Nvidia’s Jensen Huang warns US officials about banning Chinese open-weight models
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang once again voiced his support for open-weight and open-source AI, a form of model that has caught official attention in Washington after the release of the powerful Kimi K3 model from Chinese startup Moonshot AI. His comments added another voice to the ongoing debate over closed-source versus open-source approaches as the US considers restrictions on Chinese AI.
China’s GenAI race shifts to open source ecosystems
White House reportedly approaches final framework for reviewing frontier models
Intel Foundry completes US microelectronics prototype program
Intel Foundry has completed a US defense-backed semiconductor prototype program that could have implications for supply chain resilience, national security, and global access to advanced chips. The work, tied to Intel 18A technology, aims to expand trusted domestic manufacturing and could shape how allied governments approach secure chip production.
Analysis: What Seagate’s blowout quarter signals about the next two years of AI infrastructure demand
Seagate’s fiscal fourth quarter was by almost every measure its strongest in over a decade — US$3.6 billion in revenue, US$1.1 billion in free cash flow, and gross margins pushing toward 53%. But for supply chain watchers, the more important story is what the results reveal about where demand is heading, who is driving it, and how the hardware ecosystem needs to prepare.
Kumamoto quake hits electronics cluster, but impact remains concentrated in inspection-related stoppages
NXP finds new AI data center role beyond GPUs
NXP Semiconductors’ physical AI strategy extends beyond vehicles, factories and robots. The same control, connectivity and real-time processing capabilities are also giving the company a larger role in AI data center infrastructure, where it is targeting the systems that manage networking, cooling, security and power around increasingly complex accelerator platforms.
SK Hynix keeps US and Japan expansion options open despite KRW40T capex plan
US blocks new foreign-made robots and power inverters in AI security crackdown
The US has barred new foreign-produced advanced robots and power inverters from receiving regulatory approval, extending its technology restrictions into two industries considered critical to artificial intelligence, energy infrastructure and industrial automation.