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SMYTH IN CHICAGO IS NAMED NO.1 IN THE LIST OF NORTH AMERICA’S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS 2026

  • Smyth in Chicago is named The Best Restaurant in North America 2026, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna
  • Emeril Lagasse of Emeril’s in New Orleans receives the SevenRooms Icon Award
  • Lysée’s Eunji Lee in New York City wins North America’s Best Pastry Chef Award, sponsored by Valrhona
  • North America’s Best Sommelier Award, sponsored by Vik, goes to Aldo Sohm of Le Bernardin and Aldo Sohm Wine Bar in New York City
  • Corey Lee of Benu in San Francisco wins the Estrella Damm Chefs’ Choice Award
  • Atelier Crenn in San Francisco receives the Sustainable Restaurant Award
  • The Grey’s Mashama Bailey in Savannah receives North America’s Best Female Chef Award
  • Albi in Washington DC is the Highest Climber Award recipient, sponsored by Lee Kum Kee
  • Eight in Calgary takes home the Highest New Entry Award

For the full 1-50 list, click here.

NEW ORLEANS, May 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Leading culinary figures convened in New Orleans tonight for North America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2026, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, where Smyth was named The Best Restaurant in North America. The ceremony at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel honored the second edition of the list along with several special award winners. The list spans 20 cities, including 14 restaurants from Canada and 36 from the United States, with 18 new entries joining the list this year.

Smyth in Chicago is named The Best Restaurant in North America at the North America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2026 awards, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, held in New Orleans on May 28th.
Smyth in Chicago is named The Best Restaurant in North America at the North America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2026 awards, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, held in New Orleans on May 28th.

Smyth, led by chefs John Shields and Karen Urie Shields, is named No.1, rising from No.4 on the 2025 list. A personal approach to cooking, rooted in a network of growers and purveyors, transforms seasonal ingredients into a precise and ever-evolving tasting journey. Following in the ranking are Eight (No.2) in Calgary and Restaurant Pearl Morissette (No.3) in Lincoln.

Faye Huggett, Director of Community for North America’s 50 Best Restaurants, says: “The second edition of North America’s 50 Best Restaurants celebrates the diversity, creativity, and excellence that define the region’s dining scene. Congratulations to Smyth and to all the chefs and teams whose passion and creativity continue to push the industry forward.”

John ‘The Bajan Farmer’ Jones has been named the Champions of Change Award winner, sponsored by illycaffè. Restaurant Pearl Morissette has been recognized with the Art of Hospitality Award, while Wildweed in Cincinnati is the recipient of the One To Watch Award, rounding out the pre-announced awards in the lead-up to this year’s ceremony.

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AIMS Indonesia Officially Opens in Jakarta, Secures BAPPEBTI Licence

JAKARTA, INDONESIA – EQS Newswire – 29 May 2026 – AIMS officially launched AIMS Indonesia on 25th May 2026, marking a major milestone in the company’s regional expansion and reinforcing its long-term commitment to Southeast Asia’s largest economy.

aims indonesia grand opening

The Grand Opening celebrated a defining achievement for the company: securing the BAPPEBTI licence, the regulatory authorisation that formally permits AIMS to operate in Indonesia. With this approval, AIMS Indonesia is fully authorised to serve the Indonesian market with high standards of compliance, fund security, and institutional-grade trading infrastructure.

Held at the newly established AIMS Indonesia Office in central Jakarta, the event welcomed more than 300 guests, including industry leaders, strategic partners, clients, media representatives, and AIMS delegates from across the globe.

The evening featured a Lamborghini Huracán displayed beneath a custom-built LED tunnel, alongside an immersive brand showcase that reflected AIMS’ premium positioning and global ambitions.

A key highlight of the event was a corporate presentation tracing the growth of AIMS since its establishment in 2015, including landmark partnerships with Borussia Dortmund in 2022, the ASEAN Football Federation in 2023, Tottenham Hotspur in 2024, and Lamborghini in 2026.

“This is not merely an office opening — it is a declaration of our long-term commitment to Indonesia and to every trader who has placed their trust in us,” said Mr. Windy Alexandra, CEO of AIMS Indonesia. “Fund safety remains at the core of everything we do. Receiving our BAPPEBTI licence validates our approach and affirms that AIMS Indonesia is here to serve the market with integrity, transparency, and the highest standards of compliance.”

With a population exceeding 270 million, growing digital adoption, and rising interest in financial markets, Indonesia represents one of the region’s most important growth opportunities for AIMS.

The launch of AIMS Indonesia marks the beginning of a significant new chapter for the Group. Backed by a strong local leadership team, BAPPEBTI regulatory approval, and the global AIMS ecosystem, AIMS Indonesia is positioned to become a leading force in one of Southeast Asia’s most dynamic financial markets.

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About AIMS

AIMS is a brand with an 11-year industry heritage and a trusted financial broker for institutional and individual traders worldwide. With a global presence spanning more than 21 countries and regions, AIMS is renowned for its high-performance trading platforms, highly competitive spreads, and client-centric service philosophy.

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About AIMS INDONESIA

AIMS is a brand with an 11-year industry heritage and a trusted financial broker for institutional and individual traders worldwide. With a global presence spanning more than 21 countries and regions, AIMS is renowned for its high-performance trading platforms, highly competitive spreads, and client-centric service philosophy.

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Bracell Highlights Removal of 6 Million Tons of CO₂ and Advances Climate Monitoring with Flux Towers

The company’s results are part of the 2025 Sustainability Report, which consolidates progress in its environmental agenda grounded in science and investment in technology

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 29 May 2026 – Bracell, one of the world’s leading producers of dissolving and specialty pulp, reported in its 2025 Sustainability Report that it removed 6 million tons of CO₂ from the atmosphere between 2020 and 2025 and expanded its climate monitoring capabilities through the installation of flux towers across planted forests and native vegetation areas. The progress reinforces the company’s strategy of integrating nature-based solutions with scientific monitoring to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.

This result is driven by the role of forests in the company’s carbon balance. In 2025 alone, Bracell removed 3.4 million tCO₂e, with 1.8 million tons coming from planted forests and 1.6 million tons from preserved native areas. The cumulative total of 6 million tons marks important progress toward the company’s goal of removing 25 million tons of CO₂ by 2030, set under the “Bracell 2030” commitment, and reflects the maturation of its forest assets as well as the potential for scale gains in the coming years.

As part of this scaling strategy, Bracell, a member of the RGE group of companies founded by Sukanto Tanoto, intensified investments in climate monitoring technologies. In 2025, the company began installing a new flux tower in a native vegetation area within the Lontra Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN Lontra), in the state of Bahia, expanding the existing measurement network across its operations.

Flux Towers: What They Are and What They Are Used For

Flux towers enable high-frequency measurement of carbon and water vapor exchanges between vegetation and the atmosphere. Equipped with sensors that capture variables such as CO₂ concentration, temperature, humidity, and radiation, these systems generate data used to improve the understanding of ecosystem carbon balance and to support strategic decision-making in response to climate change.

“Accurate measurement of carbon fluxes is a strategic differentiator for Bracell. By combining science, technology, and responsible forest management, we are advancing climate value generation and the development of concrete solutions for decarbonisation. As we expand our forest base and deepen our use of data, we also increase our capacity to capture and generate positive climate impact consistently over time. Through the integration of technological innovation and natural assets, the company consolidates its role in the global climate agenda, positioning Brazil as a key player in the low-carbon bioeconomy,” says Márcio Nappo, Vice President of Sustainability at Bracell.

“The company already uses advanced statistical models developed from field data collected in Bracell’s areas and other regions of Brazil, which increases the accuracy of estimates of stored carbon and strengthens the credibility of emissions and removals inventories. This work is complemented by the use of flux towers, which allow for highly accurate, real-time measurement of carbon exchanges between vegetation and the atmosphere. As a result, we have evolved toward a technical methodology based on real forest data, enabling us to report our results more responsibly and improve forest planning. At the same time, we remain focused on short-term results without losing sight of a long-term strategic vision, continuously seeking improvement opportunities aligned with the business and the consistent generation of value,” says Gabriela Matzner, Forest Management R&D Manager at Bracell.
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About Bracell

Bracell is a global leader in the production of dissolving pulp and specialty cellulose with two main mill operations in Brazil in Bahia and São Paulo. In addition to its operations in Brazil, Bracell has a management office in Singapore and sales offices in Asia, Europe and the U.S.

Thailand, Vietnam Target USD 25 Billion Trade Goal as Ties Enter ‘New Phase’

Thailand and Vietnam pledged deeper security and economic ties, targeting US$25 billion annual trade as relations enter a “new phase”. (Photo: Khaosod English)

Thailand and Vietnam pledged deeper economic and security cooperation on 28 May as the two countries marked 50 years of diplomatic relations and set a target of reaching USD 25 billion in annual trade “as soon as possible”.

At Government House in Bangkok, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Vietnamese President To Lam witnessed the signing of four cooperation agreements covering trade, technology, aviation and education, while both sides described bilateral ties as entering a “new phase”.

Currently, the bilateral annual trade is at approximately USD 24 billion per year, Anutin said.

The agreements signed on 28 May included a 2026–2031 action plan for the Thailand-Vietnam comprehensive partnership, a science and technology cooperation agreement, a memorandum on developing an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) centre at U-Tapao International Airport, and an academic cooperation agreement between Khon Kaen University and the Vietnam Academy of Public Administration and Governance.

The aviation agreement between Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor Office and Vietjet Group was among the most commercially significant announcements during the visit and reflects growing cooperation in logistics and infrastructure between the two Southeast Asian economies.

First Visit

The visit by To Lam, who serves as President and Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Vietnam, was his first official trip to Thailand under the current government.

The two sides also discussed what officials called the “3 Connect” strategy, aimed at linking supply chains and production chains, strengthening local economic connectivity, and expanding cooperation in green energy and energy security.

Thailand and Vietnam also agreed to increase military and defence cooperation and intensify efforts against transnational crime, particularly online scam networks, human trafficking, illegal fishing and drug trafficking.

The leaders agreed to implement extradition agreements under the ASEAN framework.

Anutin said Thailand was also ready to expand cooperation in science, technology and innovation, including biotechnology, satellites and space technology.

The Vietnamese leader also highlighted the importance of infrastructure connectivity across the Mekong sub-region and the East-West Economic Corridor to support trade and transportation links.

Thailand and Vietnam are among the largest economies in mainland Southeast Asia and have increasingly positioned themselves as regional manufacturing and logistics hubs as global companies diversify supply chains away from China.

Skills Become the New Currency: Salary Polarisation Deepens as AI and Semiconductor Talent Command Up to 30% Pay Increases in Taiwan

Robert Walters Taiwan’s 15th anniversary report Reveals Structural Shift in the Local Talent Market

  • Taiwan’s talent market has officially shifted from an employer-driven to a candidate-driven market, with critical skills increasingly replacing tenure and job titles as the core measure of talent value.
  • AI adoption and global supply chain restructuring are accelerating salary polarisation. Professionals in semiconductors and high-tech industries are seeing salary increases of 15–20% when changing jobs, while those with AI, HPC and cross-border supply chain expertise can command increases of up to 30%.
  • Career priorities are evolving beyond compensation. 54% of professionals cite learning and development opportunities as a key reason for staying with their current employer.
  • By 2030, Gen Z is expected to account for 30–33% of Taiwan’s workforce, making flexibility, work-life balance and transparent workplace culture critical factors in talent attraction and retention.

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach Newswire – 29 May 2026 – Taiwan’s talent market has gradually shifted from an employer-driven to a candidate-driven market through globalisation, digital transformation and pandemic-driven disruption. Meanwhile, the rapid advancement of technology and AI is not only accelerating demand for critical skills, but also reshaping industry structures and redefining the rules of talent competition.

Robert Walters, the world’s most trusted talent solutions business, said in its latest 15th anniversary report, Taiwan’s Talent Market: The New Rules of Competition, that “critical skills” are increasingly replacing tenure and job titles as the primary indicators of talent value and compensation. Particularly as Taiwan’s semiconductor industry strengthens its strategic position within the global technology supply chain, professionals with in-demand capabilities are seeing salary growth significantly outpace the broader market, making salary polarisation an increasingly structural feature of Taiwan’s labour market.

As competition for high-skilled talent intensifies, candidates are placing greater emphasis not only on compensation, but also on Career Value Proposition (CVP), including career development, workplace flexibility and management culture. The report also highlights the rise of a candidate-driven market, where professionals are becoming increasingly selective about what they expect from employers.

In today’s market, growing uncertainty and increasing business complexity are shifting competition away from workforce scale towards the ability to secure critical capabilities and high-value talent. John Winter, Country Manager of Robert Walters Taiwan, noted: “Since entering the Taiwan market in 2011, we have seen talent strategy evolve into a core business strategy. Organisations that can identify critical capabilities early, integrate talent effectively and continuously strengthen organisational resilience will be best positioned for long-term success.”

Global Supply Chain Restructuring Accelerates the Shift Towards a Skills-Based Talent Market and Salary Polarisation

Amid geopolitical uncertainty and ongoing global supply chain restructuring, organisations are increasingly reshaping their structures and global workforce strategies to strengthen resilience and competitiveness. As a result, hiring priorities are shifting away from narrow technical expertise towards cross-functional integration, strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities. At the same time, talent assessment is moving beyond tenure and job titles, with greater emphasis placed on practical capability, skill scarcity and immediate business impact.

Rapid AI adoption is further accelerating demand for critical skills, driving increasingly concentrated salary growth across the market.

In semiconductor and high-tech industries, professionals changing jobs may see salary increases of 15–20%, while talent with expertise in AI, High-Performance Computing (HPC), Edge Computing and cross-border supply chain management may achieve salary growth of up to 30% reinforcing the growing shift towards a labour market increasingly defined by “skills value”. In contrast, salary growth among execution-focused roles has remained relatively moderate. According to Taiwan’s Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS), nearly 70% of employees in 2025 earned below the average salary level — the highest proportion on record — highlighting widening salary polarisation across the labour market.

Candidate-Driven Market Takes Shape:

Career Value Proposition Emerges Alongside Salary as a Key Driver of Employer Attractiveness

The rise of in-demand skills is accelerating Taiwan’s shift towards a candidate-driven labour market, with professionals becoming increasingly selective about what they expect from employers. According to Robert Walters Taiwan’s 15th Anniversary Report, candidates are moving beyond a compensation-led mindset and placing greater emphasis on Career Value Proposition (CVP), including career growth, workplace flexibility and management culture.

As AI adoption and industry transformation continue to reshape the workforce, professionals are placing greater importance on long-term career development and employability. Robert Walters Taiwan’s research found that 54% of professionals view continuous learning and development opportunities as a key reason for staying with their current employer.

Expectations around workplace culture and working models are also evolving. The report shows that beyond salary and benefits (75%), professionals increasingly prioritise flexible working arrangements (36%) and an open, effective management culture (32%) when evaluating employers. Meanwhile, Taiwan’s National Development Council projects that Gen Z will account for approximately 30–33% of the labour force by 2030. As the influence of this generation continues to grow, priorities such as work-life balance, workplace flexibility and transparent organisational culture are becoming defining factors in employer attractiveness.

Reflecting on the findings, John Winter noted: “The rise of a candidate-driven market reflects a broader shift in how professionals evaluate employers. Beyond compensation, talent is increasingly prioritising long-term growth, flexibility and organisational culture. Companies that can provide meaningful career development and adaptability will be better positioned to attract and retain top talent.”

Five Strategies Reshaping Talent Competition:

Building Organisational Resilience Through Critical Capabilities and Skills Value

As geopolitical uncertainty, global supply chain restructuring and rapid AI adoption continue to reshape business environments, organisations are increasingly competing on critical capabilities and organisational resilience rather than scale alone. In this context, talent strategy is no longer a back-office HR function, but a core driver of transformation, competitiveness and long-term business sustainability.

Robert Walters Taiwan’s report identifies five key strategies organisations should focus on to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving market:

1. Shift from workforce expansion to critical capability planning
Hiring success will increasingly depend on the ability to identify and secure high-value talent with in-demand, business-critical skills.

2. Build compensation strategies around skills value

As skills replace tenure as the key measure of talent value, organisations must redesign salary structures and talent evaluation frameworks to remain competitive.

3. Strengthen long-term learning and capability development

AI-driven transformation will require organisations to proactively build reskilling and upskilling cultures to reduce future capability gaps.

4. Redesign workplaces around flexibility and employee experience

Beyond compensation, organisations must strengthen career development, flexibility and workplace culture to attract and retain high-performing talent.

5. Elevate talent strategy to a core business priority

Future talent competition will increasingly shape organisational agility, transformation capability and long-term competitiveness.

Reflecting on the evolving talent landscape, John Winter said: “In the past, talent strategies were largely designed to address immediate hiring needs. Today, the nature of talent strategy has fundamentally changed. Organisations must shift from asking ‘Who do we need now?’ to ‘What capabilities will we need in the future?’ The businesses that can continuously build adaptable talent and resilient organisations will be the ones best positioned for long-term success.”

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About Taiwan’s Talent Market: The New Rules of Competition

Published as Robert Walters Taiwan’s 15th anniversary report, Taiwan’s Talent Market: The New Rules of Competition explores how globalisation, digital transformation, the pandemic, AI adoption and geopolitical uncertainty have structurally reshaped Taiwan’s labour market over the past 15 years.

The report combines Robert Walters Taiwan’s long-term market observations, talent insights and findings from the Salary Survey 2026, covering key sectors including semiconductors, high technology, manufacturing, digital transformation and cross-border operations. It also examines the major workforce trends redefining talent competition, salary structures and employer attractiveness in Taiwan’s evolving labour market.

To access the full report, please visit: https://reurl.cc/9W97bn

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About Robert Walters

Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, recruitment process outsourcing and advisory services for businesses of all shapes and sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds. We help organisations find the skills and solutions to reach their goals and assist talented professionals to power their unique potential.

The Taipei office specialises in placing candidates in the following specialities: accounting & finance, electronics & industrial, healthcare, human resources, IT & digital transformation, marketing, manufacturing, sales, semiconductors, software, supply chain, logistics & procurement.

Avalara Names Hugo Sarrazin Chief Executive Officer

Planned leadership transition positions Avalara to accelerate and scale its AI-driven innovation

DURHAM, N.C., May 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Avalara, Inc., the agentic AI leader in global tax and compliance, announced that Hugo Sarrazin has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Scott McFarlane, Avalara’s co-founder and original CEO, will become an advisor to ensure Avalara’s ongoing success, effective today.

Hugo Sarrazin
Hugo Sarrazin

Sarrazin will lead Avalara’s global operations and strategy, focused on scaling the business, strengthening execution, and advancing innovation for customers and partners worldwide. This transition preserves continuity while sharpening Avalara’s focus on execution and innovation in its next phase of growth. Sarrazin will also join Avalara’s Board of Directors.

“I’m excited to join the leader for tax and compliance that leverages proprietary data and deep domain expertise to deliver intelligent, dynamic solutions for customers worldwide,” said Sarrazin. “Avalara is helping define how AI agents can automate and simplify compliance at global scale and already has a leading AI-powered platform and market presence that few companies can replicate. The opportunity now is to accelerate innovation even further, turning that advantage into more seamless outcomes for customers and partners globally.”

Sarrazin has more than 30 years of experience building and scaling global software and technology businesses, with a strong track record of execution, innovation, and customer focus. He most recently served as President and CEO of Udemy, where he scaled the business through product-led and inorganic growth, advanced AI-driven innovation, and led the company through its sale to Coursera.

Prior to Udemy, Sarrazin was President and Chief Product and Technology Officer at UKG, where he led cloud transformation initiatives, expanded AI-driven solutions, and drove strategic acquisitions. He spent 26 years at McKinsey & Company, advising global organizations on digital transformation and M&A, and co-founded McKinsey Digital Labs.

McFarlane co-founded Avalara in 2004 and has led the company for more than two decades, growing it from a startup on Bainbridge Island, Washington, into the global leader in tax and compliance, supporting more than 1 million businesses worldwide. Under his leadership, Avalara pioneered cloud-based compliance, completed its 2018 initial public offering, and scaled into a global platform with more than $1.3 billion in annual revenue, an ecosystem of more than 1,400 integrations, and deep partnerships across ERP, ecommerce, and financial systems, while helping guide Avalara’s evolution into an AI-first platform for tax and compliance.

“Avalara is stronger today than at any point in our history,” said McFarlane. “We’ve built a category leader with real scale and a platform that’s becoming more critical as tax and compliance grow more complex. The next chapter is about moving faster and delivering more for our customers and partners. Hugo brings the operational and technology leadership needed to accelerate what comes next.”

Advancing AI in Tax and Compliance
Avalara continues to lead the evolution of tax and compliance through AI-driven innovation. Building on more than two decades of investment in tax content, regulatory coverage, and integrations, Avalara’s platform processes tens of billions of transactions annually, helping businesses operate with greater accuracy and efficiency in an increasingly complex global environment. Through innovations such as Agentic Tax and Compliance™ and the Avalara LLM framework for agentic applications, Avalara is embedding AI directly into the compliance lifecycle—automating processes and enabling more consistent, real-time outcomes for customers.

About Avalara
Avalara is the agentic AI platform for global tax and compliance. For more than two decades, Avalara has built one of the most expansive libraries of tax content and integrations in the industry, processing more than 54 billion transactions annually and supporting millions of businesses worldwide. The company’s purpose-built AI agents automate end-to-end compliance with greater precision, from tax calculations and return filings to exemption certificate management and beyond. For more information, visit Avalara.com.

Scott McFarlane
Scott McFarlane

SEMIFIVE Showcases Advanced 3D-IC and Big Die Solutions for AI Semiconductor Innovation at SAFE™ Forum 2026

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — SEMIFIVE, a leading global provider of custom AI semiconductor (ASIC) solutions, today announced its participation in the Samsung Advanced Foundry Ecosystem (SAFE™) Forum 2026 in San Jose.

At this forum, Brandon Cho, CEO and co-founder of SEMIFIVE, will deliver a presentation titled “Leading 3D-IC/Big Die Solution for AI Innovation.” He will share SEMIFIVE’s advanced design expertise in AI and High-performance Computing (HPC), alongside its latest breakthroughs driving innovation in the global market.

[3D-IC] Overcoming Next-Gen AI Chip Challenges with Logic-on-Memory 3D-IC Design Platforms

As the advancement of large-scale AI models leads to an explosion of processed data, the “Memory Wall,” the bottleneck between computing devices and memory, has emerged as a major challenge in the AI industry. SEMIFIVE presents its 3-dimensional integrated circuit (3D-IC) ASIC design solution as a core strategy to resolve this issue.

Moving beyond the conventional approach of connecting stacked memory to logic chips horizontally, SEMIFIVE’s 3D-IC solution vertically integrates logic and memory into a single system architecture, significantly shortening data transmission distances.

Compared to conventional High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) configurations, this architecture achieves higher memory bandwidth, lower latency, higher power efficiency, and lower cost. Specifically, the reduced chip footprint enables compact packaging and greater design flexibility for a wide range of AI chip development, spanning from edge devices with space and power constraints to high-performance data centers.

SEMIFIVE is currently accelerating the commercialization of AI chips that vertically stack a 4-layer memory on top of a large logic chip, in collaboration with global customers. Furthermore, leveraging its proprietary design platform and robust global supply chain, the company is proactively responding to the surging demand for next-generation AI chips while expanding its market influence.

[Big Die] Differentiated AI ASIC Capabilities Proven through Big Die Design Exceeding 500mm²

As AI models scale up, the demand for larger and more complex AI chips is growing rapidly. SEMIFIVE delivers its optimized Big Die Solution for reliable large-scale AI semiconductor design and will showcase its latest achievements in Big Die design at this forum.

Notably, the company highlights its collaboration with AI semiconductor startup HyperAccel on “Bertha,” the LLM Processing Unit (LPU)-based AI inference accelerator. SEMIFIVE successfully executed the comprehensive design and verification process for the Big Die exceeding 500mm² based on Samsung Foundry’s 4nm (SF4X) process technology.

“The rapid advancement of AI technology demands innovation in existing system semiconductor architectures, and 3D-IC and Big Die design technologies are pivotal to this transformation,” said Brandon Cho, CEO and co-founder of SEMIFIVE. “Built on our robust partnership with Samsung Foundry, SEMIFIVE will continue to push technological boundaries within the SAFE ecosystem while further strengthening our position as a leading ASIC partner.”

At the event, SEMIFIVE will host a dedicated exhibition booth to solidify business collaboration and strengthen networking with global customers and partners.

Euhomy Helps Keep This Summer Chilled With Launch of Rock Plus and Rock Pro Smart Ice Makers

New tabletop ice makers deliver crystal-clear square and sphere ice for elevated cocktails and premium home entertaining

NEW YORK, May 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Euhomy, a leading innovator in modern home ice solutions, today announced the launch of two new premium smart ice makers: the Euhomy Rock Plus Square Ice Maker and the Euhomy Rock Pro Sphere Ice Maker. Designed for cocktail enthusiasts, whiskey lovers, and modern entertainers, the new countertop appliances combine crystal-clear ice technology, smart controls, and sleek portable designs to deliver a sophisticated at-home bar experience.

The new products were unveiled during an exclusive media preview event in New York City on May 28 and expand Euhomy’s growing portfolio of premium ice solutions engineered for every lifestyle and occasion.

“Consumers are increasingly looking for elevated beverage experiences at home, and ice quality plays a critical role in flavor, presentation, and enjoyment,” said Paul Shen, founder and CEO of Euhomy. “With Rock Plus and Rock Pro, we designed products that combine premium craftsmanship, intelligent technology, and exceptional ice clarity to help users enjoy bar-quality drinks anytime, anywhere.”

Euhomy Rock Plus: Built for Every Pour

Launching May 25, 2026, the Euhomy Rock Plus Square Ice Maker produces large 2-inch crystal-clear square ice cubes designed to chill drinks efficiently while minimizing dilution. Ideal for whiskey, cocktails, iced coffee, and premium beverages, the compact countertop machine features dual ice-making modes that allow users to prioritize either speed or enhanced clarity depending on the occasion.

Additional features include:

  • Smart app scheduling and remote operation
  • Real-time color display with live system updates
  • One-touch self-cleaning functionality
  • Compact, portable design for home or outdoor entertaining

The Euhomy Rock Plus will retail for $399.99.

Euhomy Rock Pro: Form Meets Flavor

Available May 26, 2026, the Euhomy Rock Pro Sphere Ice Maker  elevates luxury home entertaining with perfectly round 2.5-inch crystal-clear ice spheres crafted for premium spirits and craft cocktails. Designed to reduce surface area and slow melting, the spheres rapidly chill beverages while preserving nuanced flavors.

The Rock Pro combines advanced cooling performance with refined materials, including stainless steel, aluminum, and leather accents, creating a statement piece for modern home bars.

Key features include:

  • Crystal-clear 2.5-inch sphere ice
  • Continuous cooling technology to keep ice ready to serve
  • Smart app scheduling and remote management
  • Intuitive real-time color display
  • 15-minute deep self-cleaning cycle
  • Compact portable footprint

The Euhomy Rock Pro will retail for $499.99.

Both products reflect Euhomy’s continued focus on combining thoughtful design, smart functionality, and premium ice performance for today’s home entertaining needs.

For product spec sheets and hi-res images, please find the media kit HERE. For more information about Euhomy’s products, visit www.euhomy.com.

About Euhomy

Euhomy is dedicated to creating innovative, high-quality home appliances designed to enhance everyday living. From portable ice makers to advanced smart ice solutions, Euhomy combines modern design, intelligent technology, and user-focused functionality to deliver exceptional convenience for homes, kitchens, and entertaining spaces worldwide.