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Monday 27 July 2026

South Korea, AMD team up to integrate homegrown NPUs with CPUs and GPUs

South Korea and AMD have agreed to build and demonstrate heterogeneous AI computing infrastructure integrating AMD CPUs and GPUs with homegrown neural processing units, as Seoul seeks...

Monday 27 July 2026

Apple reportedly delays smart glasses launch to late 2027 due to privacy risks

Apple plans to present its first smart glasses during its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June 2027 before opening them for sale later in the year. This timeline has reportedly...

Monday 27 July 2026

Samsung converts AMD and OpenAI ties into HBM4 supply wins

Samsung Electronics is showing renewed momentum in the AI memory race as it deepens ties with both OpenAI and AMD, two partnerships...

Monday 27 July 2026

CXMT tops A-share market cap on IPO debut

Chinese DRAM maker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) listed on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange on July 27, with its market capitalization briefly topping CNY3.6 trillion...

Monday 27 July 2026

CATL profit climbs 42%, but storage price pressure tests its global lead

CATL reported a 42% rise in first-half 2026 net profit as electric-vehicle and energy-storage battery shipments surged, although weaker...

Monday 27 July 2026

Nvidia's Vera CPU targets go beyond Intel and AMD

After Nvidia has grown into a global giant on GPUs, why is it suddenly delving into CPUs? At first glance, its Vera is entering the server CPU market, where its rivals are naturally...

Monday 27 July 2026

H2U lists on Taiwan Innovation Board to tap digital health opportunities

Taiwan's largest digital health technology platform H2U debuted on the Taiwan Stock Exchange's Taiwan Innovation Board on July 24 at an offering price of NT$49.13 (approx. US$1.52)...

Monday 27 July 2026

Pegatron unveils AMD EPYC server platform for AI and HPC

Pegatron unveiled a new server platform powered by AMD's sixth-generation EPYC processors at AMD Advancing AI 2026, targeting enterprise AI, agentic AI, high-performance computing...

Monday 27 July 2026

Chinese AI startup Moonshot dispute puts US-China AI cooperation at risk

Tensions between the US and China are escalating following allegations that Moonshot AI improperly extracted capabilities from advanced US-developed AI models and accessed export-controlled...

Monday 27 July 2026

Nvidia weighs US$250B backstop for OpenAI's Ohio data center

Nvidia is in talks to provide a financial backstop of roughly US$250 billion that would help OpenAI lease and finance a massive AI...

Monday 27 July 2026

Research Insight: Inside Tesla's bet on Optimus to offset slowing EV growth

Tesla's push into humanoid robots signals the company's effort to offset a cooling electric vehicle market and intensifying competition...

Monday 27 July 2026

Samsung’s Broadcom AI chip pact expected to top US$200 billion as Hyundai expands robotics push

Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor Group used the San Francisco AI Summit to outline separate artificial intelligence (AI) expansion...

Monday 27 July 2026

Weekly news roundup: Samsung and SK Hynix favor DDR5, Intel accelerates 18A, Alibaba deepens CXMT ties

AI infrastructure, memory and advanced chipmaking led this week's tech agenda, with Intel, Samsung, SK Hynix, CXMT, Alibaba and Foxconn reshaping capacity and supply chains. Below...

Monday 27 July 2026

Jensen Huang backs open-weight AI as report says OpenAI, Anthropic lobby for tighter controls

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has backed open-weight artificial intelligence (AI) models in his first post on X, adding weight to a widening industry dispute over whether advanced AI should...

Monday 27 July 2026

India's HCLTech plans US$4.4B AI data center

HCLTech said it plans to establish its first AI data center at the upcoming Odisha Sovereign AI Park, marking a further step in its expansion into the full-stack artificial intelligence...

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