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Wednesday 7 October 2026
Starship reaches orbit on 14th test as Chinese rocket makers race toward low-cost reusability
SpaceX's Starship reached Earth orbit for the first time on its 14th test flight and deployed 26 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites. Whereas the previous 13 flights primarily focused...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Formosa Automobile targets 20% heavy-tractor market share with new DAF XF models, EV roadmap
Formosa Automobile, a member of Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group, unveiled the new-generation DAF XF long-haul tractor on October 6, introducing 35-ton and 43-ton models for heavy-haul...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
DeepSeek reportedly set to raise more than US$12B ahead of potential IPO
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is poised to raise more than CNY80 billion (approx. US$11.9 billion) in its latest funding round, as it builds capital ahead of a potential domestic initial...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
AI supercycle, pricing, and Terafab top the agenda ahead of TSMC's earnings call
TSMC will hold its third-quarter earnings call on October 15 this year.
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Huawei's NPO bet challenges CPO's path to AI scale
Huawei is backing near-packaged optics (NPO) rather than co-packaged optics (CPO) for its next-generation AI infrastructure, arguing that NPO offers a better balance of cost, manufacturability,...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
iRobot reenters Taiwan market after restructuring, unveils five new models
The global household cleaning robot market grew by double digits in 2025, making it a key area for smart home development and intense competition in smart home devices. After filing...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Semicon 2.0 widens focus beyond fabs: Dassault Systèmes pitches virtual twins to India's chipmakers
Dassault Systèmes is pitching its virtual twin software as the link between India's chip design base and the factories and packaging plants now being built under the country's...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Exclusive: GaN defends fast-charging turf, eyes AI power as low-cost SiC pushes into consumer electronics
The traditional market divide between the third-generation semiconductors gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) is seeing greater overlap in 2026, with SiC increasingly encroaching...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Canon courts India's chip projects as toolmakers jostle for an early foothold
India's young chip industry is becoming a contest among the world's largest semiconductor equipment makers, with Canon the latest to declare its interest. The race remains at an early,...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Seagate, Toshiba reportedly compete for TDK's HDD head unit, a key AI storage link

Seagate Technology and Toshiba are reportedly competing to acquire TDK's hard-disk-drive magnetic-head business, a deal that could reshape one...

Wednesday 7 October 2026
BOE chairman expected to meet Samsung executive as LCD panel prices rise
Chinese display makers have raised LCD panel prices as global TV makers head into the holiday season, raising costs for TV makers worldwide. BOE chairman Yanshun Chen is expected to...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Hua Yang, Zeiss launch COSMA-M for chip metrology
Hua Yang Precision Machinery has teamed up with Zeiss to launch COSMA-M, a high-precision measurement system aimed at the semiconductor metrology market as demand surges from AI, high-performance...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Kingston retains 62% memory module share as B2B AI demand surges
Memory module maker Kingston Technology announced that, according to TrendForce's revenue rankings, it held a 62% share of the global third-party dynamic random-access memory (DRAM)...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics secures 2027 AI server MLCC demand as supply pressure builds
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) has secured another major AI server order, signing a KRW290 billion (about US$216 million) contract to supply multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs)...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
DIGITIMES Insight: AI servers will carry nearly twice as many CPUs per accelerator by 2027
Demand for agentic AI in commercial and consumer markets was rising rapidly, and the market appeal of consumer services such as Meta Muse was expanding. In agentic AI tasks, large...