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Friday 16 October 2026
FICG eyes 4x optical communications capacity by 2027
FICG is aggressively expanding optical communications production in Malaysia and China to meet surging AI-driven demand, which the company estimates is 3-4x current supply capacity...
Friday 16 October 2026
Samsung's chip and device chiefs head to Tokyo during Lee's visit
Five senior Samsung Electronics executives, including the heads of its semiconductor and consumer electronics businesses, reportedly traveled to Tokyo on October 13 while chairman...
Friday 16 October 2026
Myson Century signs 3 AUSA MOUs for defense expansion
Myson Century, a subsidiary of Sun Yad Group, signed strategic memorandums of understanding with IXI EW, SafeSky Systems USA, and Global Ordnance Group at the Association of the United...
Friday 16 October 2026
DIGITIMES Insights: China's automakers pursue three humanoid robot strategies as EV supply chains offer 60% overlap
Chinese automakers are accelerating their expansion into humanoid robotics, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, electric drive systems, and supply chain resources...
Friday 16 October 2026
BOE's 24-layer glass substrates reach AI chip packaging trials, with mass production still ahead
Chinese display manufacturer BOE has made further progress in advanced semiconductor packaging, extending its panel manufacturing expertise to glass-core packaging substrates. At an...
Friday 16 October 2026
Taiwan's Chun Yuan Steel sees 4Q26 auto surge, expands into AI robotics
Chun Yuan Steel expects Taiwan's auto market to deliver its strongest quarter of 2026 in the final three months, lifting full-year new-vehicle sales to 430,000 units from 411,000 in...
Friday 16 October 2026
Charts: YMTC bets on premium eSSDs to take on Samsung
AI-driven NAND demand is entering a supercycle, positioning Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) as the fastest-growing memory supplier. According to Counterpoint Technology Market...
Friday 16 October 2026
China's chip earnings boom masks a widening gap between AI processor demand, fading DRAM, NAND price gains
China's semiconductor and computing hardware companies reported or forecast strong earnings growth in the first nine months of 2026, fueled by AI infrastructure investment, demand...
Friday 16 October 2026
Japan bets on physical AI as Murata, AWS, Hitachi showcase self-learning robots at CEATEC 2026
Japan is stepping up its push into physical AI, with major technology companies and research institutions showcasing advances in autonomous robot learning, motion sensing, and agricultural...
Friday 16 October 2026
LG Innotek targets 2028 glass substrate supply as it expands beyond smartphones
LG Innotek expects to begin supplying glass substrates for advanced semiconductor packaging around 2028 and sees its chip substrate business improving in 2027, as the South Korean...
Friday 16 October 2026
Japan's automakers turn to vehicle-road coordination to advance autonomous driving
Japan's automakers are presenting autonomous-driving systems that connect vehicles with road infrastructure as a route toward deployment, highlighting a strategic choice beyond vehicle-only...
Friday 16 October 2026
CXMT targets DDR5 RDIMMs by end of 2026; SiCarrier showcases China's advanced chipmaking equipment
China's leading DRAM manufacturer CXMT has disclosed progress in its 4F² DRAM architecture and plans to introduce DDR5 registered dual in-line memory modules (RDIMMs) by the end...
Friday 16 October 2026
Chinese chip toolmakers buy into hybrid bonding as Huawei looks beyond transistor shrinking
China's largest chip equipment makers are buying their way into hybrid bonding, the advanced packaging step that global players from Besi to ASML are also chasing. For Chinese firms,...
Friday 16 October 2026
AI investment risks rise as China models gain ground
As interest rates fluctuate, bond yields rise, and Chinese AI models intensify competition, market attention is shifting from technological development and infrastructure expansion...
Friday 16 October 2026
Hesai moves beyond lidar as Kosmo targets physical AI's data bottleneck
As artificial intelligence increasingly blurs the boundary between the digital and physical worlds, complications associated with real-world deployment — particularly the extreme...