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Tuesday 10 November 2026
Apple files China registration for Apple Intelligence on iPad, Mac
Apple's generative AI (GenAI) service, Apple Intelligence, has completed regulatory filings for tablets and laptops in China after securing approval to launch on smartphones, advancing...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Yageo posts record October sales as China holiday weighs on Walsin's revenue
Taiwanese passive component makers Yageo and Walsin Technology reported contrasting October results, with Yageo posting record monthly revenue on strong AI demand while Walsin's sales...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Nvidia showcases factory AI at Seoul event; Jensen Huang's daughter absent
Nvidia showcased its work with South Korean manufacturers on robot simulation, precision sanding and factory digital twins as its AI Day Seoul event opened on November 9, despite the...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Nvidia could face more scrutiny by new Congress in wake of spy probe
An incoming Democratic majority in the US Congress is likely to place Nvidia under greater scrutiny in light of recent revelations that the chipmaker's CEO, Jensen Huang, had an affair...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
SK Hynix-backed Trinity Fab to test chipmaking tools in 2027
Trinity Fab, a semiconductor testing facility backed by SK Hynix and South Korean public bodies, will begin testing chipmaking equipment and materials in October 2027, The Elec...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Jensen Huang drawn into spy allegations as China denies complicity
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s admission of an extramarital affair with Alice Huang, a former senior executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed, has triggered controversy, while China’s...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Anthropic breach exposes 100+ South Korean enterprise Claude accounts
Anthropic’s generative AI service Claude suffered a data breach affecting more than 100 South Korean enterprise accounts, exposing customer names, email addresses, account IDs,...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
South Korea approves advanced display research platform
South Korea has approved a seven-year national research program to support display technology development and provide companies with shared testing and commercialization facilities...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Rebellions calls for govt support to test AI chips in space
Space-based data centers could open a new market for low-power AI chips, but moving computing workloads into orbit presents challenges involving radiation, cooling, and hardware reliability...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Sharp eyes AI server deliveries in Japan as early as March 2027
Sharp said it could begin delivering its new AI servers to customers as early as March 2027, leveraging parent company Foxconn's procurement and manufacturing capabilities to target...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Nvidia probe fuels push for China chip curbs, raising risks for Samsung, SK Hynix
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix face uncertainty over demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) as US lawmakers press for tighter controls on AI chip exports to China following allegations...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
CXMT chairman's reported DeepSeek investment spotlights China's semiconductor capital network
Zhu Yiming, chairman of ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), reportedly participated in Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's second funding round, drawing attention to his semiconductor investment...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Mitsui Chemicals to acquire JSR for US$11.6 billion, targeting semiconductor materials growth
Mitsui Chemicals plans to acquire semiconductor materials maker JSR in a transaction valued at JPY1.84 trillion (approx. US$11.6 billion), including assumed debt, as it seeks to strengthen...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Commentary: China's emerging semiconductor investment empire takes quieter route to dominance
A decade ago, China's Tsinghua Unigroup alarmed Taiwan's semiconductor industry with an aggressive acquisition campaign. Under then-chairman Zhao Weiguo, the group acquired Spreadtrum...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Qisda operating profit jumps 44% QoQ in 3Q26
Qisda’s board approved its third-quarter 2026 financial results, with consolidated revenue rising 8% quarter-over-quarter and operating margin holding above 17%. Net income attributable...