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Wednesday 29 July 2026
Coretronic Intelligent Logistics plans AI logistics demo at AI Wave Show 2026
Coretronic Intelligent Logistics said generative AI and agentic AI technology are pushing smart logistics beyond process automation and toward autonomous decision-making. The company said it will present next-generation industrial AI applications under the theme "AI-driven smart logistics and manufacturing automation" at AI Wave Show 2026.
Wednesday 29 July 2026
Faraday lifts revenue on ASIC and MCU demand as AI delays push projects back
Faraday Technology reported stronger-than-expected second quarter 2026 results, with consolidated revenue rising to NT$3.31 billion and net profit reaching NT$200 million. The ASIC design services and silicon IP provider said the improvement came from higher volume production in ASIC and microcontroller (MCU) businesses, along with continued growth in intellectual property licensing.
Wednesday 29 July 2026
Aewin expands AMD EPYC 9006 server lineup for AI, storage and enterprise workloads

Aewin Technologies has introduced a four-product server lineup built around AMD's newly launched EPYC 9006 processor family, targeting AI, general-purpose computing and storage workloads. The launch comes as demand for server architectures continues to fragment across training, inference, enterprise IT and data storage use cases.

Wednesday 29 July 2026
Nvidia's Jensen Huang warns US officials about banning Chinese open-weight models

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang once again voiced his support for open-weight and open-source AI, a form of model that has caught official attention in Washington after the release of the powerful Kimi K3 model from Chinese startup Moonshot AI. His comments added another voice to the ongoing debate over closed-source versus open-source approaches as the US considers restrictions on Chinese AI.

Wednesday 29 July 2026
China's GenAI race shifts to open source ecosystems
The global GenAI race has remained intense, with major US players including Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and OpenAI investing heavily. But with Beijing-based startup Moonshot AI launching Kimi K3, a new large language model (LLM) with multimodal and long-context reasoning capabilities, along with the rapid rise of DeepSeek, Alibaba's Qwen, and Z.ai's GLM models, China is increasingly outlining a new competitive model centered on open-source AI ecosystems and large-scale commercial deployment.
Wednesday 29 July 2026
White House reportedly approaches final framework for reviewing frontier models
The US government is said to be close to creating a final version of a voluntary framework for evaluating AI companies' advanced models before they are released to the public. A finalized framework could clear up weeks of uncertainty, but for now many questions about it remain, such as the exact review process, what counts as a frontier model, and whether it is truly voluntary after all.
Wednesday 29 July 2026
Moonshot AI reportedly eyes more Nvidia Blackwell chips for Kimi K4 despite US export curbs

Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI is planning its next frontier model, Kimi K4, and is seeking additional access to Nvidia's advanced Blackwell GPUs despite US export restrictions intended to keep such chips out of China, according to The Information. The report says K4 would be significantly larger than the recently launched Kimi K3, underscoring the growing computing demands of China's leading AI developers.

Wednesday 29 July 2026
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 secures Day 0 support from Alibaba Cloud, Huawei Ascend

China's two major AI computing ecosystems moved quickly to support Kimi K3 after Moonshot AI released the large language model as open source.

Wednesday 29 July 2026
AI researchers urge international safeguards as industry pushes for mechanisms to slow frontier AI
More than 1,100 employees and executives from leading artificial intelligence companies have called for an international framework that could deliberately slow frontier AI development if risks outpace human oversight, highlighting a growing shift from voluntary safety commitments toward formal governance as increasingly capable AI systems raise cybersecurity and control concerns.
Wednesday 29 July 2026
TDK and LG Innotek form partnership on physical AI sensors
TDK and LG Innotek are joining forces to develop sensors for Physical AI, a move that could shape future robotics and automation products used worldwide. The collaboration combines optical, tactile, and motion technologies, with an early focus on humanoid robots and advanced sensing modules for broader global deployment.
Wednesday 29 July 2026
AI shift to inference boosts CPU server demand across the supply chain
The move from AI model training to inference is widening server demand beyond accelerators and easing margin pressure on hardware assemblers. For global readers, the shift signals a broader buildout in data centers, with implications for cloud costs, server makers, chip suppliers, and enterprise AI deployment worldwide.
Wednesday 29 July 2026
Commentary: Why China's 2026 tech breakthroughs are a generational harvest

Judging only by the news of summer 2026, China's technology sector appears to have entered an unusually concentrated period of breakthroughs.

Wednesday 29 July 2026
OpenAI plans to test first hardware device in South Korea
OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman has said that the company may use South Korea as a testbed for its first hardware device, widely believed to be a screenless speaker. However, it remains to be seen whether an ongoing court case brought on by Apple could influence the product's timeline.
Wednesday 29 July 2026
From Silicon Valley to Sicily: Samsung, SK chiefs take Korea's AI supply-chain pitch to Google Camp

A high-level technology gathering in Sicily, reportedly to be attended by the leaders of two of South Korea's largest semiconductor groups, Samsung Electronics and SK Group, is drawing attention to their expanding roles across the AI infrastructure stack.

Wednesday 29 July 2026
OpenAI expands Dublin hub with 250 jobs and larger office lease
OpenAI is expanding its European headquarters in Dublin, adding 250 jobs and leasing 8,000 square metres of office space as it scales operations across Europe. The move came as the company said demand from users, customers, and developers in the region continued to grow.
Wednesday 29 July 2026
Core Scientific and AMD joing forces to boost AI infrastructure

Core Scientific and AMD have announced a significant partnership to boost AI infrastructure and address the growing demand for artificial intelligence technologies. Under the agreement, AMD will gain access to more than 500 MW of US data center capacity starting in 2027, with the potential to scale up to 2.5 GW.

Wednesday 29 July 2026
AI, memory clients lock in long-term orders for Leading Technology
Leading Technology, the IC substrate arm of PCB giant Zhen Ding Technology Group, is pressing ahead with plans for a Hong Kong listing as AI and memory customers sign long-term supply deals that tie up Ajinomoto Build-Up Film (ABF) and bismaleimide triazine (BT) substrate capacity through 2028.
Wednesday 29 July 2026
China rejects US AI model theft claims, says American firms distill Chinese models too
China's Ministry of Commerce has rejected US allegations that Chinese artificial intelligence companies used model distillation to acquire capabilities from advanced US AI models, after American officials said they were considering investigations and possible sanctions over the alleged theft of US intellectual property.
Wednesday 29 July 2026
EU leaders prepare first dedicated AI summit as tech sovereignty gains urgency

The European Union is preparing to hold its first dedicated leaders' summit discussion on artificial intelligence before year-end, according to Politico. European Council President António Costa is planning to reserve one day at one of three meetings on Oct. 15, Nov. 13 or Dec. 17 for the agenda item, marking a rare standalone debate on digital technology at the bloc's highest political level.

Wednesday 29 July 2026
PwC says AI, scale are driving a new global M&A phase
PwC said on July 27 that global mergers and acquisitions are entering a new phase shaped by artificial intelligence, larger transactions, and capital reallocation. The firm expects global M&A deal value to reach US$4 trillion in 2026, up about 13% from the previous year, as money continues to move toward companies with scale advantages.
Wednesday 29 July 2026
SK Telecom bets on AI infrastructure to regain core status in SK Group
SK Telecom is moving to reposition itself as an AI infrastructure platform as it tries to recover its standing inside SK Group. The South Korean carrier's shift comes as domestic telecom growth slows, new ventures have underperformed, and security incidents have weakened its momentum.
Wednesday 29 July 2026
South Korea and AMD sign AI semiconductor pacts to build heterogeneous computing base
South Korea has signed two memorandums of understanding with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to strengthen its AI semiconductor ecosystem and accelerate heterogeneous computing infrastructure. The agreements, announced after meetings between South Korean science and ICT officials and AMD leadership, are aimed at supporting the country's push to build a national AI power base.
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Nvidia says smuggling is a 'nonstarter' as Taiwan arrests its employee in GB300 server scheme
A senior sales manager allegedly helped route GB300-equipped servers through Japan and Hong Kong over three years, in a scheme prosecutors value at up to $300 million
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Nvidia invests in Ilya Sutskever's SSI, providing access to Vera Rubin compute platform
Nvidia has made a strategic investment in Safe Superintelligence Inc. and announced a long-term partnership with the secretive AI lab founded by OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, giving SSI access to Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin systems and expanding its computing capacity by an order of magnitude.
Tuesday 28 July 2026
LG wins Nvidia certification for 600kW CDU and lands North America data center project
LG Electronics said on July 27 that its 600kW coolant distribution unit has received Nvidia certification after passing more than 100 standardized AI factory technology validations. The company also said it recently secured cooling projects for a North America hyperscale cloud service provider and the Sinar Mas data center in Jakarta, Indonesia.