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Thursday 25 June 2026

SambaNova targets US$10B valuation as demand rises for cheaper AI inference

AI chipmaker SambaNova could raise between US$800 million and US$1 billion in a new funding round, according to its executive chairman and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan. This would raise SambaNova's...

Thursday 25 June 2026

IC design firms race to secure packaging capacity

IC design firms are scrambling to expand their partner networks as tight packaging and testing capacity remain the most pressing bottleneck in the supply chain. Companies in Taiwan,...

Thursday 25 June 2026

Nvidia's Huang puts national security first as he touts an AI factory boom at the annual meeting

At Nvidia's June 25 annual shareholder meeting, CEO Jensen Huang declared that national security "comes first" wherever it conflicts with commercial opportunity, pledging full compliance...

Thursday 25 June 2026

MediaTek, Google reportedly deepen ASIC ties as SerDes race hits 448G

MediaTek is reportedly strengthening its partnership with Google in ASICs, a move that could increase the scale of future orders and carry implications for AI infrastructure worldwide...

Thursday 25 June 2026

Qualcomm integrates Dragonfly data center systems into expanded Hugging Face AI partnership

Qualcomm Technologies is expanding its partnership with Hugging Face to bring open AI tools from devices to cloud infrastructure, a move that could affect developers and enterprises...

Thursday 25 June 2026

OpenAI debuts Broadcom-designed, TSMC-built inference chip as model makers diversify silicon

OpenAI on June 24 unveiled "Jalapeño," its first in-house AI accelerator, co-developed with Broadcom and manufactured by TSMC — the clearest sign yet that leading model...

Thursday 25 June 2026

Qualcomm pushes into data center chips with Dragonfly lineup and Meta deal, taking aim at Nvidia

Qualcomm used its June 24 investor day to unveil a data center chip portfolio and a multi-generation CPU agreement with Meta, a strategic bid to diversify beyond a shrinking smartphone...

Thursday 25 June 2026

Nvidia and AWS deepen push to simplify AI infrastructure at scale

Nvidia and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are expanding tools that could make it easier for companies worldwide to build and run large-scale AI systems. The changes aim to improve speed,...

Wednesday 24 June 2026

China's LineShine supercomputer tops TOP500, but AI lead remains unclear

China's LineShine supercomputer debuted at No. 1 on the June 2026 TOP500 list, announced at the ISC 2026 conference in Hamburg, becoming...

Wednesday 24 June 2026

Qualcomm, ByteDance talks signal new phase in China AI chip diversification

Qualcomm's reported talks to provide custom chip-design services to TikTok owner ByteDance show how China's AI chip supply chain is moving beyond a simple Nvidia replacement story.

Wednesday 24 June 2026

MediaTek-Global Unichip tie-up talk puts TSMC's AI ASIC ecosystem on watch

Cloud service providers are accelerating in-house AI chip development, lifting demand for application-specific integrated circuits, or ASICs, and reshaping collaboration across the...

Wednesday 24 June 2026

AI supply chain boom fuels Taiwan's investment, exports as GDP growth tops 10% outlook

Taiwan's economy is expected to maintain strong momentum through the second half of 2026, supported by accelerating AI-related investment, resilient exports, and robust demand across...

Wednesday 24 June 2026

Samsung eyes Galaxy Ultra for 2nm Exynos 2700

Samsung Electronics' System LSI division is pressing its mobile business to expand adoption of the in-house Exynos 2700 processor beyond...

Wednesday 24 June 2026

Cerebras leans on OpenAI and AWS as anchor customers, raising questions about concentration

Cerebras Systems' first public quarter highlighted its dependence on a small set of large partners — OpenAI and AWS anchor the business — even as management declined on...

Wednesday 24 June 2026

AI server demand drives Taiwan PCB output toward NT$256.1B in 2Q26

Strong demand for AI servers is driving higher shipments of advanced printed circuit board (PCB) products in Taiwan, but it is also tightening supply of key materials and resources,...

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