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Monday 14 September 2026
DIGITIMES Insight: Taiwanese firms lead in FOPLP as overseas rivals race to catch up
Taiwanese chip packaging firms are advancing fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP) and glass-substrate development as AI processors demand ever-larger reticle sizes and more complex...
Monday 14 September 2026
Z.ai reloads with US$5 billion for China's AI race

Chinese artificial intelligence developer Z.ai (formerly Zhipu AI) plans to raise about US$5 billion through a Hong Kong share placement...

Monday 14 September 2026
Hua Hong Grace completes Huali Micoelectronics acquisition, state parent raises stake

Hua Hong Grace (HHGrace) has completed the share issuance for its acquisition of a 97.4988% stake in Huali Microelectronics (HLMC),...

Monday 14 September 2026
The case for an AI speed limit collapsed in a weekend
The AI industry's proposal to slow frontier model development ran into geopolitics over the weekend. US President Donald Trump rejected a slowdown, saying America must stay ahead of...
Monday 14 September 2026
AI labs ask to be slowed, Congress stirs, and Nvidia calls the alarm a sales pitch
The strongest case for restraining frontier AI development is now coming from the companies building it, and one of the sharpest rebuttals is from the supplier that sells them the...
Saturday 12 September 2026
Renault sets 2-year car development quality line

Facing an aggressive push by Chinese automakers to launch new models at short intervals and rapidly seize market share, major automakers...

Friday 11 September 2026
CPO startup Ayar Labs raises 2026 funding to US$650 million, adds Wiwynn as investor

Ayar Labs, a co-packaged optics (CPO) startup, has raised an additional US$150 million, bringing the primary capital it has raised so...

Friday 11 September 2026
Taiwan govt boosts EDA R&D to target global gaps
Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) briefed Premier Jung-tai Cho on September 10, 2026, at an Executive Yuan meeting on the Chip-Driven, Taiwan-wide semiconductor...
Friday 11 September 2026
AI packaging turns to glass, with TGV metallisation persisting as key technical hurdle
Taiwan supply-chain sources said low-CTE glass fibre cloth used in high-end substrates remains tight, while glass-core substrates for next-generation packaging are still in technical...
Friday 11 September 2026
DAS Expands in Taiwan and Unveils World First at SEMICON

DAS Environmental Experts continues to expand its capabilities in Taiwan and is presenting another new product at SEMICON Taiwan. Against the backdrop of ongoing investments...

Friday 11 September 2026
Academia Sinica to open 8-inch quantum chip platform in September 2026

Academia Sinica's Quantum Chip Fabrication Space (QC-Fab) in Tainan will open to external users at the end of September 2026, marking...

Friday 11 September 2026
Nuvoton sees robots driving MCU demand over next decade

Nuvoton Technology sees robots and other physical AI applications becoming an important source of demand for microcontrollers (MCUs)...

Friday 11 September 2026
Quantum computer development is more about national security than profits, says expert

Japanese electronics giant NEC stopped development of gate-based superconducting quantum computer hardware at the end of March 2026...

Thursday 10 September 2026
DeepSeek reportedly advances Shanghai IPO plans as it cuts Flash model API prices
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has taken a concrete step toward a domestic stock-market debut while continuing to adjust its commercial strategy, including another reduction in API prices...