The AI-driven price surge in the semiconductor supply chain is spreading beyond graphics processing units (GPUs) and memory chips to upstream materials and manufacturing inputs, creating new bottlenecks that could slow the buildout of global artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Suppliers of once less-visible parts are gaining leverage as customers compete for limited capacity.
These range from power chips and capacitors that regulate electricity inside AI data centres, to copper-clad laminates and glass fabric that form the base of printed circuit boards (PCBs), as well as industrial
Thousands of people joined anti-migrant protests in South Africa on Tuesday, watched over by a massive police contingent that was deployed to prevent violence and intimidation.
The demonstrations in Johannesburg, Pretoria, the port cities of Durban and Cape Town and other towns were called by an organisation known as March and March to demand that all undocumented foreigners leave the country.
The rallies, which marked the culmination of weeks of protests that have displaced thousands of mainly
Hong Kong’s weather forecaster has warned of record high temperatures this year and next, with a developing El Nino potentially becoming the strongest on record.
The Observatory said on Monday that sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean were expected to rise further, developing into an El Nino event this summer
A Shanghai family’s decades-long devotion to a vulnerable neighbour has led to the city’s first legal guardianship case involving people unrelated by blood.
Ren, 71, inherited a quiet act of compassion from his parents, caring for his neighbour Xu, 56, for four decades, the Shanghai Law Journal reported.
Xu was born with a mental disability. Originally from Xinjiang in northwestern China, he never married, had no
They say it would be in the interest of both the ruling People’s Action Party’s (PAP) and the WP to avoid further drawing out the issue when there are more pressing matters to address
While PM Keir Starmer says ‘cutting-edge capabilities’ will help to deter threats, critics say the rising defence budget should be even higher
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Self-flying fighter jets, uncrewed submarines and drones are at the centre of Britain’s future military under a defence plan announced on Tuesday that reflects a world of conflicts transformed by
Hong Kong authorities have put forward a sweeping overhaul of the city’s sexual offences laws, such as broadening the definition of rape, introducing new offences covering non-consensual acts involving children and persons with mental impairment, setting a uniform age of consent at 16, and removing gender-specific provisions.
The proposals, which follow the Law Reform Commission’s reviews of sexual offences over the past decades, are undergoing a one-month public consultation. The government aims to introduce the new legislation by July next year
A study of the risks and opportunities for Chinese weapons exports in global markets cautions against a reductive assumption about quality
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The study, published this month by the Bengaluru-based Takshashila Institution, questioned whether weapons made in China were “foolproof or
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Kellett, the British International School in Hong Kong, turns 50 this year and they have much to celebrate. Half a century from their humble beginnings as two primary classes in Wan Chai, they are now a through school across three campuses, with over 1600 students and a global reputation for excellence. This growth in itself is remarkable, but what
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