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Thursday 22 October 2026
Meta says compute, not demand, now limits Muse; pushes shared standard for AI shopping agents
Meta Platforms is limiting the Muse personal AI agent to the US and Canada for now, saying that compute costs are the main reason it hasn't gone global.
Thursday 22 October 2026
Samsung patent boosts AI server memory efficiency without adding GPUs
Samsung Electronics has disclosed a patent application targeting GPU memory shortages when multiple users simultaneously submit requests to AI servers. By calculating data-transfer...
Thursday 22 October 2026
Memory surge drives phone makers from LTPO to LTPS
Soaring memory prices are intensifying cost pressure across the display industry, prompting some smartphone manufacturers to downgrade panel specifications. Market estimates indicate...
Thursday 22 October 2026
Micron skips 4F² for 3D DRAM as CXMT pushes ahead
Micron does not plan to commercialize 4F² DRAM even as Chinese rival ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) advances the technology, saying the architecture offers limited benefits...
Thursday 22 October 2026
Meta's advertising engine keeps pace with its AI build-out as legal costs cut into profit
Meta Platforms' third quarter showed that its core advertising business is still growing fast enough to carry one of the largest infrastructure programs in the technology industry...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix reportedly upgrading China NAND fabs to fend off YMTC amid softening US stance
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are upgrading their NAND flash factories in China to make chips with more than 200 layers, Reuters reported on October 21, citing four people...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
CXMT's next DRAM milestone: 4F² server memory with hybrid bonding by end-2026
Chinese DRAM maker CXMT is targeting higher-density manufacturing. At a recent shareholder meeting, management pledged to enter what it called the "uncharted territory" of extreme...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Starlink, FPT deploy satellite internet terminals on Vietnam islands
Vietnam has installed 10 Starlink satellite internet terminals on islands near Haiphong, highlighting how low Earth orbit networks are being used to extend connectivity beyond conventional...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Amazon open-sources TorchNeuron to bridge PyTorch, AWS Trainium
To lower AI hardware adoption barriers and offer alternative compute choices, Amazon has announced TorchNeuron—a native backend allowing existing PyTorch code to run directly...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Malaysia says data center investors must fund transmission upgrades
Malaysia wants data center investors to bear the cost of transmission upgrades required by their projects, tying investment decisions more closely to local grid readiness. New applications...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Taiwan's behind-the-meter energy storage faces space, cost barriers as ITRI proposes three solutions
As renewable energy penetration continues to increase, energy storage systems have become essential to maintaining grid stability and supporting corporate energy transitions. However,...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
IT panel market struggles to pass on costs: monitors hold flat, notebooks slide
Sluggish end-market recovery, cautious procurement by brand customers, and persistently high upstream material costs are frustrating panel makers' efforts to implement price hikes...
Monday 19 October 2026
Anthropic offers Blackstone more than 10% return in US$60 billion AI chip financing deal
Anthropic is offering Blackstone a total return of more than 10% to help finance a US$60 billion artificial intelligence (AI) chip procurement package, as higher infrastructure financing...
Monday 19 October 2026
AI data-center expansion shifts focus to time-to-power
Artificial intelligence data-center expansion is intensifying a global race for electricity, as cloud providers increasingly prioritize how quickly power can be secured over cost and...
Saturday 17 October 2026
CATL targets 70GWh in sodium-ion ESS orders with European push
Chinese battery giant CATL is deploying sodium-ion technology to expand into Europe's energy storage system (ESS) market. The company recently signed a strategic agreement with German...