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May
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May
Micron starts producing most advanced US-made DRAM at Virginia fab, expands domestic memory supply
Micron Technology has begun manufacturing its 1-alpha (1α) DRAM process technology at its factory in Manassas, Virginia, marking what the company described as the most advanced memory technology ever produced in the US and a key milestone in its effort to expand domestic semiconductor manufacturing.
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May
Jensen Huang says he uses Claude at work and his son runs AI agents at home to manage the family
Jensen Huang fielded a wide-ranging set of questions during his Taiwan visit this week, touching on China market access, rising memory costs, silicon photonics, the LPU versus GPU debate and the future of AI agents — while making clear that Nvidia’s commitment to Taiwan’s supply chain runs deeper than any competitor’s announced figure.
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May
Jensen Huang lands in Taiwan, calls Vera Rubin biggest product ramp in computer history
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrived in Taiwan on May 23 ahead of COMPUTEX, telling reporters that the company’s next-generation AI server platform — codenamed Vera Rubin — will be the most successful product generation in Nvidia’s history and potentially the largest product rollout Taiwan’s electronics industry has ever seen.
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May
Tokens per joule: Microsoft’s quiet metric for separating AI hype from reality
The AI race has no clear winner — and may never have one, a senior Microsoft executive argued on the third day of the Plug and Play May Summit in Sunnyvale.
23
May
Hengs lists on Taiwan Innovation Board to scale solar-plus-storage across Asia-Pacific
Hengs listed on the Taiwan Innovation Board on May 22, positioning the firm to expand its solar-plus-storage and energy management services across the Asia-Pacific as corporate demand for energy self-management intensifies. Executives said the move came amid rising energy security concerns, new large-user power rules, and the launch of carbon fees in Taiwan, which have pushed industrial customers to seek in-house generation and storage solutions.
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May
Interview: XCaliber challenges million-dollar missile defenses with cheap drone interceptors
The Ukraine War and ongoing tensions in the Middle East have exposed a technological revolution reshaping modern warfare: the rise of cheap drones. These developments, along with AI-powered decision-making and the growing importance of resilient supply chains, are increasingly occupying the minds of military strategists — from great powers to smaller upstarts.
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May
Taiwan power chip maker Panjit targets AI and robotics for next growth phase
Panjit International Inc. is accelerating its expansion into AI and automotive electronics as the Taiwanese power semiconductor maker positions itself for a new growth cycle after four decades in the discrete device market.
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May
Tech Forum 2026: Autonomous driving enters commercial validation era, shifting competition to algorithms, chips, and data
As Computex approaches, DIGITIMES hosted a forum where analyst Mark Yee argued that Physical AI is driving autonomous driving into full commercial validation, with implications for market structure and technology leadership.
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May
IBM and US DoC announce America’s first purpose-built quantum foundry, supported by proposed US$1 billion CHIPS award
IBM and the US Department of Commerce (DoC) announced a Letter of Intent (LOI) to build an American quantum chip foundry, securing the nation’s global quantum leadership and fueling the country’s growing quantum ecosystem. The CHIPS incentive from the DoC will support the research and development efforts of a new IBM company: Anderon, which will be America’s first pure-play quantum foundry. This initiative represents one of the most significant commitments by the US Government to date in quantum R&D to position the US to manufacture most of the world’s quantum wafers.