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Thursday 17 September 2026
Huawei Connect 2026: Ascend 960 puts industry-first NPO supernode at heart of Huawei's AI scale-up bet
Huawei has unveiled its next-generation Ascend 960 supernode, positioning near-packaged optics (NPO) at the centre of its effort to scale AI computing beyond the limits of individual...
Thursday 17 September 2026
FIT ramps up optical interconnect push as AI race shifts to connectivity
At the FIT Tech Day 2026 on September 16, Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT) chairman Sidney Lu noted that as artificial intelligence (AI) advances rapidly, the industry's focus...
Thursday 17 September 2026
TOK completes KRW101 billion facility in South Korea to bolster semiconductor supply chain

Japanese semiconductor materials leader Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (TOK) held a completion ceremony on September 15, 2026, for a new KRW101 billion...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Circular economy tests material mastery and consumers' willingness to pay
The EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR, Regulation (EU) 2025/40) has been in force since Aug. 12, 2026, underscoring the rising importance of circular materials as...
Thursday 17 September 2026
Huawei sees AI agents driving 90% of token traffic by 2035

Huawei expects autonomous AI agents to become the dominant source of AI traffic over the next decade, creating a sharp increase in demand...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Taiwan machine tool makers target aerospace, semiconductor boom at major trade shows
Taiwanese machine tool manufacturers are taking part in two major manufacturing trade shows in Europe and the US this September. The participation reflects a shift in Taiwan's machine...
Thursday 17 September 2026
China's FAW may become GAC's second-largest shareholder, possibly restructuring the Toyota China model

Consolidation chatter within China's automotive industry has reignited following an announcement by Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Chip equipment, materials suppliers lead India investment pledges ahead of SEMICON India 2026

Foreign commitments timed around SEMICON India are moving deeper into the supply chain. In the three days before the 2026 edition opened...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Fujifilm to invest US$83 million in semiconductor materials plant in India

Japan's Fujifilm plans to set up a greenfield semiconductor materials manufacturing facility in India with a total investment of approximately...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Applied Materials announces 10-year investment plan ahead of SEMICON India
US-based semiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials will invest INR36 billion (US$375 million)) in the Indian state of Karnataka over the next 10 years, Karnataka Industries Minister...
Thursday 17 September 2026
Arcadyan expects third-quarter strength as Wi-Fi 7 upgrade cycle builds

Arcadyan Technology expects stronger revenue in the third quarter of 2026 as the network communications market enters its seasonal peak,...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Kinpo's push into higher-margin products, quantum control signals a wider industrial pivot

Kinpo Electronics said it is reshaping its business toward higher-margin products and expanding factory capacity across several countries...

Thursday 17 September 2026
South Korea's chip boom lifts 2027 corporate tax above KRW200 trillion

South Korea's semiconductor boom is spilling over from corporate profits into government tax revenue. Corporate tax revenue for fiscal...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Intel CEO warns of 2027 memory crunch and tighter CPU supply
AI infrastructure expansion is turning memory supply into a major bottleneck for the semiconductor industry. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan warned that the memory shortage in 2027 could be worse...
Thursday 17 September 2026
Charts: Taiwan's chip packaging growth runs deeper than ASE

Taiwan's back-end semiconductor sector is growing well beyond its largest player. The 24 listed packaging and testing firms tracked...