Micron and Anthropic have announced a strategic agreement to scale the infrastructure needed to support increasingly powerful AI models, deepening ties between a leading memory supplier and one of the industry's fastest-growing AI developers.
The rising chance of a 2026 super El Niño, combined with surging power demand from AI data centers, is intensifying pressure on power systems and the grid. Bloom Energy said in a new report that on-site power generation is the answer for meeting data center electricity needs, and suppliers such as Kaori and Acbel Polytech are also upbeat on fuel-cell demand.
The race to commercialize physical AI and autonomous robots is running into a fundamental challenge: existing robot safety frameworks were designed for deterministic systems operating in controlled environments, not for autonomous machines making decisions in dynamic, unstructured ones.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is moving into volume production of AI servers built around its latest custom chip, Trainium 3, setting up Taiwan suppliers across cooling, assembly, and slide rails for a shipment ramp that could extend into early 2027, according to supply chain sources.
US President Donald Trump has signed Executive Order 14411, titled "Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation," launching a broad federal initiative aimed at strengthening America's leadership in quantum computing, sensing, and networking technologies. The order outlines a whole-of-government strategy to accelerate commercialization, expand research capabilities, and safeguard national security as global competition in quantum technology intensifies.
SK Hynix's semiconductor production base in Cheongju, South Korea, has seen a string of accidents since 2026, prompting questions over whether its safety management system has gaps. The incidents have drawn scrutiny because many occurred after the M15X fab began operation, as the company ramped up production to meet surging high-bandwidth memory (HBM) demand.
IBM has announced a partnership with OpenAI aimed at helping enterprises defend against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats by integrating frontier AI into security operations and workflows. The collaboration comes as organizations face a growing challenge from attackers that are also leveraging advanced AI tools to accelerate cyberattacks.
Meta Platforms has agreed to invest US$900 million in Indian fintech startup CRED and appoint its founder, Kunal Shah, as the new global head of WhatsApp, marking a major leadership change at one of the world's largest messaging platforms.
Synopsys celebrated the 35th anniversary of its Taiwan operations and the opening of its new Hsinchu office on June 15. During the event, Synopsys CEO Sassine Ghazi sat down with DIGITIMES to discuss how agentic AI is transforming electronic design automation (EDA), semiconductor development, and the future of engineering work.
