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Tuesday 25 August 2026

Tesla senior chip engineer joins DensityAI as in-house plans face more strain

Tesla's senior director of AI hardware design, Shishuang Sun, joined DensityAI in July 2026, taking charge of packaging and system hardware development. The move came as Tesla continued...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

Taiwan's manufacturers and govt align on economic security push amid heightened trade risk

The Chinese National Federation of Industries (CNFI), an industrial association representing the majority of manufacturing businesses in Taiwan, has released its 2026 white paper,...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

Anthropic bets on in-house chips, reshaping ASIC orders

Anthropic confirmed on August 5 that it is building an internal silicon team to design custom chips for its Claude models, signaling a sharper push into self-developed AI hardware...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

From podium to production line: China's robots ace the sprint, but stumble on the real test

The 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games put China's rapid advances in robotics on full display — but beyond the record-breaking sprints and human-robot sports demonstrations, the...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

GATE 2026 to spotlight Southeast Asia's pivot to EV supply chains

GATE 2026 is set to bring together automakers, suppliers, and technology firms in Kuala Lumpur as Southeast Asia deepens its focus on electric vehicles, smart manufacturing, and industrial...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

Taiwan AI server supply chain expands China footprint

Taiwan's AI server supply chain is stepping up investment in China, but expansion is concentrated in components rather than full-system assembly. By contrast, Taiwan's notebook PC...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

AI boom drives Foxconn past 40% of Taiwan-listed firms' China returns, with FII leading the way

Global demand for AI and high-performance computing (HPC) has lifted investment returns for Taiwan-listed companies in China, with Foxconn continuing to lead the pack. According to...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

Intel pitches Diamond Rapids at Hot Chips as server CPU competition heats up

Intel pitched its next-generation Diamond Rapids Xeon at Hot Chips 2026 as the company bets that agentic AI will increase the role of general-purpose processors in AI infrastructure,...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

Energy law amendments lift AI data center storage demand in Taiwan

AI data centers will increasingly rely on energy storage because of its fast response and grid impact mitigation capabilities, according to Recharge Power, a Taiwan-based battery energy...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

China-based Guangyu Xinchen says 3D-stacked edge AI chip has entered mass-production deployment

According to 36Kr, Shanghai Guangyu Xinchen Technology says its TC1000 series of 3D-stacked near-memory-computing AI processors has moved from silicon validation to mass-production...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

Commentary: Nvidia's 15% hike piles pressure on the AI supply chain, lifts ASIC prospects

Nvidia has reportedly notified major customers that server systems using its AI chips will rise by more than 15%, with the new pricing set to apply to models shipping from early 2027,...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

Samsung SDI cashes out Samsung Display stake to fund battery expansion

Samsung SDI said it will sell about one-third of its stake in Samsung Display for KRW4.45 trillion (US$3.2 billion), converting part...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

OpenAI narrows gap as Anthropic's Fable 5 loses enterprise momentum

OpenAI has been gaining ground on Anthropic in enterprise AI spending, while Anthropic's flagship Claude Fable 5 has delivered less market traction than expected. The shift comes as...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

AI infrastructure boom drives Taiwan export orders, exposing power bottleneck, net-zero tech needs

Global artificial intelligence infrastructure buildouts and rising capex by cloud service providers pushed Taiwan's July export orders...

Tuesday 25 August 2026

Toyota and Honda's US manufacturing push could reshape market share, not just tariffs

Toyota and Honda are accelerating US manufacturing as tariffs, local-content rules, and policy shifts reshape the auto industry. The move is defensive, but it is also a growth strategy...

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