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Tuesday 26 May 2026
Darfon Electronics invests in AI cooling systems maker GrAndvance
As demand for high-performance computing continues to rise, thermal management has emerged as one of the most critical constraints on server performance. Liquid cooling systems, once a niche solution, are rapidly moving into the mainstream. At the center of that shift is the coolant distribution unit ( CDU), which has become a strategic component as major suppliers race to secure positions in the liquid cooling supply chain.
Tuesday 26 May 2026
Let there be limits—Pope Leo invokes scripture on AI's moral peril, Anthropic in tow
Pope Leo XIV released a major document on May 25, warning about the dangers of AI, from autonomous weapons to what he claims is its relation to "new forms of slavery" arising from the industry. An unexpected attendee of the pope's Vatican event announcing the document's release was Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah, a presence that signals the AI developer's relationship with the Catholic Church as it seeks to bolster its image as an AI company concerned with ethics.
Tuesday 26 May 2026
Wonderful Hi-Tech sees rising demand from low-orbit satellites and AI data centers
At its annual shareholders' meeting on May 25, Ringo Chang, chairman of Wonderful Hi-Tech, said the cable and connectivity supplier expects revenue growth to resume in 2026, with profit growth outpacing sales expansion.
Tuesday 26 May 2026
Huawei Tau Law series 1: How China's chip industry is pivoting beyond Moore's Law
When Huawei unveiled its "Tau (τ) Scaling Law" at ISCAS 2026 in Shanghai, the announcement signalled more than another chip architecture update. It marked China's most ambitious attempt yet to redefine how semiconductor performance is measured in the post-Moore era.
Tuesday 26 May 2026
Kinpo Electronics pushes beyond manufacturing with AI servers, satellite systems, and quantum computing
At its annual shareholders' meeting on Sunday, Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Kinpo Electronics provided new details on its transition toward higher-value ODM businesses, alongside updates on AI server racks, satellite communications systems, and emerging investments in quantum computing.
Tuesday 26 May 2026
Wiwynn expands US capacity as AI server boom strains power and supply chains

Taiwan-based AI server maker Wiwynn is accelerating its global expansion as surging demand for AI infrastructure creates mounting pressure on power supply, production capacity, and critical component availability.

Tuesday 26 May 2026
AMD and Nvidia deepen investments in Taiwan semiconductor ecosystem

When AMD CEO Lisa Su arrived in Taiwan on May 20, she announced plans to invest more than US$10 billion with local supply-chain partners and the island's broader semiconductor ecosystem. The goal, she said, was to help secure a long-term supply of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips.

Tuesday 26 May 2026
China pushes homegrown AI stack with local chips, LLMs

Following the conclusion of the Trump-Xi meeting and amid continued delays in China approving imports of Nvidia H20 GPUs, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on May 22 sent a strong policy signal on artificial intelligence (AI) self-sufficiency, explicitly calling for greater efforts to pair domestic large language models with domestically developed computing chips.

Tuesday 26 May 2026
Holy Stone Enterprise says AI power surge will deepen global MLCC shortages
Holy Stone Enterprise warns that AI-driven power upgrades are creating global shortages and record demand for multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs), with lead times beyond 20 weeks and tighter supply expected through 2027. The developments could reshape supply chains for servers, data centers, and high-power consumer electronics worldwide, and accelerate global investment in components.
Tuesday 26 May 2026
Lightmatter joins TSMC on COUPE for 3D optical engines
AI computing's massive demand for infrastructure is making interconnect and laser technologies key to overcoming power and bandwidth limits, prompting silicon photonics unicorn Lightmatter to unveil its latest laser product, Guide DR. To advance its 3D-stacked silicon photonics engine, Lightmatter is also working closely with TSMC using its Compact Universal Photonic Engine (COUPE) platform.
Tuesday 26 May 2026
NTT updates tsuzumi 2 to read charts and boost numerical reasoning
NTT updated its lightweight Japanese large language model, tsuzumi 2, to better understand charts, graphs, and other visuals in business documents, thereby strengthening numerical and logical reasoning. The change is aimed at on-premises and private-cloud deployments that handle sensitive data, with implications for multinational firms and organizations that need secure, accurate Japanese document processing.
Tuesday 26 May 2026
Recharge Power to list and partner with J&V to pursue millisecond-response storage for AI data centers
J&V Energy Technology announced the launch of a subsidiary focused on supercomputing. It said its system-level energy storage unit, Recharge Power, will list on the emerging stock board on May 27 as the two firms target energy storage infrastructure for AI computing centers. The move responds to rising GPU power demands and aims to capture growth from the convergence of AI and energy in Taiwan and abroad.
Tuesday 26 May 2026
Inside China's humanoid robot boom: Price war, fractured supply chains
China's humanoid robot market is expanding rapidly, but intensifying price competition and growing concerns over product reliability are beginning to expose structural weaknesses across the supply chain.
Tuesday 26 May 2026
Analysis: Nvidia's Vera CPU opens new front in data center chip race

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is pushing the company deeper into the CPU market, betting that the rise of agentic AI will create a new growth engine beyond the GPUs that made Nvidia the dominant supplier of AI computing hardware.

Monday 25 May 2026
Beyond Silicon Valley: Lam Capital's startup contest goes global
Lam Research's Lam Capital recently held its fourth startup competition, drawing teams from the US, South Korea, Singapore, India, and Taiwan to vie for a sizeable prize pool. US startup Lightfinder won the top prize with a proposal centered on silicon photonics and intelligent software for a chip-scale spectrometer.
Monday 25 May 2026
Physical AI boosts edge demand, lifting IPC order visibility
According to market research firms, the global edge AI market is forecast to post a compound annual growth rate of 26% through 2032, while the overall edge computing market is expected to expand from US$131 billion to US$440 billion between 2023 and 2033, highlighting explosive growth potential and drawing in a wave of investment.
Monday 25 May 2026
CATL weighs stake in AI startup deepSeek

According to several people familiar with the matter, Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL), the world's largest maker of electric-vehicle (EV) batteries, is in talks to participate in a major financing round for the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek. The prospective investment highlights how China's AI boom is forging new alliances among technology firms, industrial companies, and energy providers, all competing to build the infrastructure required for the next generation of computing.

Monday 25 May 2026
Nvidia's reporting pivot and AMD's US$10B Taiwan bet signal a new frontier in AI chip war
Nvidia's structural pivot to isolate its ACIE market and AMD's US$10 billion investment in Taiwan infrastructure signal a profound realignment in the AI chip war. Both developments reflect a shared urgency to expand beyond traditional hyperscale clouds into the booming, highly lucrative global enterprise, industrial, and sovereign AI factory frontiers.
Monday 25 May 2026
Kawasaki opens Silicon Valley physical AI center, deepening Nvidia ties
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has opened the Kawasaki Physical AI Center in San Jose to accelerate real-world deployment of physical AI and strengthen Japan–US collaboration in AI and semiconductors. Located in Silicon Valley, the center aims to develop practical solutions in healthcare, mobility, and manufacturing through partnerships with leading global technology firms.
Monday 25 May 2026
Lam Research CEO: New fabs alone will not solve chip bottlenecks
Lam Research CEO Tim Archer said artificial intelligence and robotics can help chipmakers improve fab productivity as the semiconductor industry faces memory capacity constraints, chip-scaling limits, and growing demand for faster equipment delivery.
Monday 25 May 2026
Geopolitics and AI push US energy storage to record-breaking quarter
The US energy storage industry achieved its most successful first quarter of 2026 to date, driven by surging AI computing demands and growing concerns over fossil fuel reliability. According to the US Energy Storage Market Outlook (ESMO) second quarter 2026 report published by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, developers deployed 9.7 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of new storage capacity in the first quarter of 2026. This represents a 32% increase year-over-year, reflecting the sector's resilience within the domestic clean energy supply chain despite a strained political environment.
Monday 25 May 2026
China launches OpenHarmony robot OS for humanoids and AI robotics
China has unveiled what developers describe as the country's first robot operating system built on OpenHarmony, underscoring Beijing's broader push to establish a domestic software and hardware ecosystem for humanoid robots, industrial automation, and embodied AI systems.
Monday 25 May 2026
Interview: Low-cost Chinese AI servers are redrawing the global infrastructure map
Geopolitics and price are reshaping who builds the world's AI infrastructure. Across emerging markets in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America, governments and enterprises are increasingly turning to Chinese server makers as an affordable alternative to US-dominated tech ecosystems — driven partly by budget constraints and partly by a deliberate push to avoid dependence on any single power.
Monday 25 May 2026
Anthropic-Microsoft deal could broaden ASIC demand across cloud supply chains
Anthropic has reportedly approached Microsoft about renting AI computing power running on Microsoft's in-house chips to expand support for its Claude model business. The move is a positive sign for Microsoft and could generate momentum for the mass production of its recently unveiled Maia 200 chip, while ASIC players such as Global Unichip and Ethernet chip suppliers Marvell Technology and Broadcom also stand to benefit.
Monday 25 May 2026
AI data centers spark 800V HVDC rush for Taiwan lead frame suppliers

The shift toward 800V high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power architectures in AI data centers is driving a surge in demand for power semiconductors, boosting shipments for Taiwanese lead frame suppliers SDI Corporation and Jih Lin Technology and raising expectations for double-digit revenue growth in 2026.