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Tuesday 8 September 2026
Chinese smartphone price hikes squeeze Southeast Asia: shipments fall 23%, low-end demand retreats
Rising smartphone prices are spreading beyond China, with Southeast Asia already showing the strain from rising handset costs and weaker replacement demand.
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Huawei Mate XT 2 debuts Kirin 9050 Pro at unchanged price
Huawei held a product launch event on the afternoon of September 7, with the tri-fold Mate XT 2 and its Kirin 9050 Pro chip in the spotlight. The company also rolled out a HarmonyOS...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro puts LogicFolding to the test with 55% density gain, 66% lower NPU power
Huawei's Kirin 9050 Pro is the first commercial test of its Tau Scaling Law, with the company claiming a 55% increase in transistor density at the same process node while cutting NPU,...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Privacy displays become a premium smartphone battleground as Huawei brings one to a foldable

Huawei's Mate XT 2 combines an inward-folding tri-fold design with a built-in hardware privacy display, bringing two concepts already prominent...

Tuesday 8 September 2026
SK Hynix weighs Gwangju investment as Yongin buildout continues
SK Hynix is considering accelerating investment in South Korea's planned Gwangju semiconductor cluster so that development proceeds alongside its ongoing Yongin buildout, rather than...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
South Korea's UBATT targets 500 Wh/kg lithium-metal batteries for drone and defense markets
South Korean battery startup UBATT is targeting aerospace and defense applications such as drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with high-energy-density lithium-metal batteries,...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
BYD weighs US$1B car-carrier order to support surging EV exports
BYD is extending its global expansion beyond factories and sales networks into ocean transport, building greater control over the car-carrier capacity needed to support rapidly rising...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
US-China space race expands from Moon landings to LEO satellite constellations and orbital computing
The US-China space race is broadening beyond rocket launches and crewed lunar missions into a growing array of strategic arenas, including lunar resources, low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Black Sesame, Horizon Robotics unveil China's smart driving chip race

China's intelligent driving market continues to surge, with Black Sesame Technologies and Horizon Robotics both reporting solid top-line...

Tuesday 8 September 2026
Innolux, AUO take display technology into AI chips with FOPLP, glass substrates, Micro LED CPO
AI demand is accelerating advanced packaging and high-speed optical interconnect development, pushing Taiwan display makers Innolux and AUO deeper into the semiconductor supply cha...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
LG bets on in-cabin AI agents as South Korea races to catch China in autonomous driving
Rapid advances in China's autonomous-driving technology are increasing pressure on South Korea's auto industry to catch up, and LG Electronics is responding by expanding its push from...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Shield AI, AeroVironment deepen ties with Taiwan drone supply chain
US drone tech companies Shield AI and AeroVironment have strengthened ties with Taiwan's defense sector, and they have opened offices in Taiwan in recent years. At Semicon Taiwan 2026,...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Analysis: Taiwan manufacturers face a deeper labor squeeze as AI boom pulls workers away
Taiwan's traditional manufacturers are warning that the island's growth story is widening a long-running labor gap, as semiconductor and AI server demand lifts the economy even as...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Taiwan sets out 2027 plan to reinforce AI, chip leadership
Taiwan plans to deepen its role in global technology supply chains as demand for AI chips, advanced packaging, and memory tightens worldwide. A new policy agenda aims to bolster semiconductor...
Monday 7 September 2026
SK Hynix reportedly ends LG eSSD talks as ASICLAND deal expands
SK Hynix reportedly ended talks with LG Electronics over outsourcing part of the backend design for a next-generation enterprise SSD (eSSD) controller, but the memory maker told DIGITIMES...