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Tuesday 18 August 2026

Humanoid robots expose the limits of chasing higher TOPS

Humanoid robots are moving from demonstrations toward mass production, changing the priorities of chip design. Instead of simply chasing...

Tuesday 18 August 2026

MediaTek widens ASIC services as market share surges

MediaTek has reportedly landed major orders for Google TPU products in recent years, even appearing to challenge Broadcom's position...

Monday 17 August 2026

LG-Nvidia physical AI partnership speeds up as robotics chief reportedly heads to South Korea

Less than a week after LG Group and Nvidia signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU), Madison Huang, Nvidia's senior director...

Monday 17 August 2026

Nvidia closing in on US$100B credit guarantee deal for OpenAI's Ohio data center

Nvidia is approaching an agreement to provide credit guarantees of around US$100 billion for OpenAI's 10GW data center in Ohio, among the largest AI infrastructure projects ever, according...

Monday 17 August 2026

AMD eyes Taalas: will the system ditch HBM, advanced packaging, 3D stacking?

The AI compute landscape was jolted in February 2026 by Taalas, a Canadian startup founded by former AMD and NVIDIA architect Ljubisa Bajic. Emerging with an unconventional "Model-Based"...

Monday 17 August 2026

Topoint's high-end drill bits hit 56% share ahead of schedule, aims to double capacity by end of 2028

Printed circuit board (PCB) drill bit manufacturer Topoint Technology stated during its second-quarter 2026 earnings call that strong...

Monday 17 August 2026

Weekly news roundup: AI expansion fuels supernodes, post-HBM memory, liquid cooling and supply-chain shifts

This week's most-read stories traced the AI boom across the stack, from supernodes and next-generation memory to liquid cooling, solar power, telecom services and PCB demand. Below...

Monday 17 August 2026

AI vision sensing demand heats up for Novatek, PixArt, Elan, Realtek

Taiwanese IC design firms that have been building out AI vision sensing businesses are now reaping the rewards, with major players including display driver IC (DDI) leader Novatek...

Sunday 16 August 2026

TV slowdown accelerates panel makers' shift to IT OLED, UBI Research found

With global TV demand slowing and panel prices continuing to fall, display makers are facing intensifying profit pressure. Analysts...

Saturday 15 August 2026

Gelsinger calls HBM 'lousy', SK Hynix says it's not memory's final answer

High-bandwidth memory (HBM), a core component in AI semiconductors, has drawn fresh scrutiny after former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger called...

Saturday 15 August 2026

MicroIP sees second-half revenue lift as board approves cash raise

MICROIP, which focuses on AI software design services and ASIC design services, said its first-half 2026 financial report showed continued investment in core technologies and key IP...

Saturday 15 August 2026

Taiwan approves NT$8 billion ocean tech program for security and industry

Taiwan's government approved a four-year ocean technology and industry development program for 2027-2030 and will seek more than NT$8 billion in funding. The plan was designed to strengthen...

Saturday 15 August 2026

Interview: Acrab CEO Ken Phua on building agentic AI silicon in Singapore

Ken Phua, former Arm China co-CEO, spent 25 years abroad building someone else's business model. He came home to Singapore to build his own.

Friday 14 August 2026

China AI chip demand lifts Hygon revenue 67%, Sugon profit 34% as domestic computing expands

Hygon Information posted a 66.5% increase in first-half 2026 revenue as accelerating artificial intelligence deployment and stronger...

Friday 14 August 2026

OCP APAC 2026: What if AI's next efficiency breakthrough is simply moving less?

For years, the logic of AI infrastructure has been straightforward: move more data, push more power, transmit more signals, remove...

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