Samsung Electronics’ foundry business has signed a strategic manufacturing collaboration with Claros, a US power-management startup, to produce semiconductors designed to cut energy waste inside AI data centers, according to a Claros announcement and a report by ZDNet Korea.
The G7 debate over AI has moved beyond regulation and safety pledges into a harder fight over frontier model access: who can use the most powerful systems, under what conditions, and whether governments can switch that access off.
Founded in 2014, Oppstar is one of the few Malaysian companies operating at the front end of the semiconductor value chain as an IC design house. The company was established by three founders with extensive experience in the IC design industry: Meng Thai Ng, Hun Wah Cheah, and Chun Chiat Tan. Headquartered in Bayan Lepas, Penang, Oppstar opened an office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2022. From its inception, the company positioned itself as a one-stop IC design service provider, initially focusing on 16nm design nodes.
As global EV market growth slows, motor makers that once relied on EV power systems are moving faster to find new growth engines. Fukuta has extended its accumulated design, integration, and manufacturing capabilities in automotive all-in-one power systems into miniaturized power module applications such as drones and quadruped robot dogs, reflecting a broader shift in resource allocation amid cooling EV growth.
Kioxia, one of the world’s major NAND flash memory suppliers, is prioritizing long-term agreements (LTAs), BiCS migration, and domestic fab efficiency over aggressive capacity expansion, signaling a more disciplined approach to the AI storage cycle.
Taiwan’s semiconductor equipment, components, and solutions providers posted robust revenue growth through the first five months of 2026, with 34 of 43 tracked companies reporting positive accumulated year-on-year figures.
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