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Tuesday 3 February 2026
Huawei-linked Hubble invests in automotive chipmaker Norelsys pre-IPO

Norelsys (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. has begun IPO counseling after filing registration for listing guidance with the Tianjin branch of the China...

Tuesday 3 February 2026
China's AI chip swarm hits mass scale, chipping away at Nvidia's China stronghold

US export controls are accelerating China's localization of data-center AI chips, with shipment data now pointing to rapid commercial...

Tuesday 3 February 2026
Rising memory prices add cost pressures for IC design houses
Rising memory prices are creating fresh cost challenges for IC design firms, particularly those producing chips with embedded memory. While most chip designers feel the impact indirectly,...
Tuesday 3 February 2026
OpenAI's inference push puts all eyes on Nvidia's AI chip strategy
OpenAI has been exploring alternatives to some of Nvidia's latest artificial intelligence chips, particularly for AI inference workloads. This exemplifies the intensifying competition...
Tuesday 3 February 2026
Beijing officially lists 'future industries,' setting the stage for supply chain realignment
China has for the first time formally designated "future industries," with the framework for policy support now taking shape. The move signals a shift away from conceptual discussion,...
Tuesday 3 February 2026
Qualcomm, MediaTek, Apple dominate smart glasses processor race
Competition in the smart glasses market is heating up, with startups launching new products in rapid succession and major consumer electronics brands preparing to enter the space.
Monday 2 February 2026
Weekly news roundup: Diversification, memory power, capacity politics
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES stories from the week of January 16 – February 1, 2026.
Monday 2 February 2026
Taiwan achieves breakthrough with 20-qubit quantum computer
Taiwan has taken a significant step forward in quantum computing development. On January 29, 2026, Academia Sinica—the island's premier national research institution—announced...
Sunday 1 February 2026
China controls 80% of global AI glasses production
China has become the primary manufacturing and innovation hub for AI glasses, backed by an integrated supply chain. Omdia and IDC forecast global shipments exceeding 10 million units...
Saturday 31 January 2026
Nvidia CEO calls ASIC rivalry "illogical" as R&D spending heads toward $45 billion

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang issued a sharp rebuke to market speculation regarding the rise of custom silicon (ASIC) during an interview in Taipei on...

Saturday 31 January 2026
Shenzhen Ingchips joins domestic chipmakers in raising prices as cost pressures mount

Shenzhen Ingchips Technology has joined Goke Microelectronics and Cmsemicon in announcing price increases, highlighting mounting cost...

Friday 30 January 2026
China approves DeepSeek's Nvidia H200 chip purchase, but conditions still pending
China has given its leading AI startup DeepSeek approval to buy Nvidia's H200 artificial intelligence chips, with regulatory conditions still being finalized, according to Reut...
Friday 30 January 2026
US-China rivalry enters next phase: Nvidia's H200 chips get Beijing's nod
Recent reports from mainland China indicate that authorities have approved the import of an initial batch of Nvidia's H200 chips. The move highlights yet another turn in the intensifying...
Friday 30 January 2026
Aspeed profits rise for second year on server upgrade demand

As artificial intelligence (AI) applications expand, the rising scale and density of server computing have placed a premium on system...

Friday 30 January 2026
Memory prices soar as AI demand tightens DRAM and NAND supply, spot buying slows near year-end
Memory demand remains strong, intensifying the industry's supply-demand imbalance. Contract prices for the first quarter of 2026 are rising sharply, with major South Korean memory...