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Monday 19 October 2026
IBM and Siemens collaborate to advance nanostack chip architecture
IBM and Siemens will collaborate on research to develop IBM's nanostack transistor architecture, aiming to move its design toward manufacturing. The work could influence chip performance,...
Monday 19 October 2026
TSMC's only South Korean VCA partner ASICLAND eyes AI chip growth via Taiwan R&D
South Korean ASIC design solutions provider ASICLAND showcased its proprietary AxHub AI chip design and verification platform at SEDEX 2026 as it seeks to accelerate custom chip development...
Monday 19 October 2026
Malaysia unveils six locally designed chips, but commercial adoption is the real test
Malaysia's push to move from assembling chips to owning the designs behind them has reached the point where it must find buyers. On October 16, the government unveiled six semiconductor...
Monday 19 October 2026
Chenming Hu urges universities to 'find the solutions', targets world-class Taiwan semiconductor sector
Academia Sinica academician Chenming Hu has published an autobiography titled Find the Solutions, taken from the words on a crystal plaque presented to him by then TSMC chairman...
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
AI server tracker: semiconductor testing and design services rally on compute demand
Within AI server tracking data, a clear parallel growth trajectory has emerged between semiconductor testing interface providers and chip design houses. Driven by the surge in artificial...
Friday 16 October 2026
Bolt Graphics seeks US$100 million to challenge Nvidia, AMD beyond AI with Zeus GPU
US chip startup Bolt Graphics is seeking approximately US$100 million at a valuation of about US$700 million to develop graphics processors targeting scientific computing and professional...
Friday 16 October 2026
Holtek targets higher-value MCU markets with AI server cooling orders set to lift 2027 revenue
Taiwan-based microcontroller (MCU) manufacturer Holtek Semiconductor unveiled its 2026 product roadmap on October 15, focusing on four core areas: smart protection, green energy and...
Friday 16 October 2026
Analysis: Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan's power of humility — how one phone call helped reshape the chip giant's comeback
As the semiconductor industry enters the artificial intelligence (AI) era, Intel, once the dominant force in the PC market, has increasingly been viewed as a company that fell behind...
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
Samsung's India chip research arm opens quantum lab at IISc
Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR), Samsung's semiconductor research and development center in India, and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) inaugurated a Quantum Research...
Friday 16 October 2026
US pushes AI exports as chip industry flags supplier gaps and reshoring costs
At SEMICON West 2026, US officials and lawmakers promoted domestic manufacturing and AI export policies, while industry executives warned that supplier shortages, the premium for US-made...
Friday 16 October 2026
TSMC deal could slow Musk's Terafab, but US suppliers still see upside
The feasibility of Terafab's proposed construction was a major topic of discussion among semiconductor suppliers during SEMICON West 2026, held October 13–15 in San Francisco...
Friday 16 October 2026
Cloud AI absorbs resources as non-AI semiconductors face prolonged downturn
Investment in AI data centers remains strong, but semiconductor growth is becoming increasingly concentrated in cloud AI, while the long-running decline in consumer technology prices...
Friday 16 October 2026
Qualcomm advances complete AI infrastructure platform as agentic AI reshapes competition
Qualcomm has historically provided standard chips primarily through its Snapdragon product line, serving a broad range of end customers. After officially launching its Dragonfly data...