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Thursday 5 November 2026
Taiwan tech firms' Texas factory commitments total US$2.9 billion
Eight Taiwanese electronics manufacturers have disclosed approximately US$2.9 billion in factory-related asset transactions and investment plans in Texas since January 2024, accounting...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Acer reshuffles executives as Chan-ping Bo takes product, procurement role
Acer is set to approve a senior executive reshuffle at its board meeting on Thursday afternoon, with Acer Being Communication general manager Chan-ping Bo reportedly taking over product...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Advantech founder to hand CEO role to embedded IoT head
Industrial PC (IPC) maker Advantech announced on November 5, 2026, that founder K.C. Liu will become full-time chairman on January 1, 2027, while Miller Chang, currently president...
Thursday 5 November 2026
The 346-GW question: Will anti-data-center votes slow America's AI buildout?
US voters favored restrictions on data center development in 40 of 41 local ballot measures across 10 states on November 3, signaling growing opposition to AI infrastructure expansion...
Thursday 5 November 2026
EU launches EUR525 million push to close chip design gap
The European Union has launched a EUR525 million (approx. US$590 million) initiative to strengthen its semiconductor design industry, seeking to narrow the gap with the US and China...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Taiwan digs deep: 2,049-meter geothermal well strikes 140°C in Taitung
Taiwan's deep geothermal sector is reporting fresh progress after a 2,049-meter well that reached temperatures of 140 degrees Celsius was completed in a challenging metamorphic rock...
Thursday 5 November 2026
OpenAI moves deeper into software infrastructure with Pierre acquisition plan
OpenAI plans to acquire Pierre Computer Company, extending its push into the infrastructure behind AI-generated software as competition expands beyond coding assistants to the systems...
Thursday 5 November 2026
FPT starts chip-testing plant trials in northern Vietnam, plans packaging expansion
FPT has begun trial operations at a semiconductor testing and packaging plant in Vietnam's Bac Ninh province, initially focusing on chip testing as it prepares to expand into packaging...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Taiwan-Netherlands launch four photonics R&D partnerships
Taiwan and the Netherlands announced four joint research and development collaborations on November 4 under their bilateral Technology Bridge Program, targeting photonic packaging,...
Thursday 5 November 2026
AI chips need 1.5 years to move beyond cloud: HCLTech
HCLTech said AI chips will need about 1.5 years to move into mass adoption beyond cloud infrastructure, as the industry develops integrated semiconductor platforms to support large-scale...
Thursday 5 November 2026
DIGITIMES Insight: TSMC, ASML's 2031 photomask target puts High NA EUV suppliers on the clock
ASML and TSMC announced plans in September 2026, ahead of the SPIE BACUS symposium, to advance high-numerical-aperture extreme ultraviolet (High NA EUV) lithography by replacing the...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Ohio voters approve data center ban that could derail Amazon's US$2 billion plan
Voters in Sunbury, Ohio, approved a ban on large data centers in the November 3 election, raising a new obstacle to Amazon's proposed US$2 billion project as communities across the...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
GigaDevice sees tight niche DRAM supply, slower price gains
AI demand continues to heat up while major global memory makers shift capacity toward higher-value products, keeping niche memory supplies tight in the near term. China-based IC design...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
DeepSeek V5 reportedly targets Huawei Ascend 950 training in 2027, a crucial test for a Chinese alternative to Nvidia
DeepSeek plans to use Huawei's Ascend 950 chips as the core training hardware for its next-generation V5 model, potentially extending the companies' partnership from inference to full...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Nvidia uses 8,192 GPUs to set fault-tolerant quantum simulation record, targeting error correction costs
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's latest European trip has highlighted another strategic priority: using massive computing resources to simulate quantum systems and establish a foothold in...