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ASPEED Technology Partners with Sigurd to Deploy Cupola360 Immersive Remote Factory Tour Solution, Significantly Enhancing the Customer Tour Experience and Efficiency

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HSINCHU, Aug. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — ASPEED Technology, a leader in 360-degree immersive remote management solutions, along with its subsidiary Cupola360, has partnered with Sigurd Microelectronics Corporation, a leading semiconductor packaging and testing company, to introduce an innovative customer immersive remote factory tour solution for the semiconductor packaging and testing industry. Leveraging ASPEED and Cupola360’s Cupola360 immersive panoramic cameras and visual remote management platform, this solution facilitates remote customer audits and tours of factory production lines, assisting Sigurd in providing even more comprehensive backend semiconductor manufacturing services.

Sigurd has been committed to promoting intelligent upgrades in its factories in recent years, actively introducing innovative technologies to enhance service quality and customer satisfaction. ASPEED and Cupola360’s panoramic smart visual remote management solution involves the extensive deployment of Cupola360 panoramic cameras throughout the factory, connecting the entire space for real-time remote patrol and inspection. This system can instantly display production data on-site. Customers, factory managers, and auditors can conduct remote factory patrols, project discussions, and process introductions without physically entering the production lines. This approach reduces travel costs and carbon footprints while minimizing the risk of interference and contamination from personnel entering the production lines. The immersive visual advantage of Cupola360 offers customers real-time production images and data that are superior to those available on physical production lines, significantly enhancing the efficiency and quality of customer factory tours. Additionally, it makes it easier for customers to track the progress of their production projects.

“For many industries, customer factory visits are essential. However, in the past, there was a lack of advanced technology to replace physical visits. Now, with the Cupola360 immersive remote factory tour solution, the cumbersome process of production line access control is eliminated, significantly enhancing the customer tour experience and efficiency. This solution also helps customers keep track of the production site status and related data in real time, effectively improving project tracking and management efficiency. Sigurd, with numerous international clients, places great importance on its commitment to customer rights and satisfaction. The management team, with great foresight, has actively implemented this system, greatly enhancing customer trust.” said CJ Hsieh, COO of ASPEED Technology.

“In response to the changes in industry and work patterns in the post-pandemic era, remote factory tours have become an important trend. Existing factory inspections and customer visits require a large amount of manpower for on-site patrol and inspections, and the process is cumbersome. Frequent entries to the production lines affect production efficiency. Sigurd places great importance on customer satisfaction and the protection of their interests, and the Cupola360 panoramic smart visual remote management solution effectively addresses the pain points of existing inspections, audits, and tours, significantly improving operational efficiency, enhancing site safety, and increasing customer satisfaction and adoption speed. Together, we create greater value for our customers.” said Tsan-Lien Yeh, General Manager and COO of Sigurd. This solution has already been successfully implemented at Sigurd’s Beixing and Zhongxing factories and will continue to expand to other factory applications across various industries in the future.

About ASPEED Technology Inc.

Founded in 2004, ASPEED Technology Inc. is a leading fabless IC design company headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan. As a pioneer and leader of cutting-edge SoC solutions with a focus on the niche markets, ASPEED specializes in Cloud & Enterprise Solutions, including Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) SoC, Bridge IC, and PFR SoC, and Smart AV Solutions, including AVoIP SoC, Cupola360 spherical image stitching processor and Cupola360⁺ Software Kit.

ASPEED is devoted to developing innovative technologies to quickly respond to customer needs. In 2016, ASPEED acquired Broadcom’s Emulex Pilot™ remote server management chip business and it’s currently the world’s No. 1 BMC SoC provider. To enter the market of image processing, ASPEED expanded its product portfolio by launching Cupola360 spherical image stitching processor and Cupola360⁺ software solutions in 2018.

Recognized as a trusted and reliable partner for customers, ASPEED has been awarded “Forbes Asia’s 200 Best Under a Billion” for ten consecutive years since 2014. The company was also recognized as “Taiwan Best-in-Class 100” by Taiwan Institute of Directors and CDRC Consulting Group in 2022-2023 and “Best Management Team in Asia” by Institutional Investor in 2023. For more information, please visit www.aspeedtech.com.

About Cupola360 Inc.

Cupola360 Inc., established in 2018, is a subsidiary of ASPEED Technology, a leading IC design company headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Cupola360 provides comprehensive real-time and AI-friendly 360-degree imaging turnkey solutions, creating a seamless and immersive first-person experience.

By leveraging ASPEED’s Cupola360 Spherical Image Processors, Cupola360 has introduced a range of panoramic cameras and deployment software. The collaboration extends to ecosystem partners, including AI service providers, system integrators, and distributors to introduce solutions for various applications such as smart patrol, smart cities, video conferencing, and more.  For more information, please visit https://cupola360.com/en/.

About Sigurd

Founded in 1988, Sigurd is a dedicated provider of semiconductor packaging and testing foundry services, offering exceptional Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) services. With a core engineering team boasting over 30 years of hands-on experience, Sigurd has established production and R&D sites in Taiwan, China, and Japan, delivering comprehensive backend engineering and manufacturing solutions to customers worldwide.

Sigurd possesses leading-edge engineering and mass production technologies, with in-house developed test equipment and intelligent, automated production lines. The company operates over 2,000 test systems, including globally renowned equipment and its own RF test platform SG9000 and mixed-signal test platform MAP series, serving hundreds of customers around the clock. Packaging services include Wafer-Level Chip Scale Package (WLCSP), Bumping, Flip Chip, Flip Chip Ball Grid Array (FCBGA), and Window Ball Grid Array (wBGA). Testing services cover a range of standard and customized testing solutions, including silicon photonics, logic, analog, mixed-signal, RF, memory, and power device testing.

These technologies are applied in fields such as artificial intelligence, high-speed computing, the metaverse, 5G devices, wireless communication, smart cars, ADAS, medical, satellite, cloud servers, IoT, consumer electronics, and multimedia products. Sigurd has established specialized areas for automotive IC packaging and testing services and has achieved multiple quality certifications, including ITAF16949 and ISO 26262. Sigurd has also passed VDA6.3 process audits by several top 10 global automotive component suppliers, ensuring its services meet the safety and integrity requirements of the automotive industry.

Sigurd was listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 2003 and currently has a capital of NT$4.57 billion, with total group assets valued at NT$38 billion. The company includes subsidiaries such as Winstek, Test-Serv, Sirize Technology (Suzhou), SGUT, Flatek, Ambersan, and others, operating 11 factories globally with over 5,000 employees. According to 2022 data, the Sigurd Group is the 6th largest OSAT group in Taiwan and ranks 10th globally (IDC, July 2022). Sigurd’s clients primarily consist of world-class semiconductor design companies, integrated device manufacturers, and wafer foundries. For more information, please visit: www.sigurd.com.tw

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JAMS Launches AI for Enterprise Job Scheduling: JAX and JAMS MCP, on the Model You Choose

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A new AI agent and an open-standard connector let IT teams query, diagnose, and manage automation in plain language, on the model they choose, with operational data staying inside their own network

LONDON, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — JAMS Software, an orchestration solution for scheduled and event-driven automation, today announced the general availability of two AI capabilities for enterprise job scheduling: JAX, an AI agent built into the JAMS Web Client, and JAMS MCP, a connector built on the open Model Context Protocol standard that brings JAMS into external AI coding tools. Both capabilities ship at no additional cost as part of JAMS Web.

Automation environments grow faster than the teams that run them. Jobs multiply across SQL Server, Azure Data Factory, Airflow, SAP, JDE, and Banner, and when one fails, finding the root cause often means searching several consoles at once, frequently outside business hours. At the same time, IT leaders carry pressure to adopt AI while staying accountable for where operational data goes. JAX and JAMS MCP close both gaps together.

Full details on how JAX and JAMS MCP work, including the control model behind every action, are available at jamsscheduler.com/product/ai.

JAX is an AI agent that runs inside the JAMS Web Client. It finds jobs, troubleshoots failures, and answers how-to questions in plain language, with each response grounded in the JAMS user guide and checked against a built-in glossary. JAX acts only when a user asks it to. Reads flow freely, and every write action pauses for the user’s explicit approval before it runs. JAX does not learn between sessions, and conversations are not retained on the server.

JAMS MCP is a connector, built on the open Model Context Protocol standard, that brings JAMS into the AI tools engineering teams already use, including Cursor, VS Code with Copilot, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Codex. Users query jobs, investigate failures, and manage runs in plain language without leaving their tool.

Both capabilities run inside the customer’s own network and act as the signed-in user, with that user’s exact JAMS permissions. There is no elevated AI account: whatever a user cannot do in the JAMS interface, JAX and JAMS MCP cannot do on that user’s behalf. Every JAX and MCP operation is recorded in its own dedicated log, and changes made through the JAMS API land in the JAMS audit trail like any other change. Customers choose their own AI model, whether a commercial provider such as OpenAI or Anthropic or a model running entirely on their own hardware, and JAMS never trains on customer data. In the current release, neither feature edits or deletes a job, folder, schedule, or agent definition. For teams that must keep operational data within a defined boundary, JAX runs on a local model entirely inside the customer’s own network, so nothing leaves at all.

“Adopting AI usually means giving something up, most often visibility into where your data goes,” said Pete Hegland, Chief Executive Officer of JAMS Software. “We built JAX and JAMS MCP so that trade does not have to happen. Every action runs as the signed-in user, every change waits for approval, and the model itself can run entirely inside your own network.”

“IT teams across the United Kingdom and EMEA tell us the same thing: they want the benefit of AI without losing sight of where their data goes,” said Greg McLaughlin, Account Executive for EMEA at JAMS Software. “JAX and JAMS MCP let them keep operational data inside their own network and still get answers in plain language. That combination is what makes this practical for the teams I work with.”

JAX and JAMS MCP are available now to all JAMS Web customers across the United Kingdom and EMEA, with no separate licence, SKU, or additional cost. AI-assisted creation of new jobs and workflows from a plain-language description is on the roadmap for a future release, gated by the same approvals and permissions as every other action.

Learn how JAX and JAMS MCP work at https://jamsscheduler.com/product/ai.

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JAX is an AI agent built into the JAMS Web Client for job scheduling and workflow automation.JAMS MCP is a connector built on the open Model Context Protocol standard, for Cursor, VS Code with Copilot, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Codex.Both act as the signed-in user, with that user’s exact JAMS permissions, and there is no elevated AI account.Customers choose the AI model, including a local model that runs entirely inside their own network.JAMS never trains on customer data.Both are available now at no additional cost as part of JAMS Web.

About JAMS Software

Founded in 1987, JAMS Software is an orchestration solution that helps IT teams centralize, automate, and manage scheduled and event-driven jobs across complex, hybrid environments. Over 850 customers rely on JAMS to run their automated workloads. JAMS Software, LLC is headquartered at 108 Patriot Drive, Suite A, Middletown, DE 19709.

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Video: CNPC offers green chemical answer

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BEIJING, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A news report from chinadaily.com.cn:

Located on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the Tarim 1.2 MTA Phase II Ethylene Project and its supporting green and low-carbon demonstration facility of PetroChina Dushanzi Petrochemical Company, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation, are offering a new example of China’s low-carbon industrial transformation.

Watch the video to discover how CNPC is exploring a cleaner and more circular future for the industry.

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Shanghai Electric showcases embodied intelligence robot matrix and AI-native smart factory solutions at WAIC 2026

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Featuring humanoid robots with 41 degrees of freedom, pipe‑inspection robots with ±1mm positioning accuracy, and 51 industrial‑grade AI agents

SHANGHAI, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Operations in high-end equipment manufacturing often involve confined spaces, complex objects, and fine manipulation tasks that demand sustained and stable precision. At the recent 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance (WAIC 2026), Shanghai Electric (SEHK: 02727, SSE: 601727) showcased its comprehensive portfolio of embodied intelligence solutions tailored to a range of industrial scenarios.

Themed “AI for All: Smart Squad, Shining Without Limits,” Shanghai Electric highlighted its capabilities across embodied AI robots, robot core components, and AI-native smart factory solutions, demonstrating end-to-end capabilities spanning complete robot systems, critical parts, industrial software, and smart factory architecture.

“The true value of embodied intelligence lies in understanding real industrial tasks: combining the strength, precision, and stability of machines with human experience and judgment to drive a genuine paradigm of ‘machine-assisted, human-machine collaboration,'” said Wang Chunlei, deputy general manager of the Robotics Business Unit at Shanghai Electric Automation Group.

Shanghai Electric’s robotics portfolio covers five key industrial scenarios: connector insertion, electrical operations, flexible sorting, intelligent assembly, and pipe processing. Highlights include:

“SUYUAN” bipedal humanoid robot: With 41 degrees of freedom for enhanced mobility, it is equipped with a multimodal visual sensing system on the head and torso, along with a dual-battery hot-swap system. It is well-suited for inspection, material handling, and assembly tasks.”TUOYUAN” industrial wheeled humanoid robot: Powered by an embodied intelligence foundation model and force-position hybrid control, it is capable of multi-spec connector insertion, material sorting, and loading/unloading of automotive sheet metal parts.”Mermaid” bionic wheeled humanoid robot: Capable of autonomously identifying buttons, knobs, and air switches, it generates real-time operation paths.Autonomous pipe inner-wall chamfering robot: Designed for confined spaces, it can position and process thousands of hole edges with accuracy within 1 millimeter while transmitting data in real time.

Shanghai Electric also showcased its portfolio of core components ranging from power-output to end effectors. Among them, the planetary roller screw offers more than three times the load capacity of traditional ball screws, while the DexHand dexterous hand is designed to meet diverse gripping and manipulation requirements.

Shanghai Electric launched 51 AI models and agents under its “StarCloud Intelligent Manufacturing” series across three domains: R&D and design, production and manufacturing, and operations and maintenance—covering critical equipment processes such as process optimization and wind power facility maintenance.

These industrial agents are embedded in robotic decision-making systems and the operational logic of AI-native smart factories, transforming industrial expertise into digitized, reusable capabilities. They support production-line scheduling, quality inspection, and predictive maintenance, driving the evolution of manufacturing systems from experience-driven to data-driven operations.

Shanghai Electric also released the “AI-Native Smart Factory Technology White Paper,” proposing an active evolution architecture that enables real‑time, closed‑loop optimization of production data, giving the factory self‑perception, self‑decision, and self‑execution capabilities. Built on First Principles, the AI‑native smart factory vertically integrates process flows, industrial software, agents, and smart equipment to dismantle traditional hierarchies while horizontally bridging data silos. The architecture features three core layers: the AI factory brain as the “control center,” industrial agents and embodied robots as the “execution network,” and the physical twin as the “digital mirror.”

Leveraging its deep industrial expertise and comprehensive solution capabilities, Shanghai Electric will continue to drive the implementation of AI in industrial settings, tackle technical challenges facing embodied intelligence in complex scenarios, accelerate the large‑scale deployment of AI‑native smart factories, and deliver replicable solutions across diverse manufacturing environments.

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