Huawei has formally introduced its "Tau Law," proposing a shift from traditional process-node scaling to "time scaling," a model aimed at improving chip performance through optimisation across components, circuits, chips, and systems, even under mature process technologies.
Alibaba is opening its Qwen AI assistant to external brands and third-party agents, turning the consumer app from a chatbot into a transactional platform for food orders, travel planning, and other everyday services.
As artificial intelligence fuels demand across the electronics supply chain, Taiwanese conductive paste supplier Ample Electronic is seeing a rebound in one of the industry's most overlooked segments: passive components.
Infineon Technologies said its long-running work in quantum computing is beginning to pay off, with early demand strongest in finance, chemistry, and life sciences. For global readers, the company's comments signal that quantum systems are moving closer to commercial relevance, even as the market remains early, crowded, and dependent on wider industry cooperation.
Meta has postponed the public release of the application programming interface (API) for its latest AI model, Muse Spark, multiple times since its April debut, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The delay comes as Meta seeks to turn massive AI investments into sustainable revenue streams and compete more directly with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
Nvidia is moving deeper into humanoid robotics, combining robot hardware, secure computing, world models and developer platforms as AI shifts from digital workloads to physical AI.
Taiwan's optics makers, traditionally absent from PC-focused trade shows, made a landmark appearance at COMPUTEX 2026. Industry leaders including Largan Precision, Ability Opto-Electronics Technology, Altek Corporation, and Ability Enterprise used the event to showcase their latest research and development breakthroughs. Their presence signals a strategic pivot from behind-the-scenes smartphone component suppliers to frontline architects of the rapidly expanding edge AI ecosystem.
Intel and Foxconn have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on AI rack infrastructure, edge AI, physical AI platforms, and custom chip design services. The deal highlights Intel's bid to regain ground in artificial intelligence (AI), while broadening Foxconn's role in the global AI supply chain.
Compal Electronics is accelerating a shift away from its long-standing PC business as AI servers and other non-PC lines gain momentum. The move could have broad implications for global supply chains, data center capacity, and technology customers seeking more diversified hardware partners across Asia, the US, and Vietnam.
Foxconn and Intel have announced a strategic partnership focused on AI racks, Edge AI, and Physical AI. The move signals Intel's effort to rebuild competitiveness in a market increasingly shaped by Nvidia's dominance in AI training and inference.
As AI pushes liquid cooling into mainstream server thermal design, suppliers are widening their focus beyond Nvidia's benchmark thermal designs. Industry players say pumps are emerging as a key lever for improving cooling efficiency, alongside flow rate and fluid speed.
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