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Japanese companies making toilets, glass fibre and seasonings, not AI chips, are among the AI boom's biggest winners

Artificial intelligence has fuelled a global race to build faster chips, larger data centres and more powerful computing systems, propelling companies like Nvidia into the spotlight. Yet some of the biggest beneficiaries of the AI revolution are businesses that few people would associate with cutting-edge technology. In Japan, manufacturers known…

The Times of India

Ajinomoto weighs price hikes amid cost pressures

Ajinomoto (Thailand) Co, the producer of Ajinomoto seasoning and Birdy ready-to-drink coffee, says amid higher production costs it is not ruling out the possibility of raising product prices.

Bangkok Post

Not the Allbirds effect: Japan's top bidet maker Toto has been quietly making chip supplies for decades, and the stock market finally noticed

Toto didn't just flush its old business to make chips: it's been making the same components to power the world's AI infrastructure for years.

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Japanese firm behind ubiquitous MSG is ramping up production of key material in semiconductor packaging

Ajinomoto, the Japanese firm behind MSG, is ramping up production of ABF, a key material used in semiconductor packaging.

TechRadar

Out With Organic, In With Glass? DNP Unveils Glass Core Substrate Tech For Chips

As the chip industry develops more sophisticated processors with higher heat dissipation requirements, some firms have moved on to chiplet-based designs. This not-so-gradual shift has resulted in chip packaging technologies becoming increasingly important. Large and highly complex chips such as Nvidia's H100 and advanced multi-chip solutions like Intel's Data Center…

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Pictures of the week: Snowy winter landscapes, a giant crane toad and Greta Thunberg detained by police

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The Independent UK

Where do we stand with MSG?

"Negative perceptions of MSG might be associated with this kind of, for lack of a better term, racist propaganda"

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Intel CEO Looks To Meet TSMC On His Asia Visit To Meet Customers, Suppliers

Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC) CEO Pat Gelsinger is visiting Asian customers and suppliers in Japan, Taiwan, and India, Bloomberg reports. Gelsinger also looks to meet leading contract chipmaker and client Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (NYSE:TSM). Intel depends on Tokyo Electron Ltd (OTC:TOELY) for chipmaking equipment. Also Read: Nvidia Weighs Intel As Chip Making Foundry, Intel Shares Its Ambitious…

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