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May 14
Analysis: How OpenAI is playing the Cerebras card to reshape its AI supply chain
OpenAI's deep partnership with chipmaker Cerebras has taken a public turn as Cerebras prepares to list in the US, a development that underscores OpenAI's effort to restructure its compute supply chain without abandoning existing suppliers. The listing arrives amid OpenAI's ongoing legal dispute with Elon Musk.
AI servers squeeze ODM margins as consignment gains traction
May 15, 16:02
As AI server prices rise, original design manufacturers (ODMs) are hitting record revenue, but also coming under pressure on their gross margins. To defend profitability, manufacturers are cutting costs, negotiating with customers to switch from buy-sell procurement to consignment, and chasing ASIC and general-purpose server orders.
Phison and MediaTek teamed up at the recent Dimensity Developer Conference (MDDC 2026) to run a 20B large language model (LLM) on a single device using aiDAPTIV on MediaTek's Dimensity 9500 platform, marking a key breakthrough in edge AI inference.
Biwin Storage Technology recently resubmitted its listing application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange again, with Huatai Financial Holdings acting as the sole sponsor. The Chinese memory module maker has seen a rebound in profit as demand for memory continues to rise.
Ability Enterprise has said it expects continued revenue and profit growth through 2028 as the company expands beyond traditional imaging products into AI edge computing, robotics, vision systems, and smart automation.
AAEON sees rising orders as AI focus drives 2026 growth plan
May 15, 15:29
AAEON Technology reported sustained demand growth and a rising book-to-bill ratio, signaling stronger momentum into the second quarter and second half of 2026. The industrial PC maker expects double-digit growth for the full year, powered increasingly by artificial intelligence across its hardware and ecosystem strategy.
Market fears over Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin platform have eased after supply-chain sources said design issues tied to a cooling architecture change have largely been resolved. Nvidia has now confirmed a mass-production plan with ODMs and key suppliers, putting development back on track and pointing to a volume ramp from the third quarter of 2026.
Delta Electronics Chairman Ping Cheng has warned that companies failing to meet RE100 targets risk losing orders as global customers intensify demands for renewable energy compliance. His comments highlight mounting concern across Taiwan's technology sector that insufficient green power supply could become the next major constraint on the island's semiconductor and electronics industries.
Anthropic's decision to limit access of its advanced model, Claude Mythos, to only the US government and a circle of more than 40 Project Glasswing partners has broad implications for global users and policymakers. It signals that leading AI systems are now being treated as strategic assets, reshaping who can compete, defend, and innovate worldwide.
Metalens technology is now moving from proofs-of-concept toward targeted applications in smart glasses and machine vision, as its extreme thinness makes it well-suited for use cases with miniaturization demands, even if physical dispersion remains an issue for full-color imaging. The three main manufacturing technologies now in use are deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography, laser direct writing (DLW), and nanoimprint lithography (NIL), of which MetaOptics currently leads in DLW production, while Taiwan-based players are pursuing NIL manufacturing.
Auras Technology reported record first-quarter results and said it expects revenue and profit to grow quarter by quarter in 2026, dismissing market talk that a design tweak on Nvidia's Vera Rubin server cooling system would harm its business. The cooling-module maker posted first-quarter revenue of NT$49.038 billion (approx. US$1.56 billion), up 110.17% year-over-year, gross profit of NT$14.597 billion, up 142.15%, operating profit of NT$12.019 billion, up 175.6%, and net profit after tax of NT$7.916 billion, or NT$20.17 per share.
Foxconn used its first quarter of 2026 earnings call to signal that its long-term "3+3+3" strategy is transitioning from technical validation into commercialization, highlighting growth in AI servers and advances across smart manufacturing, electric vehicles, semiconductors, and low-Earth-orbit communications. The group also framed its COMPUTEX 2026 positioning as a "Token Factory" to signal a broader role in the AI era, executives said.