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China is considering export controls on AI technologies, including banning local companies from using TSMC, report claims — restrictions would also cover advanced AI models, training data, and overseas acquisitions

… Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck The data center cooling state of play Massive AI data center buildouts are squeezing energy supplies Ultra Ethernet: The data center interconnection of tomorrow The measures would be … …

Jul 21, 2026 · Anton Shilov

Qualcomm mulls taking over Jim Keller's Tenstorrent, report claims — deal for AI chipmaker would value the company at between $8 billion and $10 billion

… For AI, Qualcomm already has its Qualcomm AI200 and AI250 accelerators based on its Hexagon neural processing units NPUs customized for data center AI workloads that are due to ship in 2026. …

Jun 16, 2026 · Anton Shilov

After spat with Chinese gov't, Meta cuts AI Manus off from its internal systems and is 'sunsetting' platform, report claims — Beijing-ordered breakup of $2 billion AI deal begins

… Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck The data center cooling state of play Massive AI data center buildouts are squeezing energy supplies Ultra Ethernet: The data center interconnection of tomorrow China's National Devel… …

Jun 11, 2026 · Luke James

AMD takes over MEXT for memory tiering tech that enables flash to appear as DRAM to applications — tech to 'address growing memory constraints' in the data center

… Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck The data center cooling state of play Massive AI data center buildouts are squeezing energy supplies Ultra Ethernet: The data center interconnection of tomorrow As AI models continue … …

Jun 15, 2026 · Anton Shilov

Qualcomm plans China-specific data center chips — new Dragonfly lineup will include nerfed AI accelerators that comply with export thresholds

… The push into China relies on Amon's argument that Qualcomm's existing relationships with Chinese phone makers and automakers extend to the data center, the same customer base behind its AI200 and AI250 inference accelerators announced last October. …

Jun 25, 2026 · Luke James

Tencent is reportedly in talks to acquire Manus from Meta, following Beijing intervention — company expects to remain independent of Chinese tech giant

… Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck The data center cooling state of play Massive AI data center buildouts are squeezing energy supplies Ultra Ethernet: The data center interconnection of tomorrow Meta has already agree… …

Jul 10, 2026 · Jowi Morales

Onsemi buying cash-strapped Synaptics in $7 billion all-stock deal — smart power meets edge AI hardware

… The addition of Synaptics helps position onsemi at the intersection of these four pillars, enabling us to capture a significantly larger AI opportunity that extends beyond AI data center and into edge applications. …

Jun 26, 2026 · Anton Shilov

China’s hollow-core fiber trial pushes 51.3 Tb/s over 128 miles without signal regeneration — milestone targets AI-era networking bottlenecks

… In theory, HCF's air core would enable it to carry far more data over far greater distances with fewer amplification points. …

Jun 29, 2026 · Etiido Uko

SK hynix passes Samsung as South Korea's most valuable company — memory company surpasses valuation milestone on the back of HBM

… SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, who pushed through the original Hynix acquisition despite internal opposition, explained the strategy in a book published in January. …

Jun 23, 2026 · Luke James

How optical interconnects and silicon photonics emerged as AI's next hot commodity

… AI's latest bottleneck is now a US-China tech wars battleground As AI clusters scale into the hundreds of thousands of processors, the biggest problem is moving data between them . Computing tasks on frontier AI models are distributed across thousands of GPUs using parallel computing techniques. …

Aug 12, 2026 · Etiido Uko

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