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Tuesday 16 June 2026
Supply security over cost: Google leads CSP charge to diversify InP substrate sourcing

China has recently eased controls on some indium phosphide (InP) substrates, relieving a bottleneck in optical communications capacity...

Tuesday 16 June 2026
Salesforce agrees to buy Fin in US$3.6 billion AI customer service deal
Salesforce has agreed to acquire Fin, a customer agent company formerly known as Intercom, in a deal that could reshape how businesses worldwide automate support. The purchase highlights...
Tuesday 16 June 2026
Nvidia reportedly tightens grip on AI inference market despite growing competition

Nvidia's dominance in AI is extending beyond model training and deeper into inference—the fast-growing segment of the AI market responsible...

Tuesday 16 June 2026
CATL's Hungary plant set to eclipse Europe's cell production capacity

Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. announced it would soon begin production at its new Hungary lithium battery plant, a facility...

Tuesday 16 June 2026
Adani-Jabil partnership highlights India's push for domestic AI infrastructure
The deal between Gautam Adani's group and American engineering firm Jabil signals a broader shift toward domestic AI infrastructure in India, with potential consequences for global...
Tuesday 16 June 2026
EU industrial bill forces Chinese automakers to race for European factories
The European Commission proposed an Industrial Acceleration Act to curb foreign direct investment that it says could threaten domestic industry and jobs, and the draft rule prompted...
Tuesday 16 June 2026
Foxconn and Schneider Electric strike strategic partnership to build next-generation data center reference architecture
Foxconn and Schneider Electric announced a strategic partnership to jointly develop a next-generation data center reference architecture, combining Foxconn's capabilities in advanced...
Tuesday 16 June 2026
Yaskawa eyes physical AI boom with JPY25 billion capex
Yaskawa Electric is betting heavily on physical AI, the field that enables robots to operate autonomously, as it positions itself for a boom in AI robots. Since starting work with...
Tuesday 16 June 2026
Apple leans on Google Cloud and Nvidia GPUs in a pragmatic AI reset
After Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote, online rumors claimed that only premium devices with 12GB of memory could run on-device AI, but DIGITIMES analyst Luke Lin said on a podcast that that...
Tuesday 16 June 2026
Interview: From language to motion— Japanese startup APTO builds the data backbone for physical AI

Physical AI is emerging as a new frontier of model development. Any model, however, is only as good as the data used to train it. Because...

Monday 15 June 2026
SAP says human-in-the-loop review is key to moving enterprise AI agents from POC to production
SAP reported that enterprise AI agents are shifting from proof of concept to real-world deployment as companies aim to embed generative AI into operational workflows such as finance...
Monday 15 June 2026
Samsung foundry chief sees 2028 profit path as bonus costs mount

Samsung Electronics' foundry division chief told employees on June 12 that a return to profitability in the contract chipmaking business...

Monday 15 June 2026
Micron CEO turns visa rejection into US$1 trillion milestone
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's recent trip to South Korea put the spotlight on the rivalry between Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, while memory giant Micron crossed the US$1 trillion...
Monday 15 June 2026
BESS boom supply chain reshuffle: Automakers pivot to stationary battery systems

US automakers are shifting major battery investment away from electric vehicle traction packs and into stationary battery energy storage...

Monday 15 June 2026
Apple resists 'AI-for-AI' hype as Silicon Valley's token bill comes due

Amid widespread anxiety sparked by foreign media reports about an impending "Tokenpocalypse," Apple software engineering chief Craig...