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Tuesday 20 October 2026
DeepSeek-Huawei chip co-design could shift AI training away from Nvidia
DeepSeek is reportedly working closely with Huawei to influence the design of its future AI chips, a link reportedly closer than typical supplier-customer relationships. The collaboration...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
OLED monitor panel shipments set to overtake TV panels in 2028
Gaming demand is reshaping the OLED panel market, with OLED monitor panel shipments forecast to surpass TV panel shipments for the first time in 2028. South Korean panel makers are...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
China tightens drone export controls, extending restrictions to critical components, technologies
China's Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs, and military authorities jointly announced revised export controls on drones on October 19, covering complete aircraft,...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Kioxia targets higher-value AI storage with Nvidia partnership, advanced NAND technology
Kioxia is prioritising proprietary NAND flash technology and customer-specific development over aggressive capacity expansion, seeking to capitalise on rising AI storage demand while...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
China's S2C–HyperSilicon merger targets hardware emulation gap in domestic EDA with Empyrean backing
China's electronic design automation (EDA) industry is consolidating, with Shanghai-based S2C and Wuxi-based HyperSilicon merging into a unified digital front-end EDA platform. Backed...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
FIC Global targets doubling business in 2027 on optical module orders from eight of world's top 10 makers
FIC Global chairman Leo Chien said the PC market continues to suffer from memory shortages, with a meaningful recovery unlikely in the second half of 2026. However, some industrial...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
LGD continues microLED development despite Apple's exit
LG Display (LGD) has reportedly continued developing microLED technology despite Apple Inc. ending its microLED project, though it has put large-scale mass-production investment on...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Exclusive: Apple's MacBook Neo pressures Microsoft to cut specs for low-cost 12-inch Surface
Apple's MacBook Neo is intensifying competition in the global low-cost notebook market as rising supply-chain costs push Microsoft and other notebook makers to reassess their product...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
IFA CEO: Taiwan tech to leverage core silicon strengths to counter China's momentum
Sluggish demand in the European consumer electronics and home appliance markets in recent years, combined with overcapacity built during the pandemic, has dealt European manufacturers...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
TiMotion targets robot market as Vietnam plant is set to open by year-end
Transmission systems integrator TiMotion Technology plans to begin trading on Taiwan's Emerging Stock Board on October 21 as it marks its 20th anniversary, with the company targeting...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
China's tech-driven commerce plan pushes AI into phones, PCs, and robots
On October 19, 2026, China's Ministry of Commerce and eight other government departments issued guidelines on accelerating "technology-driven commerce" that call for deepening the...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Alibaba's XuanTie tops 6 billion RISC-V chip shipments, expands into AI servers with C950
Cumulative shipments of chips incorporating Alibaba DAMO Academy's RISC-V processor intellectual property (IP), branded XuanTie, have surpassed 6 billion, marking a milestone for the...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
DJI launches Dock 4 drone station, faces US market restrictions
DJI has launched Dock 4, its first drone station supporting automated battery swaps, alongside the new Matrice 5TD enterprise drone. The system completes a battery swap in 25 seconds...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
US orders DeepSeek removed from federal civilian IT systems
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products and third-party services built on the Chinese AI model from their information...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Analysis: China's proposed AI export controls reach beyond chips to design IP, computing infrastructure
China is proposing to extend AI technology export controls to chip design, memory technologies, and large-scale computing clusters, introducing specific technical thresholds for ea...