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Thursday 15 October 2026
Synopsys CEO says fully autonomous AI chip design remains out of reach
Synopsys CEO Sassine Ghazi said that fully autonomous chip development has not yet crossed the final hurdle to become reality, although the company has advanced from AI-assisted engineering...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Iridium and Altair team up to extend IoT connectivity beyond cellular networks
Iridium Communications and Altair Semiconductor are joining forces to help IoT devices stay connected outside terrestrial coverage, a move that could affect industries from logistics...
Thursday 15 October 2026
LX Semicon puts SiC patents up for sale as Novatek gains ground
South Korea's LX Semicon is seeking buyers for more than 60 silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor patents, winding down a business it entered five years ago to reduce its reliance...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Analysis: Elon Musk's Terafab chases 10 chip iterations a year — can it rival TSMC?
Speaking to more than 2,000 Tesla owners and investors at the X Takeover event held at Tesla's Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, on October 11, Elon Musk made a candid admission: "To be...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Onsemi and Sungrow deepen battery storage tie-up as demand rises for grid power
Onsemi has said its latest EliteSiC hybrid power module is now being used in Sungrow's PowerTitan 3.0 energy storage platform, a move aimed at improving efficiency, power density,...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Nvidia showcases French AI deployments from orbit to quantum ahead of GTC Berlin
France's artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem is putting agentic computing into production on Nvidia hardware and open models, according to an Nvidia blog post published on October...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Huawei's Kirin 9050 Pro delivers 53.5% density gain; tighter 3D bonding next for 2027
Huawei has begun mass-producing its Kirin 9050 series with LogicFolding, a 3D chip architecture that improves transistor density and computing efficiency without relying solely on...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Nvidia's share of China's AI chips falls by a third while Huawei gains
Nvidia's share of AI chips in China's data center market has fallen by 34% in the first half of this year, according to a new report. The drop follows months of US restrictions on...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Broadcom executive says chipmakers must tackle packaging, power limits together
Broadcom's Frank Ostojic said semiconductor firms need joint innovation across equipment, materials, and design to overcome bottlenecks that affect AI chips worldwide. He warned that...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
TSMC and MediaTek alumni lead Taiwan's new wave of deep tech startups
At Plug and Play Taiwan's Batch 4 Selection Day, 21 startups made the case that Taiwan's next wave of innovation is being built by chip-industry veterans who are tackling problems...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
AI accelerator growth shifts toward value as custom ASICs move upmarket
The AI accelerator market is set to reach US$1.4 trillion by 2030, up 150% from Bloomberg Intelligence's January 2026 estimate of US$560 billion, as higher prices—not just shipment...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Hua Hong forges strategic alliances with four Chinese chip equipment giants
Hua Hong Group signed strategic agreements with four Chinese semiconductor equipment suppliers at the inaugural 2026 China Integrated Circuit Exhibition (China Chip Exhibition) in...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
AP Memory completes US$415.5M GDR offering, boosts three product lines
Memory IC design house AP Memory Technology has successfully priced its global depositary receipt (GDR) offering, raising a total of US$415.5 million. The GDRs were priced at US$56.15...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
SEMICON West makes three-year commitment to Phoenix, home to over US$200B in chip investment
SEMI announced at a media event during SEMICON West 2026 that the exhibition will move to Phoenix, Arizona, in 2027 and shift to a spring schedule. SEMI Americas President Joe Stockunas...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Pegatron showcases rack-scale AI infrastructure at OCP Global Summit
Pegatron showcased its end-to-end AI infrastructure capabilities at the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit 2026, highlighting Nvidia-based products designed to move from engineering...