Starbucks is developing internal AI-driven tools to replace parts of the software it currently buys from vendors including Microsoft and IBM, an internal presentation shows. Work includes homegrown alternatives to Microsoft’s inventory-tracking system and IBM’s maintenance-management tools; some projects could be deployed by the end of next year pending test results. CTO Anand Varadarajan told staff earlier this year Starbucks spends about $400m a year on software and sees clear opportunities to

A validation project for core agent-Internet systems was launched at the China Internet Conference’s Agent Internet Forum in Beijing, jointly hosted by the China Internet Association and the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT). The programme focuses on three systems: an agent cyberspace observation system, an agent Internet execution system and an agent operating system. CAICT’s Cloud Computing and Digitalization Research Institute has drafted the validation plan and begun pilot experimental verification with an initial group of participating companies.

业内透露，三星电子已针对新客户将供货价格调高约15%，主要集中在需求强劲的4纳米、5纳米等先进制程，以及部分车用8纳米制程。，台积电也通知主要客户，计划上调3纳米、5纳米、7纳米供应报价，涨幅约5%至10%。对此， 业内关注的重点，不只是涨幅，而是定价逻辑正在改变。 过去，晶圆代工厂除非进入下一代制程，否则同一制程再次提价并不常见。但AI浪潮改变了这一模式。AI投资扩大后，供给短缺持续存在，使三星、台积电等制造商的议价能力进一步增强。业内人士认为，台积电正带头依市况重新调整同一制程价格。只要AI投资周期持续，先进制程供需紧张格局延续，晶圆代工涨价趋势可能仍将持续。