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Tuesday 20 October 2026
Nvidia says South Korea has Vera CPU customers, LG robot results ahead
Nvidia's South Korea representative said the company's Vera CPU already has customers in South Korea and that collaboration with LG Electronics on humanoid robots is expected to deliver...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
OLED monitor panel shipments set to overtake TV panels in 2028
Gaming demand is reshaping the OLED panel market, with OLED monitor panel shipments forecast to surpass TV panel shipments for the first time in 2028. South Korean panel makers are...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
China tightens drone export controls, extending restrictions to critical components, technologies
China's Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs, and military authorities jointly announced revised export controls on drones on October 19, covering complete aircraft,...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Kioxia targets higher-value AI storage with Nvidia partnership, advanced NAND technology
Kioxia is prioritising proprietary NAND flash technology and customer-specific development over aggressive capacity expansion, seeking to capitalise on rising AI storage demand while...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
FIC Global targets doubling business in 2027 on optical module orders from eight of world's top 10 makers
FIC Global chairman Leo Chien said the PC market continues to suffer from memory shortages, with a meaningful recovery unlikely in the second half of 2026. However, some industrial...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Exclusive: Apple's MacBook Neo pressures Microsoft to cut specs for low-cost 12-inch Surface
Apple's MacBook Neo is intensifying competition in the global low-cost notebook market as rising supply-chain costs push Microsoft and other notebook makers to reassess their product...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Intel says it is the only high-volume fab for 12-inch InP silicon photonics as co-packaged optics nears deployment
Intel is pitching its foundry as the industry's supplier of light sources for AI data center optics, claiming at the 2026 Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit that it is the only...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
IFA CEO: Taiwan tech to leverage core silicon strengths to counter China's momentum
Sluggish demand in the European consumer electronics and home appliance markets in recent years, combined with overcapacity built during the pandemic, has dealt European manufacturers...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Amkor triples Gwangju investment as AI packaging demand grows
Amkor Technology is tripling its planned investment in Gwangju to expand advanced packaging capacity for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing, bringing a semiconductor...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
TiMotion targets robot market as Vietnam plant is set to open by year-end
Transmission systems integrator TiMotion Technology plans to begin trading on Taiwan's Emerging Stock Board on October 21 as it marks its 20th anniversary, with the company targeting...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
China's tech-driven commerce plan pushes AI into phones, PCs, and robots
On October 19, 2026, China's Ministry of Commerce and eight other government departments issued guidelines on accelerating "technology-driven commerce" that call for deepening the...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Commentary: Samsung's US 2nm ramp faces no room for error
Samsung Electronics' 2nm mass-production capability at its Taylor, Texas fab has become critical to its efforts to close the gap with TSMC, as Tesla's AI5 chip delivery schedule and...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
ChatGPT hits 60,000 advertisers as OpenAI cuts prices
OpenAI is expanding its ChatGPT advertising business by cutting ad prices, adding campaign tools and recruiting advertising talent. ChatGPT has also emerged as one of the platforms...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Taiwan's aging crisis drives call for third pension pillar
Despite strong growth in Taiwan's semiconductor and AI industries, the country's declining birthrate and aging population continue to worsen. Financial Supervisory Commission Chairman...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Google demonstrates magic state cultivation on Willow, cutting errors by about 40-fold
Google Quantum AI said on October 15, 2026, that it has shown "magic state cultivation" working in practice on its Willow processor, reducing errors about 40-fold compared with uncultivated...