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Saturday 10 October 2026
Unified memory lifts AI PC ambitions as Chinese open models gain local-inference ground
The hardware boundary separating cloud-scale AI from local inference is becoming increasingly porous as PC vendors expand memory capacity and software platforms make larger open-weight...
Saturday 10 October 2026
Semco moves glass substrates to package-level testing
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) has reportedly completed initial reliability testing of its 100mm glass substrates and moved to package-level verification using customer chips, marking...
Saturday 10 October 2026
SK Hynix sends memory chips into orbit for testing
SK Hynix's dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and Universal Flash Storage (UFS) products have reached orbit aboard a South Korean satellite that successfully established communication...
Saturday 10 October 2026
China's GW satellite network clears dual-polar test, signaling broader push toward sovereign LEO communications
China's state-backed Guowang (GW) low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite network has completed its first communications test during the country's 16th Arctic expedition, enabling a live video...
Friday 9 October 2026
Samsung HBM4E wins NVIDIA nod for AI accelerator push
Samsung Electronics' next-generation 12-layer HBM4E product, a type of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), has reportedly cleared customer quality validation from Nvidia and major hyperscale...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Lam Research launches South Korea chip fund after 15,000-chamber milestone
Lam Research is launching its first country-specific semiconductor venture fund in South Korea after shipping its 15,000th locally manufactured processing chamber, deepening its manufacturing...
Thursday 8 October 2026
LG to test five commercial components in space aboard South Korea's fifth Nuri launch
LG Group is preparing to test five commercial components developed by LG Electronics, LG Innotek, and LG Energy Solution (LGES), including cameras and batteries, aboard a CubeSat carried...
Thursday 8 October 2026
AI PCs face memory squeeze as server demand takes priority
Microsoft's October 7 opening of pre-orders for Surface Laptop Ultra, featuring up to 128GB of unified memory, highlights a potential new source of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM)...
Thursday 8 October 2026
China pushes six-network buildout as AI strains power links
China is accelerating construction of its so-called "six networks" — water, a new power grid, computing, next-generation communications, urban underground pipelines, and logistics...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Samsung to exit in-house automotive AP, focus on high-margin chips
Samsung Electronics' System LSI division is reportedly planning a retreat from the automotive application processor (AP) business and launching a major restructuring, with a future...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Taiwan bans imports of China-made fiberglass silicone sleeves
Taiwan has ordered a halt to imports of China-made fiberglass silicone sleeves, saying that opening the market to such products would cause a major adverse impact on related indust...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Huawei claims to have largely cut US tech reliance
Huawei executive director and consumer business group chairman Richard Yu said at a recent media roundtable that the company has worked with China's supply chain since US export controls...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Witchbox eyes Taiwan channels, hospitals for AI posture platform
South Korean health tech company Witchbox is extending AI posture analysis into gym operations management, using its iPosture Pro platform to integrate body assessments, workout programs,...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Fed could hike again before year-end as liquidity is watched
The Federal Reserve raised rates by 1 quarter point in September, and with the standoff between the US and Iran still unresolved and US inflation remaining elevated, markets expect...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Lisa Su takes AMD's Korea ties beyond memory to AI
AMD is broadening its Korean partnerships from memory procurement to AI infrastructure and research, as chief executive Lisa Su seeks the supply and technology cooperation needed for...