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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...

Saturday 12 September 2026
Rethinking defense perimeters, supply chain resilience in the AI era

The concept of corporate cybersecurity used to begin at the so-called perimeter, with firewalls guarding network entry points, email...

Saturday 12 September 2026
Analysis: Speed built Colossus, yet redundancy may decide whether SpaceX can scale it

Much of the industry attention surrounding AI infrastructure buildouts is now inextricably tied to sheer compute power, with market...

Saturday 12 September 2026
Exclusive: ASUS xHIS aims to become digital backbone for AI-ready healthcare

Asustek Computer (Asus) has been accelerating the integration of AI, hardware, software, and cloud technologies into healthcare as it...

Friday 11 September 2026
Why Chinese automakers' aggressive push only further tightens CATL's grip
Supply diversification has long been a recurring — and difficult — issue confronting the high-tech manufacturing ecosystem. But efforts to diversify component and materials...
Friday 11 September 2026
AUO, Innolux accelerate shift from displays to AI, CPO, advanced packaging
Taiwan's panel makers posted mixed August results as the industry's strategic focus shifts beyond monthly revenue toward AI, advanced packaging and co-packaged optics (CPO). AUO and...
Friday 11 September 2026
CIOE: Hitachi relies on partnerships, not proprietary tech, to ride China's optical boom

At an optoelectronics trade expo in China, Hitachi High-Tech used its booth not to unveil a flagship product of its own, but to showcase...

Friday 11 September 2026
CIOE 2026: Automotive optical-module demand could rival FTTx shipments by 2030
Automotive optical-module demand could approach the scale of the established FTTx market by around 2030 as increasingly data-intensive vehicles shift high-bandwidth connections from...
Friday 11 September 2026
China's energy storage capacity surges 50-fold in five years, sparking crackdown on lithium battery expansion
China's energy storage industry has expanded at breakneck speed since the launch of the 14th Five-Year Plan, growing 50-fold in just five years. The government is now applying the...
Friday 11 September 2026
Nvidia expands Australian AI factory push as global demand rises
Nvidia's latest partnerships in Australia could reshape where AI capacity is built and who can access it. The plan links power, data centers, and open models to local innovation, while...
Friday 11 September 2026
Apple's new chip packaging boosts A20 Pro AI power, pushing MediaTek, Qualcomm to follow suit
Apple has unveiled its latest iPhone 18 Pro and the A20 Pro, its first 2nm chip. According to Apple's official specifications, the A20 Pro features a six-core CPU, seven-core GPU,...
Friday 11 September 2026
FCC closes a chip-level loophole while media debate another White House retreat

A rule published in the Federal Register on September 11 pushes US communications supply-chain...

Friday 11 September 2026
AI server tracker: Taiwan's rack supply chain reveals where the AI buildout is accelerating

The three Taiwanese supply chain categories closest to the physical AI rack — thermal, power supply, and rail kits — booked...

Friday 11 September 2026
Anthropic disrupts Chinese AI firms' attempts to extract Claude capabilities
Anthropic has disrupted a series of operations in which Chinese AI companies allegedly used its Claude models to extract capabilities for their own AI systems, highlighting growing...
Friday 11 September 2026
Jensen Huang bets Nvidia's next leg of growth on turning AI compute into an investable asset

Jensen Huang used a Goldman Sachs conference appearance to argue that the constraints on AI's build-out are expanding from silicon into...