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Monday 30 March 2026
Samsung invests in AI chip design startup to speed silicon and cut power use
Samsung Electronics has backed AI chip design startup Normal Computing in a US$50 million funding round, expanding its push into AI-driven electronic design automation and next-generation...
Monday 30 March 2026
Weekly news roundup: AI, supply chains, new entrants intensify global chip race
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of March 23-27, 2026:
Sunday 29 March 2026
Adata invests US$3 million in KonstTech to boost AI computing infrastructure
Amid the rapid development of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and large language models (LLM), global demand for high-performance computing (HPC) continues to rise. Memory...
Saturday 28 March 2026
OmniVision invests US$145 million in wafer foundry to secure chip supply

OmniVision Group said on March 20 it will invest CNY1 billion (US$145 million) in Rong Semiconductor (Ningbo) Co. (RongSemi) via a capital...

Friday 27 March 2026
SK Hynix targets KRW100 trillion net cash as AI demand surges, eyes US listing

SK Hynix plans to build more than KRW100 trillion (approx. US$66 billion) in net cash to support long-term investment in artificial intelligence...

Friday 27 March 2026
South Korea's M.AX Alliance warns against funding China's robotics
Facing rapid advances in automation and AI from China's manufacturing sector, South Korea is accelerating its manufacturing AI transformation (AX) through the government-led Manufacturing...
Wednesday 25 March 2026
OpenAI announces leadership for foundation and pledges US$1 billion AI commitment
OpenAI on March 25, 2026, sharpened the public-facing mission of its technology, announcing new leadership for its nonprofit arm and a pledge to invest at least US$1 billion over the...
Thursday 19 March 2026
Rapidus scales back US 2nm R&D early, raising timeline and funding concerns
With support from the Japanese government, Rapidus has been advancing R&D and pilot production testing to mass-produce 2nm chips by 2027. However, due to funding constraints and...
Friday 13 March 2026
APMIC's US$7 million Series A financing could accelerate on-premise private AI small model adoption
APMIC announced it completed a US$7 million Series A financing round led primarily by Pasadena-based private equity fund AIPO, with participation from companies including Trend Mic...
Wednesday 11 March 2026
Early Anthropic funder reportedly raising US$3B in new funding as VC concentrates on AI leaders
Spark Capital, the first venture capital (VC) firm to invest in Anthropic, is reportedly raising roughly US$3 billion in new funds, according to The Information. This new...
Tuesday 10 March 2026
Exclusive interview: Ayar Labs CEO Mark Wade says mass production capability remains a challenge for silicon photonics
US silicon photonics (SiPh) company Ayar Labs recently completed its Series E funding round. In addition to numerous capital firms participating, Taiwanese companies MediaTek and Alchip...
Thursday 5 March 2026
State 'Big Fund' backs humanoid robotics with US$362M Galbot investment

China's embodied AI and humanoid robotics sector is drawing fresh investment, with two major financing deals signaling accelerating com...

Thursday 5 March 2026
Nvidia's OpenAI bets likely capped, Huang says, with implications for other AI investors
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he does not expect the company's investment in OpenAI to reach US$100 billion and suggested the recent US$30 billion equity commitment may be the last...
Monday 2 March 2026
Rapidus raises US$1.7 billion to support 2nm mass production by 2027
Japan's state-backed chip venture Rapidus announced on February 27 that it has secured a total of JPY267.6 billion (about US$1.7 billion) in new funding from both government and private-sector...
Sunday 1 March 2026
OpenAI's US$110 billion raise signals shift toward capital endurance and ecosystem diversification
OpenAI's newly announced US$110 billion funding round underscores a structural shift in the AI industry, where long-term capital endurance and ecosystem diversification may increasingly...