networking

Compal

2026-09-19 00:37:41

Compal to buy remaining CBN stake at 18.21% premium and take unit private

Compal Electronics said it will buy the remaining 57.4% stake in networking subsidiary CBN Technology in an all-cash deal priced at NT$18.5 per share, representing a premium of about 18.21% to the previous business day’s closing price before the board resolution. The transaction is structured as a share conversion and would make CBN a wholly owned subsidiary of Compal. CBN is scheduled to hold an extraordinary shareholders meeting on Nov. 9, 2026 to vote on the proposal, with Dec. 31, 2026 set as the tentative conversion record date. After the conversion is completed, CBN will delist and cancel its public company status in accordance with applicable rules. According to ABMedia, Compal said the deal is part of a broader effort to deepen internal integration of software and hardware R&D resources. The company linked the move to demand tied to edge computing and a more diverse networking market. The combination would bring together Compal’s strengths in terminal system assembly, servers, wide area connectivity, 5G and non-terrestrial networks with CBN’s work in routers, gateways and local networking hardware and software.

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Nvidia

2026-09-03 16:12:16

Nvidia Unveils Free Open-Source PAIR Tool to Turn Idle PCs Into Personal AI Data Centers

Nvidia has launched a free, open-source software tool called Personal AI Router (PAIR) that connects idle computers on home or office networks—such as those with GeForce RTX 20-series or higher GPUs, RTX Pro GPUs, DGX Spark systems, or Apple M4 and above chips—to collaboratively handle local AI inference tasks. The tool supports Ollama and LM Studio, aiming to improve local AI compute efficiency without requiring dedicated hardware routers.

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Cisco

2026-08-13 09:43:02

Cisco earnings preview: how much of its $9 billion AI order target will show up as revenue?

Cisco is set to report fourth-quarter results and full-year fiscal 2026 numbers after the U.S. market close on Aug. 12, 2026, with Wall Street looking for about $1.17 in earnings per share and roughly $16.83 billion in revenue. The larger issue going into the print is not whether the company can clear quarterly consensus, but how quickly its expanding artificial intelligence order book turns into recognized sales. Cisco has lifted its full-year AI infrastructure order expectation from $5 billion to about $9 billion, yet its AI infrastructure revenue outlook only moved from $3 billion to $4 billion. Against full-year revenue guidance of $62.8 billion to $63.0 billion, that implies AI revenue of only around 6% this fiscal year. Third-quarter results had already pushed the bar higher, with record revenue, stronger adjusted EPS, and product order growth across enterprise, public sector, service provider, and cloud customers. Investors are now likely to focus on fiscal 2027 guidance, AI order updates, gross margin trends, recurring software and subscription growth, backlog commentary, and any management discussion of tariff effects. The gap between bookings and revenue recognition remains the central issue in this report.

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Fintech Meetu

2026-07-23 01:00:14

World's Largest Fintech Meetings Event Fintech Meetup Expands to Europe with 2026 Lisbon Launch

Fintech Meetup Europe will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, Oct 6-8, 2026, targeting 2,500+ attendees, 650+ hosted buyers, and 25,000+ pre-scheduled double opt-in meetings.

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crypto confer

2026-07-14 09:45:53

Crypto mega-conferences lose their draw as side gatherings pull attention away

A brief item from Foresight says large crypto conferences are no longer commanding the same level of attention. According to the post, main venues are seeing little interest, while the most valuable networking is being diverted into private dinners and closed-door gatherings. That shift is changing the role of the conference itself, with formal event spaces losing relevance as smaller, more selective meetups attract the people many attendees actually want to meet. The source frames the change as a sign that the traditional crypto conference format is losing its original appeal.

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AI infrastruc

2026-06-04 12:00:49

From Old Guard to AI Darling: How Dell, Nokia and Cisco Are Being Repriced

In a surprising turn, legacy tech names like Dell, Nokia, Cisco, and Corning are regaining favor as AI trades. As AI shifts from model benchmarks to real‑world data centers, the market is rediscovering companies with real delivery and infrastructure muscles. This analysis breaks down the repricing logic across servers, networking, and storage.

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