Beijing Eswin Computing Technology has cleared its Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing hearing, moving closer to becoming the market's first listed RISC-V-focused chip company.
Qualcomm is sticking with TSMC for both of its newly launched 2nm Snapdragon flagship processors, extending the Taiwan foundry's hold on Qualcomm's top-tier mobile chips even as Samsung Electronics ramps its second-generation 2nm process and steps up efforts to win advanced-node customers.
Qualcomm is launching two flagship platforms in 2026—the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6—signaling a new era of finer-grained flagship mobile SoC segmentation. The move has raised questions about whether pricier flagship phones are on the way.
Samsung Electronics has reportedly revised the roadmap for its first sub-10nm DRAM generation, making a wafer-to-wafer hybrid-bonding architecture the baseline for its D0a process while moving its vertical-channel-transistor (VCT) design to a separate D0a-V derivative.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to make his first state visit to the US since 2015, with the Trump administration rolling out high-level welcoming ceremonies, a state dinner and other diplomatic pomp. But industry observers and think tanks say the real goal is not to settle structural disputes over trade, AI, rare earths and Taiwan in one shot, but to keep US-China competition from spiraling further out of control.
Qualcomm used the second day of its Snapdragon Summit 2026 to underline a broader shift for Snapdragon-powered PCs, announcing Linux support for the Snapdragon X2 Series while highlighting Googlebook laptops powered by the Snapdragon X Elite. The moves signal growing momentum for Qualcomm's PC business across operating systems and new AI-focused form factors.
TSMC is reportedly planning another wafer foundry price increase, with supply chain sources saying its order visibility now extends to 2030. According to the sources, the company plans to adjust wafer prices from January 2027 across different processes, with hikes of about 3-6% as tight capacity and strong AI demand keep customers in line.
Eternal Materials reported unaudited earnings before taxes (EBT) of NT$269 million (approx. US$8.47 million) in August 2026, up 28.05% from August 2025, with pre-tax earnings per share (EPS) of NT$0.23. Cumulative EBT for January through August totaled NT$2.3 billion, up 37.31% from a year earlier, with pre-tax EPS of NT$1.96.
Qualcomm used its keynote on the second day of Snapdragon Summit 2026 to argue that earphones, glasses, and other wearables will shape the next phase of AI computing. For global consumers and device makers, the shift could redefine how people access assistants, services, and cloud-connected tools on the move.
Qualcomm unveiled two flagship mobile platforms at the Snapdragon Summit 2026, including the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, which changes its packaging approach to improve heat dissipation. During a media Q&A, Qualcomm Senior Vice President and General Manager of Mobile Handsets Chris Patrick said the new package still falls under existing Package on Package (PoP) technology, but the memory is no longer stacked directly above the die and is shifted to the side to create a thermal path.
Alibaba has formally unveiled its self-developed Zhenwu V900 AI chip at the 2026 Apsara Conference, with CEO Eddie Wu describing the T-Head Semiconductor-designed processor as "China's most powerful AI chip to date." The V900 is intended to fill part of the computing gap left by restrictions on access to Nvidia's high-end accelerators.
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