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Arm Expands AI Licensing Program to Boost On-Device AI Market Share
A smartphone with a displayed Arm Ltd logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Arm Holdings said on Monday it is expanding its Flexible Access licensing program to cover its Armv9 edge AI platform, aiming to attract startups and device makers developing on‑device AI by lowering entry barriers and accelerating design cycles. The Flexible Access program allows companies to use its chip design tools and tr
Mar 122 min read


Samsung Electronics in Talks with Nvidia to Supply Next-Generation HBM4 Chips
FILE PHOTO: A Samsung Electronics logo and a computer motherboard appear in this illustration taken August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Samsung Electronics said on Friday it is in "close discussion" to supply its next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, or HBM4, to Nvidia, as the South Korean chipmaker scrambles to catch up with rivals in the AI chip race. Samsung, which plans to market the new chip next year, did not specify when it aims to
Feb 102 min read


Openai Taps Broadcom to Build Its First AI Processor in Latest Chip Deal
FILE PHOTO: OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo OpenAI has partnered with Broadcom to produce its first in-house artificial intelligence processors, the latest chip tie-up for the ChatGPT maker as it races to secure the computing power needed to meet surging demand for its services. Shares of Broadcom rose more than 10 per cent. The companies said on Monday that OpenAI would design the chips, which Broadcom w
Feb 53 min read


Foxconn To Invest Up To $1.37 Billion In AI Compute Cluster, Supercomputing Centre
FILE PHOTO: A Foxconn electric two-wheeler powertrain system is displayed at Foxconn’s annual tech day in Taipei, Taiwan October 8, 2024. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo Taiwan’s Foxconn said its board of directors has approved an investment plan to procure equipment for a AI compute cluster and a supercomputing centre, that will allow it to spend up to NT$42 billion ($1.37 billion). The investment will be made from December 2025 to December 2026 using its own funds, the company
Jan 281 min read


Budget 2026 To Boost Malaysia's Digital, AI Ecosystem, Says Gobind
Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo said allocations and initiatives in Budget 2026 would focus on turning Malaysia into an "AI nation"....
Oct 14, 20252 min read


AI Will Replace Most Humans, But Then What?
Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of the words "Artificial Intelligence AI" in this illustration created on...
Oct 10, 20253 min read


Robot Dog Learns, Adapts Like Humans, Swedish AI Startup Intuicell Says
A Swedish AI startup company has created a robot dog named Luna that has a functional digital nervous system capable of learning and...
Jul 2, 20252 min read


Philippine Startup Develops AI Tool To Mitigate Crop Loss
A student-developed mobile app in the Philippines aims to reduce agricultural losses using AI-powered farm risk monitoring. AGRICONNECT...
Jun 27, 20252 min read


AI Robots May Hold Key to Nursing Japan's Ageing Population
Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and...
Jun 24, 20254 min read


UM Launches Malaysia’s First AI-Powered WiFi 7 Technology
TP-Link Malaysia and Universiti Malaya (UM) have partnered to establish the country’s first AI-powered WiFi 7 network at the Faculty of...
Jan 22, 20252 min read


How Should Small Businesses Take Advantage of Generative Artificial Intelligence?
The transformative technology has businesses equally exhilarated and worried. It’s best to explore the possibilities with an experienced...
Oct 7, 20243 min read


An Update on How We’re Accelerating the Use of AI in Robotics at Scale
Amazon is hiring Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, and Rocky Duan and licensing Covariant’s robotic foundation models to advance the...
Oct 2, 20243 min read


Malaysia to Launch AI Code of Ethics & Governance Guideline as Soon as April
Malaysia plans to launch artificial intelligence (AI) code of ethics and governance guidelines as soon as April, according to national...
Apr 9, 20241 min read


Alibaba Cloud Unveils Serverless Solution to Harness Gen-AI Capabilities for Enterprises
Empower global customers with LLMs to develop customized AI applications Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone...
Apr 4, 20244 min read


Govt Task Force on AI Must Involve Stakeholders, Says Expert
Harris Zainul of the Institute of Strategic & International Studies warns against knee-jerk reaction to developments in the technology....
Apr 1, 20242 min read


AI Set to Supercharge Robotic Automation
Last year was an exciting time for innovation when it comes to the world of robotics and automation. And while there’s plenty more in...
Mar 27, 20244 min read
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