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Thursday 5 March 2026
Tesla's Grunheide overhaul signals shift to multi-product 'superfactory' with implications for European automakers
Tesla's Gigafactory in Grunheide, Germany, is being repurposed into a multi-product manufacturing hub after CEO Elon Musk outlined five transformation initiatives to address falling...
Wednesday 4 March 2026
BMW's Aeon signals shift toward technology-led governance as new CEO takes helm
BMW introduced the humanoid robot Aeon at its Leipzig production facility in early 2026, a move framed as both a production innovation and a symbolic milestone in the leadership transition...
Wednesday 4 March 2026
Mitac expands US server capacity, eyes growth in 2026
Mitac Holdings announced its financial results for 2025, reporting full-year consolidated revenue of NT$105.58 billion (approx. US$3.33 billion), with profit attributable to owners...
Wednesday 4 March 2026
AMD targets AI infrastructure boom with MI450 ramp and hyperscaler deals
AMD will deepen multi‑year partnerships with Meta and OpenAI as it ramps MI450 and rack‑scale systems, while maintaining aggressive financial targets and preparing to meet...
Wednesday 4 March 2026
IPC vendors converge at Embedded World 2026 as edge AI drives high-performance computing demand
Demand for high-performance embedded computing platforms is rising across sectors such as smart manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, and energy infrastructure, as GenAI and other...
Wednesday 4 March 2026
Chunghwa Telecom and Nokia deepen strategic partnership at MWC 2026
Chunghwa Telecom and Nokia signed a memorandum of understanding at the 2026 Mobile World Congress to deepen their strategic collaboration on AI-driven network optimisation, 5G-Advanced...
Wednesday 4 March 2026
Samsung launches 'Doubao phone' rival as Apple embraces Gemini AI agents
Samsung Electronics officially unveiled its Galaxy S26 flagship series at Galaxy Unpacked 2026 on February 25 in San Francisco. However, the real buzz in the tech community was not...
Wednesday 4 March 2026
Commentary: Nvidia, MediaTek bankroll optics shift that's reshaping AI data centers
A new trend is emerging in the AI infrastructure race. After MediaTek invested in US silicon photonics start-up Ayar Labs, Nvidia followed with US$2 billion investments in optical...
Wednesday 4 March 2026
uPI Semi warns of tight PMIC supply amid wafer price hikes and AI server demand
Power management IC (PMIC) designer uPI Semi has forecast a widespread shortage in power IC supply throughout 2026, driven by surging demand from AI servers requiring high-performance,...
Tuesday 3 March 2026
Qualcomm's 6G push signals broader shifts in AI and wireless priorities for devices and industry
At MWC 2026, Qualcomm outlined a strategy to pair advanced AI processing with next-generation wireless technologies, presenting new chips and systems intended to influence wearables,...
Tuesday 3 March 2026
AI RAN prototypes promise uplink gains as vendors prepare MWC 2026
Keysight Technologies and MediaTek said they have jointly developed an AI-driven radio access network technology aimed at improving uplink performance and will debut a validated prototype...
Tuesday 3 March 2026
Yageo subsidiary Kemet hikes tantalum capacitor prices for third time as strong AI server demand continues
As artificial intelligence (AI) server applications consume large amounts of tantalum polymer capacitors, the supply-demand gap in the market continues to widen. Kemet, a subsidiary...
Tuesday 3 March 2026
MediaTek highlights 6G, Wi-Fi 8, and AI chip UCIe tech at MWC 2026
At the 2026 Mobile World Congress (MWC), MediaTek showcased a series of breakthrough technologies under the theme "AI for Life: From Edge to Cloud," emphasizing its leadership in chips...
Tuesday 3 March 2026
Taiwan Mobile-AST SpaceMobile tie-up aims to bolster always-on connectivity and disaster resilience
Taiwan Mobile announced on March 2 that it had signed a strategic cooperation memorandum of understanding with AST SpaceMobile at MWC 2026 to promote the integration of space-based...
Tuesday 3 March 2026
AI data centers redraw the power map: Driving 800V DC and solid-state transformers into the next battleground
As demand for computing power from AI large language models (LLMs) continues to surge, power density in data centers is rising in tandem, bringing the conversion losses of traditional...