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Friday 14 August 2026

Alibaba Cloud's 6-year evolution: five super data centers pivoting to AI compute

Alibaba Cloud's Lingjun Zhenwu M890 supernode has officially gone live, with its initial commercial deployment in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia—the...

Friday 14 August 2026

Alibaba Cloud races ahead with Ulanqab AI infrastructure

Since early 2026, AI upstarts such as DeepSeek have increasingly pivoted toward building or co-owning their own data centers. This reflects a broader shift across China's AI sector:...

Friday 14 August 2026

Insight: Intel raises US$20B, but its 14A ambitions may need twice as much

DIGITIMES analyst Luke Lin, speaking on a recent podcast, used Intel's latest equity fundraising plan to examine who is benefiting...

Friday 14 August 2026

Alibaba Cloud cuts AI data center build time to 100 days, triples global modular capacity

Alibaba Cloud has cut the delivery cycle for large AI data centers to 100 days with its CUBE 5.0 modular architecture, while lowering construction costs by more than 10% and increasing...

Friday 14 August 2026

Compal lifts profit on AI PCs and servers as component costs rise

Compal Electronics said second-quarter 2026 revenue and profit increased as AI PCs and server demand offset higher memory and other component costs. The Taiwanese electronics maker...

Friday 14 August 2026

Chinese analog chipmaker Novosense returns to profit on AI server, auto demand

Suzhou Novosense Microelectronics expects to return to profitability in the first half of 2026, with revenue rising nearly 67% as demand for AI computing infrastructure, automotive...

Friday 14 August 2026

AMD reportedly to issue up to US$5B in bonds amid tech debt sale wave

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is launching up to US$5 billion in debt offerings, part of a wave of tech companies reaching for capital markets to fund investments in AI-driven technologies...

Friday 14 August 2026

US report puts China-linked tariff evasion through Asia under the spotlight

A new US government-linked report says American tariff revenue is being drained by tens of billions of dollars a year through illegal...

Friday 14 August 2026

Tungsten prices surge sixfold as US-China restrictions tighten supply for chips, aerospace, defense

International tungsten prices have risen 666% year-on-year amid China's export controls, while the US Department of Commerce recently announced restrictions on exports of tungsten...

Friday 14 August 2026

Analysis: Taiwan Mobile takes control of Systex to close ICT gap with Chunghwa Telecom, Far EasTone

Taiwan Mobile announced on August 13 that it will acquire additional common shares of Systex through its wholly owned subsidiary Taiwan...

Friday 14 August 2026

Australia tightens approval rules for Northern Minerals share sales

Australia has tightened scrutiny of Chinese-linked holdings in Northern Minerals, requiring government approval before certain shareholders can sell their stakes and stipulating that...

Friday 14 August 2026

Samsung Electro-Mechanics glass substrate plan slips, with mass production now seen after 2028

Samsung Electro-Mechanics has again delayed its semiconductor glass substrate commercialization schedule after a prototype reportedly failed a customer's reliability review. The setback...

Friday 14 August 2026

DeepSeek raises API prices sharply as V4 Pro targets agentic AI market

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has officially launched its V4 Pro model with significantly enhanced agent capabilities, while sharply increasing API prices as it seeks to expand beyond...

Friday 14 August 2026

SMIC plans to single out AI chip revenue as demand outpaces its current reporting categories

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is considering disclosing revenue from artificial intelligence (AI)-related "peripheral chips" as a standalone line item,...

Friday 14 August 2026

Alibaba Cloud launches Zhenwu M890 supernode for commercial use

Alibaba Cloud has begun commercial service for its Zhenwu M890 supernode in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, giving global customers an early look at how AI infrastructure is shifting toward...

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