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Tuesday 13 October 2026

Interview: Microsoft's Maia GM on Maia 300, Taiwan and HBM supply

Microsoft's in-house Azure Maia chips will become the main platform for its own AI services, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot and Microsoft Foundry. However, the company...

Monday 12 October 2026

Microsoft to scale Maia AI chips to multi-gigawatt deployments, unveils TSMC N2P-based Maia 300

Microsoft will scale its in-house Azure Maia AI accelerators to multi-gigawatt deployments starting in 2027, making Maia the primary AI inference system for its products and services...

Monday 12 October 2026

Biren's BR20X GPU targets 1,024-chip AI systems, but US curbs cloud mass production

China's Biren Technology has successfully powered on its next-generation BR20X GPU, advancing to post-tapeout validation while preparing for customer...

Monday 12 October 2026

ELAN Microelectrics's 3Q26 PC momentum stalls on shortages, inventory overhang

Touch IC leader Elan Microelectronics recently announced its September 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$602 million (approx. US$18.9 million), down 18.74% month-over-month and 46.9%...

Monday 12 October 2026

Nvidia, Reflection AI, the strategic pivot to open-weight ecosystems

The Financial Times recently reported that Nvidia is in early-stage talks to acquire or significantly deepen its investment in the US$25 billion open-weight AI startup Reflection...

Monday 12 October 2026

LG Display unveils maskless OLED technology, targeting more efficient IT displays

LG Display has unveiled a new organic light-emitting diode (OLED) manufacturing technology designed to improve production efficiency and display performance, and reduce manufacturing...

Monday 12 October 2026

MediaTek flagship AP share to surpass Samsung as TSMC boosts Dimensity

As the global smartphone system-on-chip (SoC) market contracts, competition in the high-end application processor (AP) segment is intensifying. MediaTek is accelerating its push into...

Monday 12 October 2026

Weekly news roundup: Musk's Terafab faces reality check; Samsung HBM4E clears quality validation

This week's (October 5 to October 11, 2026) coverage highlights intensifying efforts to build resilient semiconductor and AI hardware supply chains. Elon Musk's Terafab project faces...

Monday 12 October 2026

India roundup: AI data center buildout accelerates as semiconductor push continues to broaden

India's technology buildout is deepening across semiconductors and AI infrastructure, with chip IP, packaging and equipment initiatives advancing...

Sunday 11 October 2026

Novatek quarterly revenue tops NT$30B as smartphone demand, edge AI chips lift results

Novatek reported stronger September and third-quarter 2026 revenue, suggesting seasonal smartphone demand and growth in edge AI chips are supporting the global display and chip supply...

Saturday 10 October 2026

Huawei faces price reset as memory costs surge

Huawei consumer business group chairman Richard Yu said surging memory component costs have added more than US$200 to the hardware cost of each Huawei smartphone, putting fresh pressure...

Saturday 10 October 2026

Zhen Ding posts record September sales on mobile demand and AI applications

Zhen Ding Technology said September 2026 consolidated revenue reached NT$26.358 billion (US$825.13 million), up 36.13% year over year and 27.54% from August, setting a monthly record...

Saturday 10 October 2026

TPCA Show 2026 to spotlight AI computing, Unimicron chair keynote

As explosive AI computing demand drives hardware architecture change, Taiwan Printed Circuit Association (TPCA) is set to open its annual flagship event, with the 21st International...

Friday 9 October 2026

MediaTek 3Q26 revenue beats forecast, maintains peak-season momentum

MediaTek reported its September and third-quarter 2026 revenue results, with September revenue of NT$55.40 billion (approx. US$1.74 billion), down 13.69% from the previous month and...

Friday 9 October 2026

Advantech tops US$1 billion in third-quarter revenue as edge AI orders climb

Advantech reported on October 7 that third-quarter consolidated revenue reached NT$32.44 billion (approx. US$1.02 billion), a record high as demand for edge AI, semiconductor equipment,...

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