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Saturday 15 August 2026

Interview: Acrab CEO Ken Phua on building agentic AI silicon in Singapore

Ken Phua, former Arm China co-CEO, spent 25 years abroad building someone else's business model. He came home to Singapore to build his own.

Friday 14 August 2026

AI server tracker: Demand drives July revenue gains across Taiwan infrastructure suppliers

Data center infrastructure providers reported revenue gains across baseboard management controllers (BMCs), optical modules, power supply components, and thermal management products...

Friday 14 August 2026

Alibaba Cloud's 6-year evolution: five super data centers pivoting to AI compute

Alibaba Cloud's Lingjun Zhenwu M890 supernode has officially gone live, with its initial commercial deployment in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia—the...

Friday 14 August 2026

OCP APAC 2026: What if AI's next efficiency breakthrough is simply moving less?

For years, the logic of AI infrastructure has been straightforward: move more data, push more power, transmit more signals, remove...

Friday 14 August 2026

Global PMX sees semiconductor demand driving growth through 2027 as product mix shifts

Global PMX said its semiconductor business is emerging as the main growth driver and is expected to continue expanding through 2027,...

Friday 14 August 2026

Alibaba Cloud races ahead with Ulanqab AI infrastructure

Since early 2026, AI upstarts such as DeepSeek have increasingly pivoted toward building or co-owning their own data centers. This reflects a broader shift across China's AI sector:...

Friday 14 August 2026

Alibaba Cloud cuts AI data center build time to 100 days, triples global modular capacity

Alibaba Cloud has cut the delivery cycle for large AI data centers to 100 days with its CUBE 5.0 modular architecture, while lowering construction costs by more than 10% and increasing...

Friday 14 August 2026

Compal lifts profit on AI PCs and servers as component costs rise

Compal Electronics said second-quarter 2026 revenue and profit increased as AI PCs and server demand offset higher memory and other component costs. The Taiwanese electronics maker...

Friday 14 August 2026

AMD reportedly to issue up to US$5B in bonds amid tech debt sale wave

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is launching up to US$5 billion in debt offerings, part of a wave of tech companies reaching for capital markets to fund investments in AI-driven technologies...

Friday 14 August 2026

IBM and OpenAI partner to accelerate secure enterprise AI deployment

IBM announced on August...

Friday 14 August 2026

Analysis: Taiwan Mobile takes control of Systex to close ICT gap with Chunghwa Telecom, Far EasTone

Taiwan Mobile announced on August 13 that it will acquire additional common shares of Systex through its wholly owned subsidiary Taiwan...

Friday 14 August 2026

Phison reports record second quarter profit as AI storage demand surges

Phison Electronics reported record second-quarter results for 2026, with profit and revenue both reaching new highs as AI-driven storage demand accelerated. The Taiwan-based NAND controller...

Friday 14 August 2026

Quanta posts record second quarter revenue as AI server demand surges

Quanta Computer reported record second-quarter results on August 13, driven by strong demand for AI servers and notebooks. The Taiwanese electronics manufacturer said consolidated...

Friday 14 August 2026

DeepSeek raises API prices sharply as V4 Pro targets agentic AI market

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has officially launched its V4 Pro model with significantly enhanced agent capabilities, while sharply increasing API prices as it seeks to expand beyond...

Friday 14 August 2026

Taiwan tech dividend expansion to accelerate non-tech industry upgrades

Taiwan is seeking to sign an agreement with the US to avoid double taxation, seen as the last major hurdle to unlocking Taiwanese investment in the US. Taiwan's technology dividend...

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