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Jun 5, 16:51
Foxconn posts record May revenue as AI rack demand fuels growth
Computex 2026 closed on June 5 with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reaffirming the scale of AI infrastructure demand in his keynote — and Foxconn, as the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer, is among the most direct beneficiaries of that buildout.
As artificial intelligence (AI) drives demand for more powerful computing systems and smarter machines, Taiwanese optics manufacturer Ability Opto-Electronics Technology is positioning itself at the intersection of two emerging technology frontiers: metalenses and optical interconnects.
Samsung Electronics is facing a new shift in labor relations after the Samsung Electronics branch of the Samsung Group Super-Enterprise Union reportedly lost its status as a majority union following a sharp drop in membership after bonus negotiations. The move weakens the union's representation and could further fragment future labor talks and union power at Samsung Electronics.
Industrial factories are likely to become the first major market for robots at scale, according to NXP chief executive Rafael Sotomayor, who said manufacturers want stable systems, dependable performance, and clear financial returns. This view suggests that the earliest gains from robotics may come in places where efficiency improvements are easiest to measure.
Senior US officials have begun exploring a highly unconventional idea: taking equity stakes in leading artificial intelligence companies and using the proceeds to share the gains of the AI boom with the American public.
As artificial intelligence (AI) workloads place unprecedented demands on data storage systems, South Korean SSD controller designer FADU is betting that next-generation storage architecture will become a critical battleground in the AI infrastructure race.
When Jensen Huang was asked in Taipei about Samsung Electronics' recent labor dispute, the Nvidia chief executive offered a characteristically direct response.
Anthropic has warned about the deepening capabilities of AI and called for the world to slow down research in frontier models. The startup said that the quickening pace of AI development may make models difficult to control in the coming years.

Huawei has formally introduced its "Tau Law," proposing a shift from traditional process-node scaling to "time scaling," a model aimed at improving chip performance through optimisation across components, circuits, chips, and systems, even under mature process technologies.

Alibaba is opening its Qwen AI assistant to external brands and third-party agents, turning the consumer app from a chatbot into a transactional platform for food orders, travel planning, and other everyday services.
As artificial intelligence fuels demand across the electronics supply chain, Taiwanese conductive paste supplier Ample Electronic is seeing a rebound in one of the industry's most overlooked segments: passive components.
Meta has postponed the public release of the application programming interface (API) for its latest AI model, Muse Spark, multiple times since its April debut, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The delay comes as Meta seeks to turn massive AI investments into sustainable revenue streams and compete more directly with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.