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Tuesday 27 October 2026
Cadence bets on its own chip design AI models as Synopsys teams up with OpenAI
Cadence Design Systems is betting that chipmakers will want AI models trained on its own design tools and run wherever customers choose. That puts it on a different route from rival...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Cadence says chip design demand is broadening beyond AI as analysts test margins, rival targets
Cadence Design Systems used its third-quarter earnings call to argue that demand for chip design tools is no longer tied only to the AI hardware buildout. It pointed to analog and...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Cadence raises 2026 outlook as AI design demand drives record backlog
Cadence Design Systems' third quarter suggests demand for chip design tools is still rising, with AI-driven design work showing up in both revenue and backlog, while the cost of buying...
Sunday 25 October 2026
Nvidia unveils OOI CPO prototype for post-2028 AI needs
Nvidia has unveiled a prototype of its next-generation co-packaged optics (CPO) technology, Optics-on-Interposer (OOI), at SEMICON West 2026. The design moves the optical engine from...
Friday 23 October 2026
Japan targets 2nm medical AI chip with IBM design, Rapidus eyed for foundry
Japan's Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center (LSTC), Hokkaido University, Fujifilm Corporation, GE HealthCare Japan, and imec announced a joint initiative in Tokyo on October...
Friday 23 October 2026
Nvidia B300 chips reportedly surface on China Telecom-linked network, raising export-control questions
Israeli security firm Lava identified 32 Nvidia Blackwell Ultra B300 GPUs through monitoring endpoints linked to China Telecom, a state-owned carrier. The chips are barred from sale...
Friday 23 October 2026
FCC grants Intel a waiver to foreign robot ban to prevent chip disruptions
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted Intel a waiver to its ban on foreign-made mobile robots, which will allow it to update its fleet of autonomous guided vehicles...
Friday 23 October 2026
Mounting R&D and memory costs push Huawei to borrow US$2.3B from six Chinese banks
Huawei Technologies has secured a seven-year, CNY15 billion (approx. US$2.3 billion) offshore yuan loan from six Chinese banks, as rising research spending and memory costs weigh on...
Friday 23 October 2026
Analysis: Nvidia's DSX POD reshapes AI factory supply chains
As AI data centers accelerate construction, supply-chain competition is expanding beyond servers and fully integrated racks to the integrated delivery of computing modules and site...
Friday 23 October 2026
AI cuts chip R&D cycles to 9 months, says Etron chair
AI-driven growth will push the semiconductor industry past the US$1.6 trillion mark in 2026, while accelerating chip development cycles to one new product every nine months, Etron...
Friday 23 October 2026
Interview: TI sees liquid cooling shift to tray-level control in AI data centers
Liquid cooling in AI data centers is moving toward more granular control architectures. Patrick Zeng, general manager of data center thermal management at Texas Instruments (TI), told...
Friday 23 October 2026
Elan targets drone market with solutions contributing revenue in 2026 and 2027
Elan Microelectronics is pursuing drone opportunities across multiple applications, showcasing a broad range of solutions at the 2026 TAITRONICS expo. Solutions developed with Taiwanese...
Friday 23 October 2026
Samsung Foundry targets automotive, edge AI chips with 8LPU+
Samsung Electronics' foundry business will extend its 8-nanometer process, now more than eight years old, into another generation with the launch of the second-generation 8LPU+ platform...
Thursday 22 October 2026
Taiwan-France semiconductor alliance strengthens with CPU pact between SiPearl and Egis Group
Highlighting the deepening industrial synergies between Europe and Asia, the Egis Group TechDay Taiwan-France Strategic CPU Partnership Signing Ceremony hosted the official signing...
Thursday 22 October 2026
MIPI expands beyond smartphones into AR glasses and humanoid robots
The MIPI Alliance held this year's MIPI Demo Day Taipei at the Grand Hyatt Taipei this week, where 16 member companies demonstrated working products to more than 200 developers and...