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Sep 24
Commentary: Apple's M8 Ultra AI server plan could pull Apple Silicon into Nvidia's enterprise infrastructure game

After more than a decade away, Apple may be preparing to return to the enterprise server market. According to The Information, as reported by Reuters, the company is developing an enterprise AI server powered by its planned M8 Ultra chip and has discussed adopting Nvidia's NVLink Fusion interconnect technology.

GlobalFoundries (GF) is preparing a major global capacity expansion as TSMC is set to gradually exit gallium nitride (GaN) foundry services in 2027. GF said it was the first foundry to proactively approach TSMC and secure a GaN technology license, positioning itself to give existing customers a "seamless migration" path to its own platform.

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 AI, while expanding from AIoT into automotive and data center applications. MIPS said the strategy lowers the barrier for global customers to adopt GF platforms across process technologies and has pushed GF and MIPS to become the world's second-largest processor IP provider.

Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and NXP Semiconductors' joint venture, VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC), officially opened its 12-inch (300mm) wafer fab on September 28 in Tampines, Singapore. Vanguard and VSMC chairman Leuh Fang said the AI-driven crowding out of capacity has spread across the global semiconductor supply chain, leaving almost no company able to say it has sufficient capacity.

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 with co-founder and CEO of Liquid AI Ramin Hasani.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, arrived at the White House on the evening of September 24 US time to attend a state dinner hosted by US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.

Nvidia expanded its open-source CUDA-Q platform with CUDA-Q Logical, an orchestration layer aimed at helping researchers build software for fault-tolerant quantum computers. The company said the platform already integrates with about 75% of publicly available quantum processing units (QPUs), giving developers a common environment across multiple hardware types.
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 experience to pursue overseas deals as US and Chinese firms continue to dominate the global AI market.
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 the category. The shift comes amid growing scrutiny of unauthorized filming, changing regulatory expectations, and rapid expansion in China.

AI agents are moving into enterprise workflows and driving a sharp rise in demand for AI infrastructure, with a new report from IDC and IEIT Systems warning that the global compute supply-demand gap will continue widening through 2030. The report, released at the AICC2026 Artificial Intelligence Computing Conference, said high-bandwidth memory (HBM) was the biggest bottleneck.

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 Ben Thompson said the AI sector is now facing five forms of overhang: model capability, product, pricing, capital, and safety. He argued that raw model leadership no longer guarantees a durable business moat.
Six Samsung companies will invest a combined US$1 billion in Helix Digital Infrastructure, a company set up by investment firm KKR to build data centers and the power supply they need for AI. The investment gives the Korean group a stake in a builder that could become a buyer of its chips, cooling equipment, batteries and construction services.