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Tuesday 29 September 2026

Foxtron writes a new chapter in Taiwan auto history

Taiwan's auto market has faced plenty of challenges in recent years, from broader industry headwinds to continued scrutiny of domestic car production. Against that backdrop, Foxconn-backed...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Cerebras to power Gimlet's push for faster AI inference

Cerebras Systems is expanding its push into AI inference infrastructure through a collaboration with Gimlet Labs, as demand grows for computing systems capable of delivering faster...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Column: Why Micron's US$250M venture fund is about more than HBM margins—Taiwan has a stake in it

Micron unveiled the Micron Ventures Paradigm Fund, a US$250 million venture vehicle, in mid-August 2026, as the memory maker pairs more than US$25 billion in fiscal 2026 capex with...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

South Korea AI compute squeeze hits researchers and startups

South Korea's AI sector is facing a growing GPU shortage as research institutes and small companies struggle to secure enough compute for model training and deployment. As government...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

US, China eye US$60 billion in tariff relief, but chips stay off the table

The US and China are moving toward tariff reductions on about US$60 billion of bilateral trade following last week's Trump-Xi summit, but semiconductors and other strategically sensitive...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

GF's MIPS bets on RISC-V physical AI, expands into autos and data centers

MIPS, a GlobalFoundries (GF) unit, said it has completed its integration with the ARC unit acquired from Synopsys earlier this year and is using the move to position RISC-V for physical...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

LG expands AI data center cooling ties with Microsoft, SK Enmove

LG Electronics has expanded its push into the AI data center cooling market through cooperation with Microsoft, SK Enmove, and overseas heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC)...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

South Korea looks beyond high-nickel NCM in battery push

South Korea is broadening its battery strategy beyond high-nickel NCM, stepping up investment in sodium-ion, all-solid-state and lower-cost technologies after acknowledging that its...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Vanguard chairman says AI slowdown won't free up chip capacity

Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and NXP Semiconductors' joint venture, VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC),...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Qualcomm, Liquid AI tout on-device AI potential at Snapdragon Summit

Qualcomm Technologies held its Snapdragon Summit 2026 in Maui, Hawaii, from September 22 to 24. During the keynote on the second day, Qualcomm president and CEO Cristiano Amon spoke...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

LG AI Research expands sovereign AI push into Kazakhstan, Middle East

LG AI Research is moving into Kazakhstan and the Middle East to capture demand for sovereign AI in emerging markets. The South Korea-based unit is using its model development and commercialization...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Meta adds camera-free AI glasses as Samsung prepares 2026 launch

Meta has introduced a camera-free smart glasses model while Samsung Electronics prepares to enter the AI glasses market in 2026, as privacy concerns and product design trade-offs reshape...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

IDC says AI agent growth will widen global compute shortage by 2027

AI agents are moving into enterprise workflows and driving a sharp rise in demand for AI infrastructure, with a new report from IDC...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Meta's Muse raises questions about AI model leadership, product moats

Meta's Muse AI agent has become a fresh example in the debate over whether frontier model performance still determines commercial success. In a new Stratechery article, founder...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

AI server MLCC prices rise as Chinese suppliers gain ground in generic parts

Multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) prices for AI servers have continued to climb, while prices for general-purpose components used...

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