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Thursday 5 February 2026
Alphabet pledges record $185 billion capital spend as AI fuels cloud boom

Alphabet Inc. capped a historic fiscal year with a record-breaking surge in infrastructure spending, signaling an aggressive bid to cement its dominance...

Thursday 5 February 2026
Repon eyes strong 2026 growth on rising server demand
Server slide rail maker Repon posted a record revenue of NT$303 million (US$9.6 million) for January 2026, up 143% year-over-year and 24% month-over-month, driven by robust orders...
Thursday 5 February 2026
CHT eyes strong 2026 growth, with US subsidiary securing AI server project
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) announced the results of its consolidated business operations for the fourth quarter of 2025 on February 3: consolidated revenue reached NT$65.65 billion (US$2.08...
Wednesday 4 February 2026
HP CEO Enrique Lores steps down; board names interim leader
HP announced today that Bruce Broussard, who has served on the company's board of directors since 2021, has been named interim chief executive officer, effective immediately. He succeeds...
Wednesday 4 February 2026
Analysis: AMD prioritizes supply chain for second-half AI ramp
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) signaled a focus on operational execution and supply-chain readiness during its February 3, 2026, earnings call, positioning the first half of 2026 as...
Wednesday 4 February 2026
Alphabet reportedly plans major Bangalore expansion, bolstering India's AI ambition
Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, is planning a significant expansion in India, potentially taking millions of square feet of new office space in Bangalore's Whitefield...
Wednesday 4 February 2026
AMD beats estimates, flags softer 1Q26 momentum

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) reported fourth-quarter results and a first-quarter revenue forecast that exceeded analyst estimates, but its...

Wednesday 4 February 2026
Supermicro’s AI boom comes with a risk: one customer, 63% of revenue
Supermicro reported record quarterly revenue while acknowledging that a single customer accounted for 63% of its sales. The company is now implementing a strategy to diversify its...
Wednesday 4 February 2026
India wins electronics investment, but key gap threatens momentum
India's rise as an electronics manufacturing hub has been one of the fastest shifts in the global supply chain over the past decade. Geopolitical realignments, generous incentives,...
Wednesday 4 February 2026
Nvidia's Jensen Huang joins Dassault Systèmes event to unveil 3D universe vision
Dassault Systèmes opened its annual flagship conference, 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026, on February 3 in Houston. Building on the launch of its seventh-generation development framework...
Wednesday 4 February 2026
Taiwan's paper-counting academic culture is being challenged—here's why
Taiwan has long measured academic success through publication volume, a metric that has driven intense competition with China in research output. But National Science and Technology...
Tuesday 3 February 2026
Liquid cooling's next frontier: Data centers rethink heat management

If the first revolution in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers was the move from air cooling to liquid cooling, the second is now...

Tuesday 3 February 2026
US Judge dismisses Samsung FRAND lawsuit, strengthening ZTE's global hold
The ZTE Corporation has scored a major win in its global patent dispute with Samsung Electronics after a US federal judge dismissed Samsung's FRAND contract and antitrust lawsuit,...
Tuesday 3 February 2026
iPhone gains in China squeeze MediaTek, Qualcomm revenues
Last week, Apple released its latest financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, with the iPhone 17 series continuing to post strong sales. Overall, iPhone shipments...
Tuesday 3 February 2026
AI redraws data center power architecture as rack-level energy systems go mainstream

Generative AI (GenAI) is driving a surge in computing demand, pushing data center competition beyond server performance toward infrastructure...