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Thursday 9 April 2026

Aspeed and ASMedia propelled to top IC design ranks

Although Taiwanese firms have largely missed the core AI chip development battlefield, a few with critical technological barriers have broken through—most notably Aspeed and...

Thursday 9 April 2026

Meta launches Muse Spark to champion next-gen AI assistant

Meta Platforms has unveiled Muse Spark, the first AI model from its newly formed Meta Superintelligence Labs, marking a major step in its efforts to regain momentum in an AI race dominated...

Thursday 9 April 2026

CATL invests in China's Zhongheng Electric as AI demand surges

As artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates the buildout of data centers, the race to supply their enormous energy demands is drawing...

Thursday 9 April 2026

Alibaba and Meta retreat from open-source AI

Alibaba and Meta are both recalibrating their artificial intelligence strategies, with recent product decisions pointing to a broader industry shift toward closed or hybrid models...

Thursday 9 April 2026

GITEX AI Asia opens in Singapore as focus shifts to infrastructure, deployment

Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving beyond experimentation toward real-world deployment, as GITEX AI ASIA 2026 opened in Singapore,...

Thursday 9 April 2026

Alibaba tightens AI strategy with CEO-led committee and executive reshuffle

Alibaba is restructuring its artificial intelligence (AI) leadership, forming a new CEO-led technology committee and streamlining executive...

Thursday 9 April 2026

EV market cooling pushes US battery makers into energy storage

US efforts to localize lithium battery production are encountering a new challenge: a mismatch between supply and demand, driven by political shifts and changes to subsidy programs...

Thursday 9 April 2026

Phison Electronics sees AI-driven demand surge, downplays retail memory price swings

Phison Electronics reported consolidated revenue of NT$18.32 billion (approx. US$577.81 million) for March 2026, up 50% sequentially and 221% year over year, setting a new record high...

Thursday 9 April 2026

Microloops rides AI boom, aims to double 2026 revenue

Cooling module manufacturer Microloops has said its major cloud service provider (CSP) customer has been increasing pull-ins starting in the second quarterof 2026, driving significant...

Thursday 9 April 2026

Winmate eyes 2026 growth amid rising defense and edge AI demand

Winmate, an industrial PC (IPC) provider, has reported record-high revenue for March 2026 as global defense projects accelerate procurement and delivery schedules alongside growing...

Thursday 9 April 2026

Nvidia demo highlights China's role in humanoid robot hardware

Nvidia, Google, and Tesla are driving the humanoid robotics race, but competition is shifting to the hardware supply chain. The US leads...

Thursday 9 April 2026

LinkCom sees 11% revenue drop in 1Q26 as DRAM shortage hits networking market

Magnetic component maker LinkCom Manufacturing reported that its revenue for the first quarter of 2026 fell by over 11% year-over-year, mainly due to the indirect impact of a supply-demand...

Thursday 9 April 2026

Zensemi strengthens automotive chip team with hiring of industry veterans KC Ang and Marco Maria Monti

China-based automotive semiconductor wafer foundry Zensemi has announced a new management team led by chairman Xiaofei Chen, appointing two internationally experienced executives:...

Thursday 9 April 2026

French President's visit reportedly links Mistral AI with Samsung for AI memory supply talks

French AI startup Mistral AI recently visited Samsung Electronics' campus to discuss collaboration on AI memory solutions. Industry analysts see this move as part of Mistral AI's push...

Thursday 9 April 2026

Shanghai GTA Semiconductor teams up with Infineon on SONOS memory for automotive chips

Shanghai state-backed foundry GTA Semiconductor has partnered with Infineon Technologies to introduce SONOS-based embedded non-volatile...

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