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Wednesday 22 July 2026
Sumitomo Chemical eyes 2028 production of lower-cost solid-state battery electrolyte

Sumitomo Chemical plans to begin mass production of a halide-based solid electrolyte in Japan as early as fiscal 2028, positioning the...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
US-China AI rivalry, part 2: Beijing weighs controls on model weights, training data, chip designs

The forthcoming AI dialogue between Washington and Beijing is less a sign of easing tensions than of a changing rivalry. Both governments...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
US-China AI rivalry, part 1: September talks to confront frontier models, IP theft, open-source risks

The US and China are preparing to hold their first official artificial intelligence (AI) dialogue under President Donald Trump, a notable...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Albany NanoTech Complex acquires ASML High NA EUV tools for chip research
Parts of ASML's next-generation high numerical aperture (High NA) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) machine have arrived in New York state, where they will be used for chipmaking R&D....
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Siemens to acquire Precision Innovations for AI-powered chip planning
Siemens said it has agreed to buy Precision Innovations in a deal that would add AI-powered chip planning tools to its electronic design automation business. The move could affect...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Intel and Fortinet deepen collaboration on new security processor

Intel and Fortinet have expanded their long-standing partnership to develop the Fortinet Security Processor 6 (SP6), a move expected...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Kimi K3 sparks new 'DeepSeek moment,' reshaping AI's winners and losers
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup Moonshot AI launched its next-generation Kimi K3 model on July 17, delivering performance comparable with leading models from OpenAI and...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Samsung disputes report of V10 NAND shipments to Nvidia
Samsung Electronics has disputed a report that it had begun supplying its 10th-generation V-NAND to Nvidia and was preparing to expand production ahead of the US chipmaker's CMX storage...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
OpenAI chair says enterprise AI will shift from token costs to outcomes
OpenAI Chair Bret Taylor said businesses will soon stop closely tracking token costs as artificial intelligence spending management becomes more automated. Speaking to CNBC,...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Tesla's EV platform powers Optimus scale production edge
Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus is set to begin mass production at the end of July, according to supply chain sources. Tesla previously retooled an electric vehicle production line...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Japan weighs new standards post to gain an edge in AI and chips
Japan is considering creating a senior government position to coordinate international standardization across ministries and industry, as Tokyo seeks to convert a sweeping investment...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
GLT helps Smobio Technology scale biotech materials for global orders

Smobio Technology, a strategic investment of Global Lighting Technologies (GLT), will officially list on Taiwan's Emerging Stock Board...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Academia Sinica quantum chip platform targets production by end of 2026
Academia Sinica said its quantum chip fabrication platform in Tainan is moving through equipment calibration and is expected to start producing quantum chips by the end of 2026. The...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Ablecom expands Taoyuan capacity to meet rising AI server rack demand
Ablecom Technology said it is expanding production capacity in Taoyuan, Taiwan, as demand grows for AI high-density compute and hyperscale data center buildouts. The chassis and advanced...
Tuesday 21 July 2026
Li Auto reportedly forms new Shanghai chip company to expand in-house semiconductor ambitions
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Li Auto has established a new subsidiary focused on IC chip design, underscoring its long-term strategy of developing core AI technologies in-ho...