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Monday 14 September 2026
STMicro lead times top 1 year, boosting Taiwan chip makers
AI crowd-out effects are rippling through the supply chain, with lead times for microcontroller units (MCUs) from STMicroelectronics reportedly stretching beyond 1 year and triggering...
Monday 14 September 2026
Google TPU pays back investment in 1 year, creating upside for MediaTek, Broadcom ASIC revenues

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian recently revealed that Google's overall payback period for AI server investments is less than two years,...

Monday 14 September 2026
India semiconductor deals hit a multi-year high ahead of SEMICON India 2026
India's semiconductor companies have raised nearly half of their all-time equity funding since the start of 2025, and deal activity this year is already at a multi-year high. The figures...
Monday 14 September 2026
India's chip show nearly doubles in two years, with suppliers leading the build-out
The exhibitor list for Semicon India 2026 suggests the country's semiconductor push has moved past announcements and into procurement. The show has drawn 535 exhibiting companies,...
Sunday 13 September 2026
Artery secures spot in Arm ecosystem, pushing high-end MCUs into robotics, physical AI

As Arm targets expansion in physical AI, microcontroller (MCU) maker Artery Technology has emerged as a key ecosystem partner. Focusing...

Friday 11 September 2026
Enflame enters public markets with Nvidia alternatives in its sights

Chinese AI chipmaker Enflame Technology made a striking debut on Shanghai's STAR Market on Friday, with its shares opening 188% above...

Friday 11 September 2026
CPO startup Ayar Labs raises 2026 funding to US$650 million, adds Wiwynn as investor

Ayar Labs, a co-packaged optics (CPO) startup, has raised an additional US$150 million, bringing the primary capital it has raised so...

Friday 11 September 2026
CIOE 2026: Hitachi relies on partnerships, not proprietary tech, to ride China's optical boom

At an optoelectronics trade expo in China, Hitachi High-Tech used its booth not to unveil a flagship product of its own, but to showcase...

Friday 11 September 2026
Samsung's Exynos gains ground as Galaxy S26 lifts share to 9%

Samsung Electronics is regaining ground in the global smartphone processor market, with its Exynos share rising to 9% in the second...

Friday 11 September 2026
Taiwan govt boosts EDA R&D to target global gaps
Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) briefed Premier Jung-tai Cho on September 10, 2026, at an Executive Yuan meeting on the Chip-Driven, Taiwan-wide semiconductor...
Friday 11 September 2026
Altera eyes $2B IPO, from Intel carve-out to public debut
Chipmaker Altera is laying the groundwork for an initial public offering (IPO) that could raise over US$2 billion as early as late 2026. According to sources familiar with the matter...
Friday 11 September 2026
ASPEED plans December BMC price hikes to fuel server security footprint

As demand for AI servers intensifies and supply chain bottlenecks continue to ease, shipment momentum for baseboard management controller...

Friday 11 September 2026
Jensen Huang bets Nvidia's next leg of growth on turning AI compute into an investable asset

Jensen Huang used a Goldman Sachs conference appearance to argue that the constraints on AI's build-out are expanding from silicon into...

Friday 11 September 2026
AI server tracker: Taiwan's August filings say demand is still accelerating
The clearest read yet on whether the AI build-out is still accelerating arrived this week in a batch of unaudited Taipei filings, and it accelerated. The 49 Taiwan-listed companies...
Friday 11 September 2026
Taiwan startup taps CMOS infrared chips to give robots an electronic 'nose'

Breaking from the industry's mainstream reliance on III-V compound semiconductors, Taiwanese startup Taiwan Nano & Micro-Photonics...