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Monday 25 May 2026

Beyond Silicon Valley: Lam Capital's startup contest goes global

Lam Research's Lam Capital recently held its fourth startup competition, drawing teams from the US, South Korea, Singapore, India, and Taiwan to vie for a sizeable prize pool. US startup...

Monday 25 May 2026

BYD and Chery lead China's advance into Europe's EV market

Chinese automakers are rapidly gaining ground in Europe's electric-vehicle market, underscoring a transformation from low-cost challengers into formidable global competitors.

Monday 25 May 2026

Physical AI boosts edge demand, lifting IPC order visibility

According to market research firms, the global edge AI market is forecast to post a compound annual growth rate of 26% through 2032, while the overall edge computing market is expected...

Monday 25 May 2026

Zeng Hsing boosts robotics and smart manufacturing push to underpin midterm growth

Zeng Hsing Industrial held its annual general meeting on May 25. It approved the 2025 business report and financial statements, the earnings distribution plan, amendments to the articles...

Monday 25 May 2026

CATL weighs stake in AI startup deepSeek

According to several people familiar with the matter, Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL), the world's largest maker of electric-vehicle...

Monday 25 May 2026

Nvidia's reporting pivot and AMD's US$10B Taiwan bet signal a new frontier in AI chip war

Nvidia's structural pivot to isolate its ACIE market and AMD's US$10 billion investment in Taiwan infrastructure signal a profound realignment in the AI chip war. Both developments...

Monday 25 May 2026

Kawasaki opens Silicon Valley physical AI center, deepening Nvidia ties

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has opened the Kawasaki Physical AI Center in San Jose to accelerate real-world deployment of physical AI and strengthen Japan–US collaboration in AI...

Monday 25 May 2026

Lam Research CEO: New fabs alone will not solve chip bottlenecks

Lam Research CEO Tim Archer said artificial intelligence and robotics can help chipmakers improve fab productivity as the semiconductor industry faces memory capacity constraints,...

Monday 25 May 2026

Foxtron advances full-stack EV vision at 2026 shareholder meeting

Foxtron Vehicle Technologies convened its 2026 annual shareholder meeting on May 22, where Chairman Andy Lee presided over the proceedings, which included the approval of the company's...

Monday 25 May 2026

Geopolitics and AI push US energy storage to record-breaking quarter

The US energy storage industry achieved its most successful first quarter of 2026 to date, driven by surging AI computing demands and growing concerns over fossil fuel reliability...

Monday 25 May 2026

China launches OpenHarmony robot OS for humanoids and AI robotics

China has unveiled what developers describe as the country's first robot operating system built on OpenHarmony, underscoring Beijing's broader push to establish a domestic software...

Monday 25 May 2026

Interview: Low-cost Chinese AI servers are redrawing the global infrastructure map

Geopolitics and price are reshaping who builds the world's AI infrastructure. Across emerging markets in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America, governments and enterprises are...

Monday 25 May 2026

Anthropic-Microsoft deal could broaden ASIC demand across cloud supply chains

Anthropic has reportedly approached Microsoft about renting AI computing power running on Microsoft's in-house chips to expand support for its Claude model business. The move is a...

Monday 25 May 2026

AI data centers spark 800V HVDC rush for Taiwan lead frame suppliers

The shift toward 800V high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power architectures in AI data centers is driving a surge in demand for power...

Monday 25 May 2026

Hiroca ramps global expansion and smart cockpit products to drive second-half recovery

Auto parts maker Hiroca said it expected operations to return to a growth track in the second half of 2026 as overseas orders and its push into smart cockpit technologies began to...

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