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Saturday 21 March 2026

Xiaomi MiMo-V2-Pro tops AI model rankings in blind tests

An unidentified artificial intelligence (AI) model, Hunter Alpha, has drawn industry attention in recent weeks. It has now been confirmed...

Saturday 21 March 2026

Tesla's US$4 billion battery deal signals a shift away from China

US government disclosures have cast rare light on one of the electric vehicle (EV) industry's most closely guarded supply chains, confirming...

Saturday 21 March 2026

Supermicro reshuffles its board as scrutiny deepens

Super Micro Computer Inc. (Supermicro) has announced a swift and significant restructuring of its executive leadership following the unsealing of a federal indictment charging its...

Saturday 21 March 2026

Mercedes-Benz Taiwan launches new CLA with Nvidia's Alpamayo platform, readies EV push

Mercedes-Benz Taiwan has officially unveiled the all-new CLA series — the first mass-produced model built on the Mercedes-Benz Modular Architecture (MMA) platform, as announced...

Friday 20 March 2026

Nvidia and Uber team up on end-to-end self-driving system for robotaxis

At GTC 2026, Nvidia formally unveiled an end-to-end autonomous driving technology stack and announced plans to deploy the full solution through ride-hailing platform Uber. The move...

Friday 20 March 2026

Research Insight: AI reshapes Taiwan's PCB industry around high-end capacity and materials

DIGITIMES observes that as demand surges for AI servers, high-speed switches, optical communication modules, and edge AI devices, Taiwan's PCB industry is undergoing a structural...

Friday 20 March 2026

HiSilicon unveils self-developed CIS chip, shaking global sensor supply chain

The global CMOS image sensor (CIS) supply chain faces a major disruption as HiSilicon, Huawei's core semiconductor subsidiary, officially enters the high-end CIS market with its first...

Friday 20 March 2026

Analysis: Supermicro co-founder's GTC star turn ends in federal indictment

At NVIDIA GTC 2026, Super Micro Computer (Supermicro) appeared firmly at the center of the AI infrastructure boom. The company showcased its deepening collaboration with Nvidia and...

Friday 20 March 2026

OpenAI plans new 'super app' merging ChatGPT, Codex, and Atlas as competition with Anthropic for enterprise customers heats up

OpenAI is planning to launch a "super app" combining its ChatGPT app, browser Atlas, and coding platform Codex, according to the Wall Street Journal. The strategic shift comes...

Friday 20 March 2026

Tencent leverages WeChat ecosystem to lead AI agent race in China

Tencent's rapid rollout of agentic AI across WeChat could reshape the competitive dynamics of Chinese AI, with potential implications for global markets given WeChat's 1.4 billion...

Friday 20 March 2026

Nvidia strategy at GTC 2026 blocks ASIC rivals with Groq deal

At GTC 2026, Nvidia unveiled a strategic US$20 billion partnership with AI chip startup Groq, licensing its LPU technology and hiring key team members to integrate advanced inference...

Friday 20 March 2026

Commentary: Nvidia sees Groq as its next Mellanox

Since the start of 2026, Jensen Huang has twice drawn a striking parallel: likening a potential deal involving Groq to Nvidia's 2020 acquisition of Mellanox Technologies. He first...

Friday 20 March 2026

Samsung signals AI memory shift with HBM showcase at 2026 shareholders meeting

Samsung Electronics held its 57th annual shareholders meeting on March 18 in Suwon, South Korea, where it unveiled advanced memory products, including high-bandwidth memory (HBM),...

Friday 20 March 2026

Nvidia to supply 1 million GPUs to Amazon through 2027 in landmark AI cloud deal

Nvidia will supply 1 million graphics processing units (GPUs) to Amazon.com's cloud computing division by 2027 in one of the largest artificial intelligence infrastructure agreements...

Friday 20 March 2026

Amazon founder reportedly eyeing US$100B AI fund to transform manufacturing

Jeff Bezos is reportedly in early discussions to raise a US$100 billion investment fund aimed at acquiring and modernizing manufacturing...

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