Toshiba’s semiconductor and electronic components subsidiary, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage, has reached a basic agreement with China’s silicon carbide (SiC) wafer manufacturer SICC for improving SiC wafer quality and technical cooperation. The two parties will also explore the possibility of expanding SiC wafer supply in the future and continue negotiating specific collaboration details.

The 25th International Meeting on Information Display (IMID 2025) recently took place in South Korea, in which the two leading Korean panel manufacturers both centered on artificial intelligence (AI) as the future for the display industry. Samsung Display (SDC) presented a substantial number of AI-related research papers, while LG Display (LGD) delivered a keynote speech outlining technological prospects in the AI era.

Nvidia has announced the general availability of the Nvidia Jetson AGX Thor developer kit and production modules, representing a new class of robotics computers designed to power next-generation robots across manufacturing, logistics, transportation, healthcare, agriculture, and retail. The company said the platform aims to enable developers to deploy advanced generative AI capabilities directly on robots and machines operating in real-world environments.