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Tuesday 10 February 2026

China reportedly enters HBM3 mass production as South Korea pushes into HBM4

China is preparing to initiate large-scale production of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), narrowing a technology gap with South Korea in a...

Tuesday 10 February 2026

Rumored informal fried chicken dinner signals fast-tracked Nvidia talks on HBM and AI collaboration

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reportedly hosted a "fried chicken and beer" meeting in Silicon Valley on February 5, 2026, with SK Group chairman Tony Choi, according to industry sources...

Tuesday 10 February 2026

Analysis: How Singapore turns talent, R&D into an optics edge

Despite possessing a land area roughly one-fiftieth the size of Taiwan, Singapore has established itself as one of the most closely watched economies and supply chain hubs in Asia...

Tuesday 10 February 2026

Taiwan server ODMs set for record first quarter, driven by AI server demand

Taiwan's server supply chain is entering what suppliers expect to be its strongest first quarter on record. ODMs, including Quanta, Wistron,...

Tuesday 10 February 2026

Intel and AMD solidify AI PC positions as Qualcomm faces enterprise adoption barriers

AI PCs in Europe are undergoing a rapid reshuffle, with Intel and AMD strengthening their positions while Qualcomm struggles to translate early momentum into sustained enterprise a...

Tuesday 10 February 2026

Japanese election landslide puts Korean spotlight on chips, Rapidus and TSMC

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a decisive victory in the February 8, 2026, lower house election after her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won 316 seats, surpassing the...

Tuesday 10 February 2026

SK's US$10bn AI venture takes chairman to Nvidia's door

Global competition in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure is intensifying, and SK Group is accelerating its strategic expansion. Korean media report that SK Group chairman...

Tuesday 10 February 2026

MediaTek and Airbus join forces on 5G and 6G satellite Networks

At the Singapore Space Summit 2026, MediaTek joined Airbus, Singapore-based technology firm ST Engineering iDirect, and electronic test-and-measurement company Keysight Technologies...

Monday 9 February 2026

ACpay, inFlux partner to bridge Taiwan fitness liquidity gap; eye education sector next

Taiwan's ACpay, a fintech firm specializing in payment and e-commerce solutions, is accelerating its expansion into retail channels and high-growth verticals—particularly fitness...

Monday 9 February 2026

Samsung boosts HBM4 DRAM investment to secure market leadership

Samsung Electronics is set to begin mass production of the world's first sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) chips later in February 2026, marking a major milestone in the...

Monday 9 February 2026

Takaichi's election victory clears path for Japan's chip sovereignty, military buildup

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's decisive victory in the lower house election has strengthened her government's ability to advance policies tied to economic security, bringing...

Monday 9 February 2026

LG CNS partners with FuriosaAI, bringing South Korea's NPU to enterprise AI services

To promote the formal deployment of South Korea's domestic NPU and reduce reliance on Nvidia, LG Consulting & Solutions (CNS), the IT services arm of South Korea's LG Group, has...

Monday 9 February 2026

Taiwan's Mighty Hornet IV drone completes US integration test, aims for full local production

Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology (NCSIST) and US-based Kratos Defense & Security Solutions have announced the successful completion of system...

Monday 9 February 2026

TSMC supports Japan's advanced packaging plant construction

TSMC chairman C.C. Wei recently visited Japan and appeared alongside Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to jointly announce that Kumamoto Fab 2 will be upgraded from a 6nm to a 3nm process,...

Monday 9 February 2026

Wistron chair sees AI growth entering 1.5 wave, believing AI bubble concerns still premature

Wistron chairman Simon Lin stated that artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure is currently centering a "1.5 wave" of development and is far from peaking, with greater growth potential...

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