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Monday 10 August 2026

OCI rides AI, space solar boom as SpaceX deepens polysilicon ties

South Korean solar polysilicon supplier OCI Holdings is capitalizing on its increasingly scarce position as a non-China supplier, benefiting not only from growing solar demand from...

Monday 10 August 2026

Cambricon AI chip revenue doubles as China demand surges, supply capacity holds key

Cambricon Technologies has largely settled the question of whether China's AI chip champion can make money. First-half 2026 revenue rose 108.13% to CNY6 billion (approx. US$890 million),...

Monday 10 August 2026

Interview: Nvidia sees Taiwan as more than an assembler — an engineering partner

Taiwan's role in the global AI supply chain is shifting from manufacturing toward engineering, Nvidia networking senior vice president...

Monday 10 August 2026

German EV subsidies lift Chinese automakers in a reshaped market

Germany's car market posted only modest growth in July, but battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids surged as internal combustion...

Monday 10 August 2026

DeepSeek takes Unitree stake to pair AI models with humanoid robots

DeepSeek has invested CNY140.8 million (approx. US$20.8 million) in Unitree's Shanghai IPO and agreed to jointly develop AI models for...

Monday 10 August 2026

India roundup: Chip push broadens as localization and capacity remain works in progress

India is accelerating its bid to build a broader semiconductor and electronics ecosystem, combining new packaging capacity, longer-term tax incentives and deeper localization with...

Monday 10 August 2026

Ability Enterprise July revenue hits decade high on stronger optical module shipments

Ability Enterprise posted July revenue of NT$1.159 billion, up 10.5% from June and 64% from a year earlier, reaching its highest monthly level since December 2016. The Taiwanese optics...

Monday 10 August 2026

Aurotek profit jumps on embodied AI and semiconductor automation demand

Aurotek Corporation reported stronger second-quarter and first-half 2026 results on August 6 as demand rose for embodied AI solutions, semiconductor foundry and advanced packaging...

Monday 10 August 2026

South Korea charges into the humanoid robot race as conglomerates mobilize

The global humanoid robot race is heating up, with the US and China battling for technological and market leadership, but a third...

Monday 10 August 2026

China’s new renewable rules drive a surge in hydrogen investment

China’s tighter renewable-energy compliance rules have opened the way for green hydrogen, green ammonia, and green methanol to be included in the country’s minimum renewable-energy...

Sunday 9 August 2026

Rethinking road safety: Why existing safety standards can no longer keep pace with autonomous vehicles' advances

AI is moving from infotainment into steering, braking, and other core driving functions, raising safety questions that matter far beyond...

Sunday 9 August 2026

WT Micro sees AI data centers and communications reaching 70% of revenue, with growth extending into 2027

WT Microelectronics (WT Micro) posted record revenue and profit in the second quarter of 2026, supported by strong AI momentum and better-than-expected demand from the automotive and...

Sunday 9 August 2026

Rohm sees AI server demand lift first-quarter profit 4,825%

Rohm Semiconductor reported sharply higher first-quarter results on August 5, 2026, as recovering demand for automotive power semiconductors and strong AI-linked data center business...

Sunday 9 August 2026

Hanwha Aerospace turns trillion-won profit into AI, unmanned warfare push

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace posted a second-quarter 2026 operating profit of more than KRW1 trillion (approx. US$704.9 million), highlighting its ability to expand military exports...

Sunday 9 August 2026

Innodisk posts record second quarter profit on AI and memory demand

Innodisk reported record second-quarter 2026 results as surging memory prices and artificial intelligence demand lifted profit, revenue, and margins. The memory module maker said quarterly...

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