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Monday 24 August 2026

AI energy bottleneck is driving semiconductor materials innovation, says Applied Materials

Rising demand for artificial intelligence (AI) computing is driving a new wave of technological transformation in the semiconductor industry, while energy is emerging as the next bottleneck...

Monday 24 August 2026

Nvidia's strikes US$6B licensing deal with Poolside to accelerate Nemotron models

Nvidia reportedly struck a US$6 billion deal with startup Poolside to license its technology and hire much of its staff. The technology and personnel will reportedly support the chipmaker's...

Monday 24 August 2026

Taiwan's Iron Force shifts airbag output to Poland, targets AI server component ramp in 2027

Taiwan-based Iron Force Industrial is reshaping its manufacturing footprint as pressure on its traditional auto-parts business weighs on earnings. The company plans to expand its Poland...

Monday 24 August 2026

UAE weighs investment in 500 MW AI data center plan in Japan

The United Arab Emirates is considering backing a proposed 500 MW AI data center in Akita prefecture, Japan, after local officials met with the UAE ambassador on Aug. 19. The project,...

Monday 24 August 2026

Nvidia reportedly weighs Perplexity investment as AI strategy expands beyond chips

Nvidia is reportedly in discussions to invest in artificial intelligence startup Perplexity as part of a funding round that would value the company at more than US$30 billion, underscoring...

Monday 24 August 2026

German auto industry hardens stance against Chinese competition

Germany's top auto industry lobby, the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), is overhauling its strategy as it hardens its stance on China. The group has said China...

Monday 24 August 2026

Europe's struggling auto industry turns to China, drawing US scrutiny

European automakers have been increasing collaboration with their Chinese counterparts in recent years, as they seek to break through...

Monday 24 August 2026

Analysis: SK Hynix pushes beyond HBM with HBF and CPO

SK Hynix is moving on several fronts as it pushes deeper into system-level memory competition. From high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and high-bandwidth flash (HBF) to a recently published...

Monday 24 August 2026

Commentary: Robots go to work— highlight of the five robotic trends at WRC 2026

The 2026 World Robot Conference (WRC) opened in Beijing on August 19, and the biggest change on this year's show floor was not the larger...

Monday 24 August 2026

Interview: Inside Foxconn's playbook for the sovereign AI data center race

Foxconn is repositioning its AI data center business around system integration, modular deployment, and sovereign computing, as the rapid growth of GPU infrastructure changes how customers...

Monday 24 August 2026

ASE's Huang urges AI profits to fund R&D for CPO, PLP

As chip processes move to 2nm and advanced packaging accelerates heterogeneous integration, semiconductor materials are shifting from...

Monday 24 August 2026

USITC opens cylindrical battery probe as China-Korea competition intensifies

The US International Trade Commission (USITC) has opened a trade investigation into certain cylindrical batteries and related products...

Monday 24 August 2026

Half of GenAI projects stall at PoC as data gaps widen

As generative AI spreads rapidly across enterprise operations, gaps in data foundations and governance are emerging as a key dividing line in how quickly AI projects move forward....

Monday 24 August 2026

Jinpao Precision anticipates 2H26 growth from AI orders, aerospace progress

Thailand-based precision sheet metal manufacturer Jinpao Precision Industry delivered strong results in the second quarter of 2026. Fueled by orders for artificial intelligence (AI)...

Monday 24 August 2026

MIT study finds AI image attribution weakens as training data grows

MIT researchers said a larger training set makes it harder to trace an AI image back to a specific source, a pattern they call attribution decay. The findings, reported in connection...

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