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Wednesday 10 June 2026

Tech analyst unpacks why AI eats the world at SuperAI Singapore

Sam Altman's vision of artificial intelligence as a utility bought by the meter — like electricity — may be the wrong model entirely, and the telecommunications industry's last decade shows why. Benedict Evans, the technology analyst and former Andreessen Horowitz partner, made that case Wednesday in the second keynote of SuperAI Singapore 2026, drawing on mobile data's growth trajectory to argue that volume and valuation do not travel together in commodity infrastructure businesses.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

ByteDance takes direct aim at Claude Code and Codex at SuperAI Singapore

ByteDance's enterprise technology arm took a direct shot at Anthropic and OpenAI's coding tools at SuperAI Singapore 2026 on Wednesday, with Kan Yang, head of solutions at BytePlus, naming Claude Code and Codex as competitors to ByteDance's own agentic engineering product, Trae.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Closed AI models face a capex reckoning as open-weight alternatives close gap, SuperAI speaker warns

The economics of closed artificial intelligence (AI) models may be fundamentally broken, and the centralized cloud infrastructure supporting them is the next target — that was the sharpest argument to emerge from the opening keynote of SuperAI Singapore 2026 on Wednesday, where entrepreneur and former Coinbase chief technology officer Balaji Srinivasan laid out a case for why the software industry may have no choice but to decentralize.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

TSMC's May revenue grows 30% as AI demand and tight capacity support outlook

TSMC reported consolidated net revenue of about NT$416.98 billion (approx. US$13.2 billion) in May 2026, up 1.5% from April and 30.1% from a year earlier. The figure set a new monthly record and reinforced expectations that demand for leading-edge chips remains strong.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Microsoft Azure's China retreat shows data sovereignty is squeezing global cloud providers

Microsoft is reportedly scaling back parts of its China operations again, with the latest adjustment focused on its Azure cloud business, as both the US and China tighten scrutiny over data security and cross-border data flows.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Malaysia urges ASEAN to build regional power grid in response to geopolitical tensions, AI-driven power demand

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has once again called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to establish a regional power grid, as geopolitical developments and growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure simultaneously affect energy supply and demand.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Trend Micro COO sees Taiwan as model for AI regulation

Trend Micro COO Kevin Simzer believes Taiwan has the potential to become a global model for AI regulation, as AI technologies evolve from simple tools to become autonomous agentic systems capable of handling complex tasks and decision-making.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Trump administration reportedly halts public AI capability reports amid national security push

The Trump administration has reportedly directed a Commerce Department-affiliated body responsible for evaluating advanced artificial intelligence systems to stop publishing public reports on the capabilities of leading AI models, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited multiple people familiar with the matter. The move has intensified debate in Washington over who should oversee the assessment of increasingly powerful AI technologies and how governments should balance innovation with national security concerns.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Taiwan reportedly weighs tougher AI chip export curbs as US lawmakers push for tighter China controls

Taiwan is considering significantly tougher restrictions on exports of advanced AI chips to China, a move that would bring the island's regulations closer to those of the US and strengthen efforts to combat semiconductor smuggling, according to Bloomberg.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Apple's Siri AI finally arrives, but China blockage threatens iPhone's next upgrade cycle

Apple's new Siri AI has finally arrived, but its absence from China threatens to weaken the company's artificial intelligence (AI) strategy in one of the world's most important smartphone markets.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Interview: Taiwan's INFINITIX expands in South Korea to tap sovereign AI demand

As AI adoption accelerates globally, computing infrastructure is becoming a key competitive battleground. Taiwan-based AI software company INFINITIX is expanding in South Korea with GPU optimization software, aiming to meet demand for localized infrastructure and sovereign AI development.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Apple moves private cloud compute to third party with Google Cloud AI

Apple unveiled its third-generation foundation models at WWDC 2026, marking a major shift in its artificial intelligence strategy with implications for users worldwide. The new Siri, deeper Apple Intelligence integration, and a move to Google Cloud for its top model highlight how global device experiences may increasingly depend on cross-company cloud infrastructure.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Supermicro's US$7 billion fundraising shines spotlight on mounting governance and compliance challenges

According to Bloomberg and Reuters, Supermicro said it plans to raise US$7 billion through a series of equity and equity-linked offerings to support purchases of components needed to fulfill a growing backlog of artificial intelligence server orders, marking the latest chapter in a turbulent period for the company.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Microsoft cuts hundreds of Azure jobs in China as another step in its global restructuring

Microsoft is laying off hundreds of employees in its Azure cloud division in China, marking the latest step in the company's ongoing restructuring efforts as it navigates increasingly complex regulatory environments in both the US and China.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Delta and Lite-On poised to benefit as AI pushes data centers toward megawatt power levels

AI's relentless expansion is forcing a structural overhaul of data-center power infrastructure, creating a new investment cycle that extends well beyond servers and semiconductors.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Commentary: YMTC, CXMT relisting shows US-China tech controls are moving beyond chips

YMTC and CXMT have returned to Washington's Chinese Military Companies list, placing China's two leading memory chipmakers back at the center of US scrutiny over semiconductors, military-civil fusion, and China's technology supply chain.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Taiwan AI industry plan targets silicon photonics as new moat

The Taiwanese government has launched an AI infrastructure initiative aiming to further strengthen its semiconductor industry prowess by leveraging silicon photonics (SiPh) to form a new moat, as AI-driven demand for high-speed data transfer accelerates.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Column: Robotics' razor's edge is finally cutting into the real world

In early June in Vienna, a robotics startup used its keynote at ICRA 2026 — the International Conference on Robotics and Automation — to show a robotic arm slowly and precisely shaving its founder's face.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

COMPUTEX highlights a shift to prefabricated AI data centers

At COMPUTEX 2026, held under the theme "AI Together," a clear shift was visible across the exhibition floor: the focus has moved beyond individual chips and server specifications toward a far more practical challenge — how to rapidly deploy full-scale computing infrastructure under tight constraints of power, time, and construction capacity.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Chenbro Micom posts May revenue jump and projects strong second-half momentum

Server chassis maker Chenbro Micom reported that May 2026 revenue reached NT$2.51 billion (approx. US$79 million), up 37.3% year-over-year and 21.8% month-over-month, and said it expects robust operating momentum in the second half of 2026. The firm disclosed that consolidated revenue for the first five months of 2026 totaled NT$11.69 billion, a 46.8% increase compared with the same period last year, and attributed near-term strength to smooth handovers between legacy and new projects.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Chinese AI startup StepFun seeks US$12 billion valuation in Hong Kong IPO

Chinese artificial-intelligence (AI) startup StepFun is preparing to file for a Hong Kong initial public offering as early as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter, in what could become one of the city's largest technology listings in recent years.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

A COMPUTEX beyond PCs: Taiwanese suppliers target robot data and parts

COMPUTEX 2026 has made clearer a shift already underway in Taiwan's robotics supply chain, with suppliers looking beyond humanoid showcases toward less visible technologies — including motion data, vision, sensing, embedded control, actuators, and system integration — that could determine which robots reach commercial deployment first.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

PCIM 2026: Every company is now a semiconductor company

Global hardware growth is facing an increasingly fragile and fragmented supply chain. At PCIM Europe 2026, software intelligence firm Luminovo's OEM Growth Lead, Inga Schwarz, made a compelling case for why AI is no longer enough to save hardware companies from costly operational challenges. The industry, she argued, must embrace a transition toward deep, native domain enterprise integration to build a unified "digital thread." With the fast-moving advancement of generative models set against modern supply chain complexity, Schwarz delivered a reality check for OEMs and EMS providers navigating the global market.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Column: Computex 2026 shows Taiwan rewriting its role — from building AI to designing it

Computex Taipei 2026, held from June 2 to 5 under the theme "AI Together," drew more than 1,500 exhibitors from 33 countries and set a new record in scale. The show underscored a new AI industry reality: competition has moved far beyond standalone chip compute and into a systems-level battle spanning compute, connectivity, power, and cooling.

Wednesday 10 June 2026

AI use in PCB manufacturing has gone mainstream, but scaling remains lagging

AI adoption in PCB manufacturing is now widespread, yet fewer than 10% of companies have fully scaled deployments, underscoring a global gap between experimentation and factory-wide integration. For readers worldwide, the findings point to a sector where quality gains are real, but talent, data, and governance constraints are slowing broader industrial change.

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