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Commentary: Apple's M8 Ultra AI server plan could pull Apple Silicon into Nvidia's enterprise infrastructure game

After more than a decade away, Apple may be preparing to return to the enterprise server market. According to The Information, as reported by Reuters, the company is developing an enterprise AI server powered by its planned M8 Ultra chip and has discussed adopting Nvidia's NVLink Fusion interconnect technology.

Peking University Dean's rare Intel China appearance hails AI-plus edge adoption
Sep 24

Anthropic brings in Accenture to audit AI safety
Sep 24

Intel puts CPU-GPU coordination at center of agentic AI strategy
Sep 24

Industrial software giants race to build industry world models
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AIAnthropic's US$2 trillion IPO bet comes with 80 pages of warnings
Sep 29, 17:29

Confidential details of Anthropic's initial public offering (IPO) prospectus, reviewed by Reuters, reveal an enterprise operating at an unprecedented scale and making a historic wager that artificial intelligence will transform the global economy far more profoundly than industrialization, electricity, or the internet. To capture that future, the startup is targeting a public valuation of more than US$2 trillion.

ICT MANUFACTURINGRoboTechnik completes Hong Kong listing to fund ficonTEC expansion in silicon photonics

Sep 29, 15:38

RoboTechnik completed a Hong Kong listing on September 29 and began trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange, according to its German photonics automation subsidiary ficonTEC. The new capital will be used for further investment in ficonTEC, which is expanding its role in silicon photonics and optical interconnect manufacturing for AI and high-performance computing infrastructure.

ICT MANUFACTURINGCerebras to power Gimlet's push for faster AI inference

Sep 29, 14:49

Cerebras Systems is expanding its push into AI inference infrastructure through a collaboration with Gimlet Labs, as demand grows for computing systems capable of delivering faster responses from increasingly complex AI models.

AIColumn: Why Micron's US$250M venture fund is about more than HBM margins—Taiwan has a stake in it

Sep 29, 14:40

Micron unveiled the Micron Ventures Paradigm Fund, a US$250 million venture vehicle, in mid-August 2026, as the memory maker pairs more than US$25 billion in fiscal 2026 capex with a pledge to invest more than US$250 billion in the US by 2035. The fund is designed to give Micron an early look at technology shifts, position it for next-generation AI architectures, and strengthen its strategy to reduce memory-cycle volatility.

ICT MANUFACTURINGGlobalFoundries eyes GaN expansion to challenge TSMC in AI

Sep 29, 11:31

GlobalFoundries (GF) is preparing a major global capacity expansion as TSMC is set to gradually exit gallium nitride (GaN) foundry services in 2027. GF said it was the first foundry to proactively approach TSMC and secure a GaN technology license, positioning itself to give existing customers a "seamless migration" path to its own platform.

AIGF's MIPS bets on RISC-V physical AI, expands into autos and data centers

Sep 29, 11:22

MIPS, a GlobalFoundries (GF) unit, said it has completed its integration with the ARC unit acquired from Synopsys earlier this year and is using the move to position RISC-V for physical AI, while expanding from AIoT into automotive and data center applications. MIPS said the strategy lowers the barrier for global customers to adopt GF platforms across process technologies and has pushed GF and MIPS to become the world's second-largest processor IP provider.

AIVanguard chairman says AI slowdown won't free up chip capacity

Sep 29, 10:33

Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and NXP Semiconductors' joint venture, VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC), officially opened its 12-inch (300mm) wafer fab on September 28 in Tampines, Singapore. Vanguard and VSMC chairman Leuh Fang said the AI-driven crowding out of capacity has spread across the global semiconductor supply chain, leaving almost no company able to say it has sufficient capacity.

AIQualcomm, Liquid AI tout on-device AI potential at Snapdragon Summit

Sep 29, 10:29

Qualcomm Technologies held its Snapdragon Summit 2026 in Maui, Hawaii, from September 22 to 24. During the keynote on the second day, Qualcomm president and CEO Cristiano Amon spoke with co-founder and CEO of Liquid AI Ramin Hasani.

ICT MANUFACTURINGTrump-Xi state dinner puts tech titans at the head table, spotlighting Taiwan's quiet supply chain clout

Sep 29, 10:16

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, arrived at the White House on the evening of September 24 US time to attend a state dinner hosted by US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.

SOFTWARE, BIG DATANvidia expands CUDA-Q platform to target fault-tolerant quantum software

Sep 29, 10:02

Nvidia expanded its open-source CUDA-Q platform with CUDA-Q Logical, an orchestration layer aimed at helping researchers build software for fault-tolerant quantum computers. The company said the platform already integrates with about 75% of publicly available quantum processing units (QPUs), giving developers a common environment across multiple hardware types.

AILG AI Research expands sovereign AI push into Kazakhstan, Middle East

Sep 29, 09:59

LG AI Research is moving into Kazakhstan and the Middle East to capture demand for sovereign AI in emerging markets. The South Korea-based unit is using its model development and commercialization experience to pursue overseas deals as US and Chinese firms continue to dominate the global AI market.

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