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Thursday 17 September 2026
AMD pivots to China developer ecosystems as Nvidia retreats

As Nvidia gradually retreats from China's high-end AI accelerator market amid strict US export controls, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Samsung bets on zHBM as 2.5D memory nears its limits
Samsung Electronics is betting on vertically stacked zHBM to move memory beyond the physical constraints of conventional 2.5D architectures, setting a system-level target of raising...
Thursday 17 September 2026
Tier IV open-sources self-driving AI chip design to challenge Nvidia

Japanese autonomous driving developer Tier IV is developing an AI chip and will release its chip design and related toolchain as open...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Huawei Connect 2026: OceanStor M900 turns PB-scale KV cache into Huawei's next AI infrastructure layer

Huawei has unveiled the OceanStor M900 at Huawei Connect 2026, extending its AI infrastructure strategy into memory and storage with...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Samsung Galaxy S27 series rumored to feature 4 models, reshaping flagship lineup with display and camera upgrades
Samsung Electronics is expected to launch its Galaxy S27 series in early 2027, marking what could be its most significant product lineup restructuring in years. Market reports indicate...
Thursday 17 September 2026
Taiwan to pilot ETS by end-2026, experts urge three safeguards

Taiwan will launch a pilot emissions trading scheme (ETS) by the end of 2026 to help semiconductor and technology manufacturers align...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Huawei Connect 2026: Ascend 960 puts industry-first NPO supernode at heart of Huawei's AI scale-up bet
Huawei has unveiled its next-generation Ascend 960 supernode, positioning near-packaged optics (NPO) at the centre of its effort to scale AI computing beyond the limits of individual...
Thursday 17 September 2026
20 of China's OSATs push into advanced packaging amid EUV curbs
China is broadening its advanced packaging base as restrictions on leading-edge semiconductor equipment complicate further process-node scaling. The effort now extends beyond the country's...
Thursday 17 September 2026
China's LCD trio flexes newfound pricing power as Taiwan panel makers retreat
China's top three liquid-crystal display (LCD) panel makers have sent written price-increase notices to customers for the first time, as Taiwan's leading panel makers sell factories...
Thursday 17 September 2026
TOK completes KRW101 billion facility in South Korea to bolster semiconductor supply chain

Japanese semiconductor materials leader Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (TOK) held a completion ceremony on September 15, 2026, for a new KRW101 billion...

Thursday 17 September 2026
General-purpose home robots face sensing test
General-purpose home robots are the ultimate goal for the humanoid robotics industry, but the market remains at an early stage. DIGITIMES analysts said the key to commercialization...
Thursday 17 September 2026
South Korea's medical device city opens physical AI institute, aiming to train 1,400 workers in five years
Wonju, a South Korean city of about 360,000, roughly 90 minutes east of Seoul, opened a government-funded institute on Thursday, September 17, to train more than 1,400 workers in artificial...
Thursday 17 September 2026
Huawei sees AI agents driving 90% of token traffic by 2035

Huawei expects autonomous AI agents to become the dominant source of AI traffic over the next decade, creating a sharp increase in demand...

Thursday 17 September 2026
ByteDance's Anew Labs reportedly raises US$290M as AI drug discovery gains momentum

ByteDance has completed a US$290 million funding round for Anew Labs, its AI drug-discovery business spun off from the Chinese technology...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Exclusive: China's CAS institute charts DUV route to 3nm GAA without EUV
China's advanced semiconductor research has reached another milestone. The Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has established a gate-all-around (GAA)...