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Thursday 26 March 2026
US senators accuse Nvidia CEO of misleading claims, urge halt to AI chip exports
US Senators Jim Banks and Elizabeth Warren, in a joint letter dated March 23, called on US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to suspend Nvidia's export licenses for advanced AI chips...
Thursday 26 March 2026
Four reasons that Aspeed dominates the BMC chip market
As Taiwan-based IC design firms face declining global market share due to China, Taiwan's Aspeed stands out by dominating the baseboard management controller (BMC) chip sector.
Thursday 26 March 2026
Broadcom to mass-produce 400G single-lane PAM4 DSP by 2027, vows to maintain lead
Broadcom recently announced that it completed development of a 400G single-lane PAM4 digital signal processor (DSP) at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2026, signaling...
Wednesday 25 March 2026
With Hua Hong partnership, STMicro builds 'China for China' supply chain
STMicroelectronics said this week that its STM32 microcontrollers, produced in partnership with Hua Hong Semiconductor, have entered volume production in China and are now being shipped...
Wednesday 25 March 2026
Tescan targets Taiwan and South Korea for semiconductor investment
Czech microscopy equipment supplier Tescan is continuing to deepen its presence in the Asia-Pacific market, targeting growing opportunities in semiconductor failure analysis (FA)....
Wednesday 25 March 2026
Taiwan chipmakers chase drone imaging edge with thermal and AI
Non-China supply chains in the drone sector are emerging as a new battleground for global technology vendors, with Taiwan's chipmakers increasingly expanding into the space. Among...
Wednesday 25 March 2026
Arm defends shift into chips as AGI CPU targets agentic AI demand
Arm unveiled its first "Arm AGI CPU" on March 24 at its Arm Everywhere event, marking a major shift in its business model. The chip, conceived three years ago and now ready for mass...
Wednesday 25 March 2026
China-South Korea panel war escalates: USPTO rejects Tianma patent challenge
The US Patent and Trademark Office has rejected an attempt by Tianma Microelectronics to challenge a patent held by LG Display, citing concerns that the Chinese company may be under...
Wednesday 25 March 2026
Analysis: Qualcomm restructures Asia operations, giving Taiwan greater strategic weight
At a spring banquet in Taiwan, Qualcomm used the occasion not only to recap highlights from its recent appearances at major industry exhibitions, but also to underscore the growing...
Wednesday 25 March 2026
Agentic AI shift puts CPUs at the core as Arm rolls out first chip
Arm has officially launched the Arm AGI CPU, a new class of mass-production-ready processor built on its Neoverse platform and designed to power next-generation AI infrastructure....
Wednesday 25 March 2026
Global semiconductor market rebounds in 2025 with AI-led expansion
According to Omdia, the global semiconductor market reached approximately US$830.8 billion in 2025, a 23.3% year-over-year increase and the second consecutive year of growth above...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Rising costs and soft demand prolong smartphone panel slump; AMOLED prices to drop over 20% in 2H26
As March nears its end, the smartphone panel market has yet to see a post-Lunar New Year replenishment cycle. With upstream costs rising and end demand softening, overall market conditions...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Samsung reportedly developing next-gen tri-fold and slider phones for 2027 launch
Samsung Electronics is reportedly advancing development of its next-generation tri-fold smartphone following the Galaxy Z TriFold, which ceased production just three months after launch...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
China's AI GPUs face equipment and software constraints, but system-level design boosts self-reliance
Although it may appear that China's AI GPU development is behind the US by one or more generations, a recent Morgan Stanley report reveals the actual gap is smaller than widely per...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Alibaba unveils XuanTie C950 and C925, advancing RISC-V into AI and edge computing

Alibaba's DAMO Academy has introduced two new RISC-V processors—the flagship XuanTie C950 and the energy-efficient C925—marking...