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Monday 25 May 2026

Nvidia's reporting pivot and AMD's US$10B Taiwan bet signal a new frontier in AI chip war

Nvidia's structural pivot to isolate its ACIE market and AMD's US$10 billion investment in Taiwan infrastructure signal a profound realignment in the AI chip war. Both developments...

Monday 25 May 2026

Kawasaki opens Silicon Valley physical AI center, deepening Nvidia ties

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has opened the Kawasaki Physical AI Center in San Jose to accelerate real-world deployment of physical AI and strengthen Japan–US collaboration in AI...

Monday 25 May 2026

Lam Research CEO: New fabs alone will not solve chip bottlenecks

Lam Research CEO Tim Archer said artificial intelligence and robotics can help chipmakers improve fab productivity as the semiconductor industry faces memory capacity constraints,...

Monday 25 May 2026

Foxtron advances full-stack EV vision at 2026 shareholder meeting

Foxtron Vehicle Technologies convened its 2026 annual shareholder meeting on May 22, where Chairman Andy Lee presided over the proceedings, which included the approval of the company's...

Monday 25 May 2026

Geopolitics and AI push US energy storage to record-breaking quarter

The US energy storage industry achieved its most successful first quarter of 2026 to date, driven by surging AI computing demands and growing concerns over fossil fuel reliability...

Monday 25 May 2026

China launches OpenHarmony robot OS for humanoids and AI robotics

China has unveiled what developers describe as the country's first robot operating system built on OpenHarmony, underscoring Beijing's broader push to establish a domestic software...

Monday 25 May 2026

Interview: Low-cost Chinese AI servers are redrawing the global infrastructure map

Geopolitics and price are reshaping who builds the world's AI infrastructure. Across emerging markets in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America, governments and enterprises are...

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...

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