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Wednesday 21 October 2026
AMD: Physical AI demands more than TOPS
Physical AI that can sense, reason, control machines and interact with people, Salil Raje, senior vice president of AMD's Embedded Computing Group, said TOPS (trillions of operations...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
DIGITIMES Insights: AI server PCB upgrades drive explosive demand for advanced backdrilling equipment
DIGITIMES observes that as AI servers and high-speed networking equipment continuously pursue higher data transmission rates, printed circuit boards (PCBs) are being upgraded through...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Zhen Ding Technology showcases AI infrastructure and terminal PCB lineup
PCB manufacturer Zhen Ding Technology (ZDT) Group is exhibiting at TPCA Show 2026 under the theme "One ZDT, Next AI," highlighting its latest technology and R&D achievements in...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
SpaceX pushes AI scaling into industrial realm as power equipment becomes limiting factor
The AI infrastructure race is increasingly becoming a contest over who can turn electrical capacity, cooling systems, and hardware into usable compute the fastest.
Wednesday 21 October 2026
How ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent are testing the boundaries of US AI chip restrictions
Chinese tech giants ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent have collectively ordered more than 3 million units of Nvidia's new RTX PRO 5500 graphics cards, representing a total value exceeding...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Advanced PCB drilling faces growing demand from AI and high-speed applications
Topoint Technology is positioning its precision PCB drilling business for rising demand from AI servers, high-performance computing, and high-speed transmission applications. At TPCA...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
LX Semicon uses AI agents to cut display chip design time by 80%
South Korean IC design firm LX Semicon has deployed AI agents in the development of display driver ICs (DDIs), reducing the design time for a benchmark image-processing engine from...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
AI customers seek 3-year partnerships as Unimicron calls for Taiwan PCB supply chain collab
TPCA Show Taipei 2026, organized by the Taiwan Printed Circuit Association (TPCA), opened on October 20. Unimicron Technology chairman S.C. Chien delivered a keynote at the opening...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Nvidia's Vera CPU signals a broader shift in AI infrastructure
Nvidia is positioning its Vera CPU as a central component of data-center infrastructure for agentic artificial intelligence, as multistep reasoning and tool calls increase demand for...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Packaging-to-board integration emerges as key gap as AI reshapes electronics supply chain
Packaging, substrate, printed circuit board (PCB), and assembly makers need closer coordination to meet the demands of AI and high-performance computing (HPC), as package-to-board...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Unimicron chairman sees substrate sizes reaching 14x current scale by 2030
TPCA Show 2026 officially opened, with Unimicron Chairman Shan-Chieh Chien saying in his opening address that solving the three major challenges facing AI accelerators in high-performance...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
AI server demand lifts Tongtai drilling orders through 2027
Tongtai Machine & Tool said it had order visibility for its printed circuit board (PCB) drilling equipment through the end of 2027 as AI infrastructure demand increased pressure...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
AUO selects glass substrate specs for semiconductor processes, not size rivalry
AUO is tailoring its glass core substrate specifications specifically to semiconductor process requirements rather than competing on panel dimensions with Innolux, according to Chairman...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Hygon's revenue jumps 58% on AI chip demand, but growth slows amid 51% stock slump
China's Hygon Information Technology reported a 57.58% increase in revenue for the first nine months of 2026, reflecting sustained demand for domestic high-performance processors and...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
DeepSeek-Huawei chip co-design could shift AI training away from Nvidia
DeepSeek is reportedly working closely with Huawei to influence the design of its future AI chips, a link reportedly closer than typical supplier-customer relationships. The collaboration...