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Wednesday 9 September 2026
OpenAI's deeper Samsung tie-up lands on a foundry that is running out of capacity
For Samsung Electronics' two loss-making logic businesses, OpenAI's declaration that it is jointly producing and researching next-generation chips with the Korean company matters less...
Wednesday 9 September 2026
Realtek expands cloud AI push with ASIC and SSD chips
Realtek chairman Sun-Chien Chiu, who received an honorary fellowship from Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) this week, said in a public interview that the company...
Wednesday 9 September 2026
Commentary: Huawei's Kirin comeback, Xiaomi's Xring entry widen China's chipmaking race
In September 2020, Huawei's smartphone business suffered a severe blow.
Wednesday 9 September 2026
China's AI computing plan targets sixfold growth, 100,000-card clusters
China is accelerating the large-scale deployment of AI computing infrastructure. On September 7, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released its 15th Five-Year...
Wednesday 9 September 2026
Exclusive Interview: WG Tech sees a faster route for TGV beyond displays

WG Tech (Jiangxi) Group is accelerating its shift from display glass into semiconductor applications, targeting through-glass via (TGV)...

Wednesday 9 September 2026
Mature-node chip scramble may persist through 2028 as supply chain management becomes bargaining leverage
Capacity for advanced semiconductor processes and packaging remains tight, while mature-node chips required for AI-related peripheral applications are also facing mounting supply pressure...
Wednesday 9 September 2026
Preferred Networks eyes an IPO as Japan's AI chip ambitions outgrow private funding
One of Japan's few private technology companies valued above US$1 billion is preparing to abandon a decade of engineering independence, because designing an AI chip is no longer the...
Wednesday 9 September 2026
WinWay revenue surges on AI chip pin-count demand
Semiconductor test interface maker WinWay said AI-related orders drove August 2026 revenue to NT$1.706 billion (US$53.8 million), up more than 2x year-over-year and a record high for...
Wednesday 9 September 2026
IQE returns to profit in 1H26, warns on China InP risk
IQE said first-half 2026 results came in better than expected on an AI data-center buildout boom, but the UK compound semiconductor epitaxy maker also warned that China's grip on indium...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Malaysia weighs Huawei Ascend 910C for MYR2 billion sovereign AI cloud
Malaysia is evaluating Huawei Technologies' Ascend 910C accelerators as the compute backbone of its MYR2 billion (US$494 million) sovereign AI initiative, which is designed to keep...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Nvidia underwrites its own demand; that may be harder to copy than its chips
Venture capital firm a16z recently hosted investor Gavin Baker and a16z partner David George for a discussion on Nvidia's competitive position. Baker argued that CEO Jensen Huang has...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Black Sesame, Horizon Robotics unveil China's smart driving chip race

China's intelligent driving market continues to surge, with Black Sesame Technologies and Horizon Robotics both reporting solid top-line...

Tuesday 8 September 2026
Innolux, AUO take display technology into AI chips with FOPLP, glass substrates, Micro LED CPO
AI demand is accelerating advanced packaging and high-speed optical interconnect development, pushing Taiwan display makers Innolux and AUO deeper into the semiconductor supply cha...
Monday 7 September 2026
DeepSeek plans to buy 160,000 Huawei chips as China aims to wean itself off Nvidia
DeepSeek is reportedly planning to purchase 160,000 Huawei chips for its large 1 GW data center currently under construction in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia. This would make...
Monday 7 September 2026
China smart driving chips hit bottlenecks in mass production, cost, in-house auto R&D
China's intelligent driving market is advancing rapidly, but the true trial has only just begun for domestic smart driving chipmakers.