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Wednesday 21 October 2026
Analysis: From rockets to fabs, SpaceX's TeraFab bet pushes vertical integration into the semiconductor era
SpaceX has spent two decades proving that hardware once considered too complex, too capital-intensive, or too dependent on entrenched suppliers could sometimes be pulled in-house....
Wednesday 21 October 2026
AI chip scaling shifts into 3D, with performance per watt the new benchmark, says former TSMC VP
Growing AI computing demand is bringing the semiconductor industry to a technological turning point. Transistor scaling has long driven gains in chip density, performance, and energy...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Robot hands get cheaper, but factories still want proof
Competition among Chinese suppliers is driving down prices for dexterous robotic hands, but cheaper hardware has yet to resolve a bigger challenge for humanoid developers: proving...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Amazon open-sources TorchNeuron to bridge PyTorch, AWS Trainium
To lower AI hardware adoption barriers and offer alternative compute choices, Amazon has announced TorchNeuron—a native backend allowing existing PyTorch code to run directly...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
China's S2C–HyperSilicon merger targets hardware emulation gap in domestic EDA with Empyrean backing
China's electronic design automation (EDA) industry is consolidating, with Shanghai-based S2C and Wuxi-based HyperSilicon merging into a unified digital front-end EDA platform. Backed...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Foxconn's FoxBrain 2.0 sets sights on physical AI with VLM, VLA ambitions
Foxconn is expanding its proprietary FoxBrain large language model (LLM) into vision-language models (VLMs) and vision-language-action models (VLAs), targeting smart manufacturing,...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
DJI launches Dock 4 drone station, faces US market restrictions
DJI has launched Dock 4, its first drone station supporting automated battery swaps, alongside the new Matrice 5TD enterprise drone. The system completes a battery swap in 25 seconds...
Monday 19 October 2026
Nvidia backs OpenClaw, putting robotics potential, agent security in focus
OpenClaw is drawing renewed attention after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang endorsed the open-source AI agent framework as a foundation for future technology, especially robotics. His remarks...
Monday 19 October 2026
India roundup: Tata chip bets face execution test as India semiconductor ecosystem expands

Tata's Dholera fab faces customer and shareholder tests as India's semiconductor push broadens, with packaging, chip services, AI hardware and...

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
AI buyers lock in capacity, driving Taiwan private investment to record NT$6.95T
Strong global demand for AI infrastructure hardware is prompting buyers to secure capacity through advance payments and long-term contracts, driving Taiwan's semiconductor, packaging...
Friday 16 October 2026
MediaTek ASIC deal with ByteDance would expand data center push
ByteDance is in advanced talks with MediaTek to purchase custom data center chips, with the companies potentially reaching an agreement soon, according to people familiar with the...
Thursday 15 October 2026
OpenAI pledges not to use Apple secrets, accuses ex-employee of taking files
Apple's trade-secret lawsuit against OpenAI went to a hearing, where OpenAI pledged not to use confidential information that Apple claims was stolen. OpenAI also accused a former employee...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Intel says AI 'gold rush' is over, pushes prompt routing across open hardware
Intel used the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit in San Jose to argue that AI is moving away from giant models in centralized data centers.
Thursday 15 October 2026
Apple hits historic $5 trillion valuation, defying market headwinds in China
Apple reached a historic financial milestone by closing above a US$5 trillion market capitalization for the first time, ending the trading session at US$5.005 trillion (US$342.96 per...