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Monday 11 May 2026

Transcend chair sees AI memory supercycle

AI will bring an epochal technology revolution, as did the invention of steam power and electricity, according to Transcend Information chairman Chung-Won Shu. He argued that DRAM...

Monday 11 May 2026

Samsung strike threat puts memory output at risk as 18-day walkout looms

A planned 18-day strike at Samsung Electronics is shifting investor attention from labor negotiations to the risk of memory-output disruption, as estimates from Korean media point...

Monday 11 May 2026

AI data center spending frenzy ignites Sunon's next cooling windfall

Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry (Sunon) said surging global investment in AI infrastructure is driving strong demand for industrial...

Monday 11 May 2026

China's cybersecurity AI charges ahead despite US model lockout

AI is upending the world of cybersecurity, as more capable models and agentic capabilities bring about new ways to exploit vulnerabilities, along with new ways to discover and patch...

Monday 11 May 2026

DeepSeek's US$7bn funding bid puts China's AI race on notice

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is seeking to raise as much as CNY50 billion (US$7.35 billion) in its first external funding round. The deal could value the company at more than CNY350...

Monday 11 May 2026

AMD's 2nm defection to Samsung dents TSMC's AI grip

The AI semiconductor supply chain is showing unexpected signs of a shift, with TSMC's long-held dominance in the foundry market beginning to loosen. US chipmakers are increasingly...

Monday 11 May 2026

Phison targets AI storage and edge computing growth through Phison 3.0 strategy

Phison Electronics Corp. reported record revenue and profit for the first quarter of 2026, while Chief Executive Khein-Seng Pua warned that a severe imbalance in the global NAND market...

Monday 11 May 2026

Analysis: Forget the hardware race — Unitree wants to own the robot platform

When Unitree Robotics added "Mantis Boxing", Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do and even "Kamehameha" moves to its humanoid robot application store, the immediate reaction from many observers...

Monday 11 May 2026

AI inference boom fuels memory race, with Samsung in pursuit

AI-driven demand and new product cycles are accelerating competition among major memory makers, creating pressure across storage and component supply chains. Production is running...

Monday 11 May 2026

Samsung reportedly offers above-law severance in China while monitor sales linger

Samsung Electronics is offering severance packages above China's statutory requirements while restructuring parts of its consumer electronics business in the country, signalling a...

Monday 11 May 2026

Alibaba's Qwen could push AI agents into the heart of e-commerce

Alibaba Group is preparing to more deeply integrate its artificial intelligence platform, Qwen, into its vast online shopping ecosystem, a move that could fundamentally reshape how...

Monday 11 May 2026

Chinese semiconductor suppliers expand SEA presence at SEMICON SEA 2026

At SEMICON Southeast Asia 2026 in Kuala Lumpur, China's semiconductor equipment makers are steadily "infiltrating" the Southeast Asian market, extending from back-end packaging and...

Monday 11 May 2026

AI boom drives Taiwan's semiconductor testing industry into record expansion

To secure a foothold in the booming market for advanced AI chip packaging and testing, Taiwan's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test...

Monday 11 May 2026

Unitree brings App Store ecosystem to humanoid robots

Unitree Robotics has launched what it calls the world's first humanoid robot motion App Store, allowing users to download and install...

Monday 11 May 2026

Weekly news roundup: Taiwan freezes trading in MediaTek; 2D NAND shortage spirals

Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of May 4-10, 2026:

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