with rivals...
Friday 29 May 2026
Big tech goes all-in on AI — but the next gen has reservations
This graduation season, high-profile tech elites speaking at ceremonies celebrating the AI revolution have not been met with polite applause, but with hostility.
Friday 29 May 2026
Foxconn tops 40% AI server share, CPO leadership in sight
Foxconn said its AI server business is scaling rapidly as global cloud spending rises and demand for computing infrastructure spreads worldwide. Chairman Young Liu said the company...
Friday 29 May 2026
Nvidia's Vietnam hiring signals push into high-end AI server manufacturing alongside expanding Taiwan ODMs
Nvidia's expanding recruitment activity in Vietnam signals a potential shift in the country's role within advanced AI infrastructure manufacturing, as Taiwanese server and EMS players...
Friday 29 May 2026
AWS lands US$6 billion Snowflake deal as AI shift brings CPUs into chip battleground
Amazon Web Services (AWS) won a US$6 billion AI infrastructure agreement with Snowflake, announcing expanded deployment of its in-house Graviton CPUs and AI compute capacity as cloud...
Friday 29 May 2026
Dell posts record results and lifts full-year outlook on AI demand
Dell reported a record first quarter for fiscal 2027, with revenue rising 88% to US$43.8 billion and diluted earnings per share climbing 214% to US$4.86. The company said demand was...