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Wednesday 3 June 2026
Middle East war drives LME aluminum to 4-year high, squeezing chip equipment margins
Rising global geopolitical risk and tightening supply in some markets have pushed London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminum prices higher in volatile trading, adding cost pressures to industries...
Wednesday 3 June 2026
Acer chair says AI agents could reignite PC demand
Acer and Taipei Computer Association (TCA) Chairman Jason Chen said Nvidia's AI PCs, designed specifically for agentic AI functions, point to a new usage model in the AI era and could...
Wednesday 3 June 2026
BYD is building its own chips and looking abroad to make them

China's electric vehicle (EV) makers are increasingly designing their own artificial-intelligence (AI) chips. Manufacturing them, however,...

Wednesday 3 June 2026
Commentary: China shifts exports toward higher-value tech as US trade pressure reshapes supply chains
China moved toward higher-value exports in response to escalating US trade and technology restrictions, reshaping global supply chains and forcing manufacturers to absorb higher costs,...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
AI PCs and low-end MacBooks stir weak notebook market
The global notebook market is entering a new phase of competition as AI-driven products reshape demand, even as the broader recovery has fallen short of expectations. Apple is pressuring...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
EVE Energy ends six-year partnership with SK On
A six-year battery partnership that once symbolized cross-border cooperation between China and South Korea is coming to an end, reflecting broader shifts in the global energy indus...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Ennoconn expects AI business to surpass NT$10 billion in 2026
Ennoconn, a Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) vendor, said on June 1 at a forum in Taipei that its physical AI business is expected to exceed NT$10 billion (US$318.93 million) in 2026,...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Anthropic files confidential paperwork for IPO, racing ahead of OpenAI
Anthropic announced that it has filed confidential paperwork to go public on June 1 to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, pulling ahead of rival OpenAI for now in the IPO race...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Nvidia's N1X chip adds pressure to x86 PCs as AI demand reshapes the market
Nvidia's new N1X processor, developed with MediaTek, signals a broader shift in PC computing as AI agents gain traction worldwide. The Arm-based chip could boost supply choices, intensify...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Analysis: RTX Spark expands PC ecosystem rather than rivaling it
Nvidia used GTC Taipei on June 1, 2026, to unveil RTX Spark, also known as N1X, a new AI PC system-on-chip designed for native AI agent workloads rather than mainstream Windows PCs...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Analysis: With Xuanji A3, BYD bets on integration over specifications
At a recent product launch, BYD Chairman and President Wang Chuanfu unveiled the company's first in-house autonomous driving system-on-chip, the Xuanji A3, marking a significant milestone...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Data Image to show rugged high-brightness displays for AI unmanned vehicles at Computex 2026
Data Image will exhibit rugged outdoor display solutions for AI unmanned vehicles at BenQ Qisda Group's "AI in Action" pavilion during Computex 2026, the company announced. The firm...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
SK Hynix reportedly preparing Dalian fab for 200-layer FG NAND to capture AI storage demand
SK Hynix is reportedly preparing to mass-produce a new generation of 200-layer-class NAND flash memory based on floating-gate (FG) architecture at its Dalian Phase 2 facility in China,...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Agentic AI triggers widespread computing crunch across global supply chain
In 2026, a global compute shortage spanning chips, cloud services, servers, and data-center components is sweeping across the industry. The scarcity of compute and broad price hikes...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
GCS Shenzhen connects Chinese brands with global markets
Global Connect Show Shenzhen 2026 (GCS SZ 2026) was successfully held on June 1 in Shenzhen, China's innovation hub. Under the theme "Where Global Innovation Meets Market Opportunity,"...