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Wednesday 20 May 2026

ASML to deliver first High-NA chips within months despite cost concerns

ASML expects its first advanced semiconductors made using next-generation High-Numerical Aperture (High-NA) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment to ship within months.

Wednesday 20 May 2026

SpaceX to purchase Cursor one month after potentially record-breaking IPO

SpaceX plans to follow through with its acquisition of Cursor, which provides AI coding tools, 30 days after the space company launches its IPO. The deal, worth US$60 billion, would...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Alibaba's T-Head doubles down on AI infrastructure with Zhenwu M890

Alibaba Cloud has unveiled the Zhenwu M890, a new proprietary AI training and inference chip developed by its semiconductor subsidiary T-Head Semiconductor, as the Chinese cloud group...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Tech Forum 2026: Physical AI poised to accelerate autonomous driving and robotics, analysts say

Physical AI is set to reshape autonomous driving and robotics. At the DIGITIMES Tech Forum 2026, held ahead of COMPUTEX 2026, analysts said advances in perception, decision-making,...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Amazon's AI chip push gains ground as Nvidia remains central to AWS

Amazon's yearslong push to build a credible alternative to Nvidia's AI chips is beginning to gain traction, as software improvements,...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Gaia Motors rolls out Rapide 3 electric three-wheeler network across Taiwan

Gaia Motors has launched a nationwide channel rollout in Taiwan for its Rapide 3 electric three-wheeler, expanding the vehicle's availability from enterprise fleets to broader commercial...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

From boardrooms to bedside: AI cameras climb the value chain

AI camera demand is being propelled by enterprise digital transformation, smart healthcare, and cross-border collaboration, turning cameras from simple video recorders into intelligent...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Exclusive: Automakers turn to Taiwan for faster vehicle electronics development

A quiet but consequential shift is underway in the global automotive industry's race toward electrification and software-defined vehicles. Executives in Taiwan's automotive-electronics...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Former Samsung semiconductor head warns that memory prices and demand could fall sharply after 2028

The global semiconductor industry has been focused on a memory supercycle, with some forecasts suggesting the upturn could last until 2030. However, Kye-hyun Kyung, former head of...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Google and Blackstone could lift ASIC demand with TPU leasing joint venture

Recent media reports say Google is set to team up with Blackstone to form a new cloud computing leasing company, with Blackstone as the main shareholder. The new venture aims to build...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Taiwan to boost AI and strategic-industry spending to increase competitiveness

Taiwan's cabinet announced plans to expand public spending on AI and other strategic industries to protect the island's high-tech manufacturing lead, strengthen economic security and...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Ex-OpenAI and Tesla AI lead joins Anthropic to accelerate Claude pretraining research

Anthropic said it hired a high-profile AI researcher who will join its pretraining team to accelerate large-language-model pretraining research using Claude, as announced in May 2026...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Commentary: China hardens AI self-reliance push after Trump-Xi talks

After the Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, China's senior leadership has stepped up inspections of artificial intelligence, smart manufacturing and computing infrastructure, offering a...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Taiwan suppliers look past Tesla as China's robot makers scale up

Tesla remains a bellwether for humanoid robots, but its delayed production timeline is prompting Taiwanese suppliers to reassess where...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Analysis: Japan's auto giants diverge—who's navigating the storm, and who's still in it

Japan's three largest automakers reported fiscal 2025 results that signal shifting production strategies and significant implications for suppliers across North America and beyond...

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