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Friday 24 July 2026
AMD advances telecom AI with AT&T and Microsoft
AMD unveiled a next-generation open-source telecom large language model (LLM), OTel 2.0, with AT&T and Microsoft at its Advancing AI 2026 conference, completing a training pipeline of more than 1 trillion tokens. AT&T used AMD Instinct GPUs and Microsoft Azure Foundry compute for post-training, pushing the Open Telco AI initiative from proof of concept toward commercial deployment.
Friday 24 July 2026
AMD launches ROCm.ai to accelerate agentic AI development, reporting up to 3.3x inference gains
Alongside its expanding AI hardware portfolio, AMD is stepping up efforts to strengthen its AI software ecosystem in a bid to challenge NVIDIA's CUDA dominance. At its Advancing AI 2026 event, the company unveiled ROCm.ai, a new AI-native development platform that integrates AI coding assistants, deployment tools, and automated optimization capabilities to simplify AI application development and accelerate model deployment on AMD hardware.
Friday 24 July 2026
AMD says AI shift to inference and agents will reshape data centers
AMD said the artificial intelligence boom is entering a new phase that will force a major redesign of data centers, as demand shifts from model training toward inference, AI agents, and physical AI. At its Advancing AI 2026 event, the company introduced new server, accelerator, and rack-scale products to power the next generation of AI infrastructure.
Friday 24 July 2026
US moves to curb Chinese humanoid robots, opening a new front in the AI rivalry

Washington is opening a new front in its technology contest with China, moving beyond chips and artificial intelligence models to target humanoid robots and other autonomous systems over national security and data privacy concerns.

Friday 24 July 2026
AMD Advancing AI 2026: Gorgon Halo brings 300-billion-parameter models to local AI with Cisco governance
Agentic AI is spreading rapidly across personal computers and enterprise endpoints, prompting AMD to expand its local AI strategy with a new platform capable of running significantly larger models on-device.
Friday 24 July 2026
AMD redraws server chip strategy as AI workloads evolve
AMD has launched its sixth-generation EPYC Venice server processor as the foundation of its next-generation AI data center platform, while CEO Lisa Su said the company is reshaping its roadmap for a world where AI workloads are spreading from training models to enterprise agents. The shift matters globally because it signals that data centers may need more balanced upgrades to CPU, GPUs, and networking.
Friday 24 July 2026
Stripe reportedly eyes OpenRouter in potential US$10B AI infrastructure deal

Stripe is in talks to acquire AI model-routing startup OpenRouter in a deal that could value the company at around US$10 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited people familiar with the matter. The report said an agreement could be announced soon, although negotiations could still collapse or another bidder could emerge. The acquisition would significantly expand Stripe's ambitions beyond payments into AI infrastructure.

Friday 24 July 2026
AMD's latest 2nm-EPYC rollout signals broader role for CPUs in the AI data center
AMD unveiled its sixth-generation EPYC 9006 server processors, widening its push into AI data centers with chips designed for agentic AI, cloud computing, enterprise workloads, and high-performance computing. The launch suggests CPUs may continue to gain importance even as much of the market remains focused on GPUs.
Friday 24 July 2026
AMD sees AI demand broadening beyond chips, as Helios ramps toward shipment
AMD CEO Lisa Su said demand from cloud service providers and enterprise customers continued to climb rapidly, reinforcing AMD's view that the artificial intelligence (AI) market still has substantial room to grow. The CEO said AI adoption is now moving beyond efficiency gains and into new products, services, and business models.
Friday 24 July 2026
AMD unveils Helios rack-scale AI platform to target hyperscale buildouts
AMD has formally introduced Helios, a next-generation rack-scale AI infrastructure platform designed for the fast-growing market of global AI factories and hyperscale data centers. The system is designed to boost compute density, lower deployment complexity, and offer an open alternative to competing rack-scale architectures for training and inference worldwide.
Friday 24 July 2026
AMD splits next-generation data center GPUs for specialized AI demand
AMD unveiled its Instinct MI400 series at its Advancing AI 2026 conference, broadening its push into data center chips with products aimed at different users. For global readers, the move signals how AI infrastructure is becoming more specialized, with implications for cloud builders, governments, researchers, and supercomputing operators worldwide.
Friday 24 July 2026
Taiwan turns to AI and robotics to build senior-tech industry for super-aged era
Taiwan is turning to artificial intelligence, robotics and connected-care systems to manage one of the world's fastest demographic transitions, while seeking to turn the challenge into a new growth industry.
Friday 24 July 2026
Wistron says growth is strong, but transformation remains incomplete
Wistron said its revenue and profit continue to rise, and its global manufacturing platform is opening new growth avenues for readers watching the electronics, AI, and industrial supply chains. The Taiwan-based company is pushing into higher-margin businesses while demand remains strong across key markets worldwide.
Friday 24 July 2026
Chinese AI labs close gap with Anthropic after Claude Code leak
A springtime source-code exposure reframed the AI race around "harness" and memory engineering rather than raw model scale — and a wave of Chinese models built around exactly those ideas has since arrived within striking distance of Anthropic's flagship.
Friday 24 July 2026
Kimi K3 under fire, part 3: China's AI industry questions success story
Chinese officials have embraced Kimi K3 as evidence of indigenous innovation and a maturing open-model ecosystem. Some Chinese developers and technology commentators are far less convinced.
Friday 24 July 2026
OpenAI compute spending to reportedly rise from US$600B to US$750B
OpenAI has increased its projected spending on compute from US$600 billion to US$750 billion by 2030. The 25% increase is meant to give its models an edge during a time of intense competition for compute power, although some worry about that the start-up's investments are oversized.
Friday 24 July 2026
Apple prepares sweeping Mac refresh, betting on AI-driven demand
Apple is gearing up for a broad update to its entire Mac lineup, aiming to ride the wave of demand for high-performance computers driven by AI. New versions of nearly every Mac model are expected to roll out between this fall and next year.
Friday 24 July 2026
DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng says China trails US AI by up to 18 months, with compute the decisive gap
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng says China's AI industry trails the US by six to 18 months mainly because of limited computing power, not talent.
Friday 24 July 2026
Alibaba Cloud founder: next-gen foundation models need scientific data

For the past three years, large language model (LLM) development has moved along the same track: models have gotten bigger, parameter counts have climbed, reasoning has improved, AI agents have matured, and long-context windows have kept breaking records. The industry's debate has also centered on model capability, computing scale, and how far the field is from artificial general intelligence (AGI).

Friday 24 July 2026
Analysis: Why Nvidia is betting Japan's manufacturing data will power physical AI

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's whirlwind visit to Japan in mid-July extended well beyond product announcements and public appearances. Alongside a joint event with gaming giant Sega Corporation, Huang used the trip to promote what he has repeatedly described as Nvidia's next major AI frontier—physical AI—sparking renewed discussion across Japan's industrial sector about the country's role in the emerging technology.

Friday 24 July 2026
German automakers reset strategy with AI, powertrain, and alliances

Volkswagen, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz are reshaping their growth strategies as the global auto market enters a low-growth era, with profitability under pressure and EV demand slowing. Instead of chasing volume, the three German automakers are focusing on multi-powertrain platforms, deeper AI integration, and cross-border partnerships.

Friday 24 July 2026
Global Tek expands into AI liquid cooling and robotics to drive second-half growth
Global Tek Industrial said on July 20 that it is moving deeper into AI liquid cooling, humanoid robots and aerospace as it targets stronger operating momentum in the second half of 2026. The Taiwan-based industrial supplier said those three segments are becoming its next growth engines as it works to lift revenue and broaden its customer base.
Friday 24 July 2026
TEEMA advances Mexico science park plan as Sonora offers visa and policy support
The Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (TEEMA) moved its event promoting investment in science parks forward on July 21 in Taipei, with Mexico's Sonora state emerging as a key focus. The gathering highlighted new support from Sonora officials and fresh details on TEEMA's "Science Park 3.0" plan, giving Taiwanese companies a clearer view of the proposed overseas base.
Thursday 23 July 2026
Samsung creates CEO-led robotics unit to speed commercialization

Samsung Electronics has created a robotics business unit reporting directly to its chief executive, bringing strategy, technology development, data collection and factory deployment into a more integrated structure as the company moves humanoid robots closer to commercialization.