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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...

Monday 25 May 2026

Global PMX shifts into AI server cooling as demand for AI compute soars

Global PMX reported full-year consolidated revenue of NT$7.823 billion (US$249.3 million) for 2025, up 1.71% year-over-year, and after cost and product-mix improvements posted net...

Monday 25 May 2026

DeepSeek makes 75% API discount permanent, intensifying global AI price war

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has permanently reduced the API pricing of its flagship DeepSeek-V4-Pro model to one-quarter of its original...

Monday 25 May 2026

Exclusive: G2 Lithium battery rivalry heats up—US taps 4th-gen LFP to crack China's patent wall

The US is shifting from ternary batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs) toward lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for both energy storage and automotive applications. This is...

Monday 25 May 2026

Weekly news roundup: TSMC faces its first real rivals; Agibot claims 100% success rate in factory deployment

Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of May 18-24, 2026:

Monday 25 May 2026

Singapore launches physical AI testbed at Punggol Digital District

Singapore will launch a new testbed at the Punggol Digital District (PDD) later in 2026 to research, test, and deploy physical artificial intelligence (AI) systems, as the government...

Monday 25 May 2026

Stellantis and Qualcomm expand Snapdragon Digital Chassis deployment across global vehicle lines

Stellantis and Qualcomm expanded their multi-year collaboration to deploy Snapdragon Digital Chassis system-on-chip (SoC) solutions across Stellantis' global vehicle portfolio, affecting...

Monday 25 May 2026

Manus eyes US$1 billion buyback after Beijing blocks Meta deal

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup Manus is reportedly evaluating a US$1 billion fundraising round to buy back control of the company from Meta Platforms, in response to...

Monday 25 May 2026

Nvidia, Intel, and AMD all in on AI: server supply chain faces shortage of orders, but does for three critical resources

Nvidia, AMD, and Intel are all optimistic about AI development. However, server supply chain companies admit that orders are no longer the issue. Instead, what is most lacking are...

Monday 25 May 2026

Taiwan to showcase Open Source Team Taiwan pavilion at COMPUTEX to highlight AI and industry collaboration

Open Source Team Taiwan will debut at COMPUTEX / InnoVEX 2026 as a government-backed pavilion showcasing how open-source frameworks underpin corporate product strategy, AI commercialization,...

Monday 25 May 2026

Grok falters across government and enterprise as SpaceX pivots to lease idle compute

Elon Musk's AI startup xAI faced weak uptake for its chatbot Grok across US government, corporate, and consumer markets, and SpaceX moved to lease idle computing capacity to Anthropic...

Monday 25 May 2026

AI spending forces enterprises to shorten SaaS deals and demand new pricing protections

Rising enterprise investment in AI tools is prompting customers to compress traditional software-as-a-service contracts and extract stronger commercial protections, executives and...

Monday 25 May 2026

Column: World Models—taxonomy and technical foundations in embodied AI

"World models" have risen swiftly to prominence in AI discourse—and just as quickly become a source of confusion. Over the past two years, the term has grown simultaneously ubiquitous...

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