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Monday 30 March 2026

Commentary: US chip security act ends China's special AI chip supply

The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs passed the Chip Security Act, signaling a decisive move to restrict high-performance computing exports amid rising tech tensions with China...

Monday 30 March 2026

Huawei PanguLM lead exits, reviving model controversy

Huawei's AI leadership is facing renewed turnover. Wang Yunhe, director of Huawei Noah's Ark Lab and a key architect behind PanguLM, has...

Monday 30 March 2026

Phison and Intel go hybrid to keep China's AI lobster craze from burning out

The recent craze for OpenClaw "lobster raising" in China has sparked massive token consumption, with Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) calling it the first killer app of AI agents...

Monday 30 March 2026

SoftBank secures US$40 billion loan to fund OpenAI investment

SoftBank Group Corp. has secured a US$40 billion bridge loan to support its ongoing investment in US artificial intelligence developer OpenAI, marking one of the largest dollar-denominated...

Monday 30 March 2026

Taiwan broadens strategic industry list to include AI, quantum, and SiPh

Taiwan's premier Cho Jung-tai has unveiled a new list of 13 strategic industries. The lineup includes silicon photonics (SiPh), quantum technology, and unmanned vehicles. Quantum technology...

Monday 30 March 2026

Advantech urges industry restructuring as physical AI faces vertical integration limits

Advantech vice president Magic Pao warned at AI EXPO 2026 that edge AI's imminent rapid exponential growth will reshape enterprise computing and safety worldwide. While cloud generative...

Monday 30 March 2026

Thermoplastic composites see growing applications in EVs and humanoid robots

Thermoplastic composites have emerged as key materials in manufacturing worldwide, as production trends toward lightweighting and automation. With competition in the field now intensifying,...

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:

Monday 30 March 2026

Swancor debuts fully recyclable AI robots, leveraging advanced composites for scalable industrial adoption

Swancor Holding's subsidiary, Swancor Robotech, on March 27, opened an intelligent robot application demonstration center in Neihu, Taipei, highlighting progress in integrating artificial...

Monday 30 March 2026

AI meets reality: why physical data is the real constraint

Artificial intelligence is entering a new phase centered on agentic systems, with momentum shifting from digital environments to real-world...

Monday 30 March 2026

Apple to open Siri to rival AI services beyond ChatGPT

Apple plans to open its Siri voice assistant to rival artificial intelligence (AI) services, moving beyond its partnership with OpenAI,...

Monday 30 March 2026

Taiwan’s AI pivot: from chip factory to “silicon innovation island”

Taiwan is moving to cement its status as the "beating heart" of the global technology industry by transitioning from a hardware manufacturing powerhouse into what Acer founder Stan...

Monday 30 March 2026

AI compute shifts to inference, reshaping data center bottlenecks

The focus of artificial intelligence computing is set to shift from training to inference beyond 2025, a transition that will also redefine...

Monday 30 March 2026

Research Insight: Perovskite solar cells push efficiency beyond silicon limits

At the 2026 Smart City Summit & Expo in Taipei, a new generation of solar technology took center stage.

Monday 30 March 2026

India roundup: India resets FDI policy as rising GPU costs reshape AI strategy

India is recalibrating FDI rules, semiconductor incentives and AI policy while expanding power capacity and attracting global players like Tesla, Keysight and DNP. Data center ambitions...

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