As AI accelerators push data center power and thermal densities higher, cooling is becoming an increasingly important constraint on compute performance. Thermal materials are now part of that infrastructure equation. NovoLINC has launched MaxLINC, a thermal interface material (TIM) designed for high-heat-flux AI processors and advanced liquid-cooling systems. NovoLINC says MaxLINC can deliver thermal resistance... Read More

At IBC 2026, SDMC showcased an AI Home architecture designed to combine cloud intelligence, Edge AI and emerging Physical AI capabilities across connected home devices and services. The demonstration comes as SDMC works with Google Cloud through its Proactive Physical AI Acceleration Program, with a focus on technology co-creation, scenario validation and real-world service pilots.... Read More

Avnet and The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have opened a new research and commercialization facility focused on the hardware side of the AI boom. The Emerging Microelectronics and Ubiquitous Systems Lab (EMUS Lab) will bring researchers, startups and industry partners together around edge AI, physical AI, robotics, high-performance computing and emerging microelectronics, with an... Read More

Chunghwa Telecom is gaining recognition for an AI-powered customer service platform that combines speech recognition, generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and voice analytics. The Taiwanese telecom provider received Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 Customer Value Leadership Recognition in the AI-powered customer services industry, highlighting how its technology is being applied to contact-center operations across enterprise and... Read More

Advantech is expanding its WEDA-powered Edge AI ecosystem to address one of the industry’s persistent challenges: moving AI workloads from development environments into production at the edge. The company’s WISE-Edge Developer Architecture, WEDA-Ready Edge Computing and Advantech Container Catalog are designed to connect hardware, software containers, deployment tools and lifecycle management into a more standardized... Read More

Lenovo and MemryX are expanding their work on sovereign edge AI in Saudi Arabia through a new memorandum of understanding, building on deployments already running in the Kingdom. The partnership combines Lenovo’s ThinkEdge infrastructure with MemryX’s Cascade 100P accelerator to process video and sensor data locally, targeting industrial operations, infrastructure, smart cities and other workloads... Read More

ARBOR Technology will showcase edge AI computing, machine vision and intelligent inspection systems at VISION 2026, highlighting how AI inference at the industrial edge can support workplace safety, video analytics and automation without relying entirely on cloud processing. ARBOR Technology is preparing to demonstrate a range of edge AI computing and machine vision technologies at... Read More

Sonatus and Hagiwara Electronics are expanding a collaboration to bring cloud-to-edge AI and vehicle data technologies to automakers across Japan, North America, Europe, India and China. The partnership combines Sonatus’ Fastlane Vehicle Platform with Hagiwara’s system-integration and distribution capabilities, including a pre-integrated deployment of Sonatus Fastlane Collector on Hagiwara’s Hiyoko development board powered by Renesas’... Read More

Aitech is upgrading its rugged computing portfolio for defense platforms that increasingly need to process AI workloads at the tactical edge. The company has introduced the C530 and SOSA-aligned U-C5300, two 3U VPX GPGPU boards built around NVIDIA RTX Ada architecture. The accelerators target real-time AI inference, video analytics, image processing and sensor fusion while... Read More