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Tuesday 15 September 2026
Commentary: CIOE 2026 reveals the harder race behind AI optical interconnects

The 2026 China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) closed with 800G and 1.6T optical modules still dominating the show floor,...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
Global data center capex could reach US$31.6 trillion by 2050 as AI demand surges
PwC and Oxford Economics jointly released their Global Data Centre Outlook 2026–50 in early September, projecting cumulative global...
Tuesday 15 September 2026
Sigmaintell: Memory shortage to ease in 2027 before chip growth hits 2029 wall

After months of tight supply and sharp price increases in 2026, the global memory market is expected to see its supply-demand gap narrow...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
CXMT rides AI boom to 80% operating margin

China's leading DRAM maker, CXMT Corporation (CXMT), formerly known as ChangXin Memory Technologies, is reaping a windfall from price...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
Swiss drone maker shifts production to Taiwan

Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation (SSFC) is working with Swiss drone company Jedsy through its investment in Earthbook, bringing...

Monday 14 September 2026
Fujitsu's Monaka targets 2027 mass production with TSMC 2nm boost
Fujitsu is preparing to take its advanced AI CPU overseas, with sales set to begin as early as 2027 in Japan, the US, and Asia. The company is betting on Monaka, a high-efficiency,...
Monday 14 September 2026
AI demand lifts UMC, VIS, PSMC revenue

After mature-node price competition from 2023 to 2025, AI demand has spread from GPUs and HBM to power management ICs (PMICs), power...

Monday 14 September 2026
Behind the BRICS handshake: How far can the China-India reset go?
China and India are again trying to stabilise one of Asia's most consequential bilateral relationships, with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi using...
Monday 14 September 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix reject US$19 billion power prepayment as Korea speeds chip expansion

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have rejected a proposal to prepay KRW25 trillion (approx. US$18.7 billion) in electricity bills, highlighting...

Monday 14 September 2026
China optical firms target photonics with mixed high-end, lower-cost push
The 2026 China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) closed on September 11. While near-eye display applications such as AR/VR and smart glasses drew attention, vendors' latest...
Monday 14 September 2026
China accelerates e-SIM's leap from wearables to smartphones
China's e-SIM adoption is moving beyond smartwatches and other wearables into smartphones at an accelerating pace.
Monday 14 September 2026
DIGITIMES Insight: China's GaN challengers are no longer playing catch-up
Chinese GaN power semiconductor maker Innoscience gained direct access to capital markets after listing in Hong Kong at the end of 2024, giving it fresh funding to expand GaN capacity...
Monday 14 September 2026
Beijing municipality bans civilian drones starting mid-November
China's capital, Beijing, is tightening drone controls further, with the municipal legislature approving revisions to the Beijing Regulations on Unmanned Aircraft Management that will...
Monday 14 September 2026
Sandisk recruits engineers in Korea as memory talent race heats up

Sandisk is making an unusual push into engineering recruitment in South Korea, seeking talent across NAND system architecture, NAND...

Monday 14 September 2026
South Korea broadens espionage law to counter rising tech leaks
South Korea's revised Criminal Act took effect September 13, extending the scope of espionage offenses from acts benefiting North Korea to those benefiting any foreign country or equivalent...