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Tuesday 5 May 2026
SEMICON SEA 2026: Delta showcases AI-enabled smart manufacturing
Delta Electronics presented its latest AI-enabled smart manufacturing solutions at SEMICON Southeast Asia 2026, underscoring its efforts to advance efficiency, precision, and scalability...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
Google's TPU push hits Nvidia's neocloud grip

Google's effort to expand its tensor processing units (TPU) beyond its own cloud is meeting resistance from some of the AI infrastructure...

Tuesday 5 May 2026
Another Qualcomm exec joins Intel to lead PC and physical AI unit
Intel has announced that it has appointed Alex Katouzian as head of its Client Computing and Physical AI Division. With this hire, Intel seeks to align its consumer PC business with...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
DDR6 server memory moves into early development as industry prepares for next-generation AI demand
The development of next-generation server memory DDR6 is reportedly entering early hardware validation, as memory makers and supply chain partners begin pre-development work ahead...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
Intel PC chip roadmap takes shape as Razor Lake, Titan Lake stay on track
Intel is gaining momentum in both chip design and foundry operations. Its PC platform roadmap for the next two years is coming into sharper focus as process technology and yield improve,...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
Memory price hikes push smartphone shipments down more sharply than notebooks
Rising memory prices have squeezed handset demand and are expected to widen the gap between smartphone and notebook shipment declines in 2026, according to industry reports. Global...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
Apple's AI-driven architecture shift could reshape Taiwan supplier roles and industry competition
Apple's product strategy is moving toward an AI-centered architecture, prioritizing on-device intelligence, tighter chip integration, and system-level design, a shift that could change...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
Onsemi sees AI data center and Treo driving revenue and margin recovery
During an earnings call on May 4, Onsemi portrayed its artificial intelligence data center business and new Treo platform as central to a recovery that began in the first quarter,...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
Intel's revival runs on politics and promises — but supply bottlenecks tell a different story
Intel's share price has hit historic highs as the semiconductor industry draws significant investor attention. But is this hype justified? DIGITIMES analyst Luke Lin took a deep dive...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
Malaysia becomes AI data center hub, attracts Chinese cloud giants and Nvidia AI chips

As power constraints and tighter policy controls in Singapore limit expansion, Malaysia is rapidly emerging as Southeast Asia's most important...

Monday 4 May 2026
Taiwanese Micro LED suppliers race to tap optical links for AI data centers
Micro LED is emerging as a potential contender in AI optical communications as the industry shift toward "optical replacing copper" gathers pace.
Monday 4 May 2026
AI memory crunch squeezes 5G FWA market
DIGITIMES' latest report says the global 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) customer premises equipment (CPE) market posted its first year-on-year shipment decline in the first...
Monday 4 May 2026
Anthropic reportedly in talks with Fractile to buy inference chips amid AI compute crunch
Anthropic has been in talks with Fractile, a London-based startup, to purchase its inference chips for running its AI models more efficiently, as inferential AI tasks have pushed up...
Monday 4 May 2026
AI's 1.6T shift turns InP into optical supply chain bottleneck

The transition from 800G to 1.6T optical modules is no longer an upgrade cycle — it is a physics-driven inflection point.

Monday 4 May 2026
TSMC’s 3nm crunch will keep Apple Mac supply constrained until 2nm ramps up
Supply-chain participants said Apple's fiscal second-quarter 2026 performance should be read less as a demand story and more as a reflection of persistent constraints in advanced semiconductor...