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Tuesday 3 March 2026
TSMC to lead SiPh equipment and materials localization in Taiwan
Taiwan President Ching-te Lai stated on March 2 that one of the government's core policy goals for 2026 is to boost the economy by fully promoting the country's AI major infrastructure...
Tuesday 3 March 2026
MediaTek invests US$90M in SiPh startup Ayar Labs
MediaTek has announced that its holding company, Digimoc Holdings, will acquire 1,722,759 preferred shares of US-based silicon photonics (SiPh) startup Ayar Labs at US$52.24 per share,...
Tuesday 3 March 2026
Nvidia invests in Lumentum to advance AI optics technology
Nvidia has announced a strategic partnership with Lumentum Holdings, accompanied by a US$2 billion investment aimed at boosting US-based manufacturing and R&D for advanced optics...
Monday 2 March 2026
Renesas names new India president to accelerate growth amid fierce engineering talent competition
Renesas has named two senior executives to lead its businesses in India and China, moves the company says are intended to accelerate growth in those markets.
Monday 2 March 2026
Trade tensions deepen Nvidia and TSMC's strategic grip on AI infrastructure
As expected, Nvidia delivered another strong earnings beat for the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2026, reinforcing the view that global demand for AI computing remains resilient despite...
Monday 2 March 2026
Google signs multibillion-dollar AI chip deal with Meta to escalate Nvidia rivalry
According to The Information, Meta has signed a multibillion-dollar, multi-year agreement to rent artificial intelligence chips from Google, marking a significant shift in...
Monday 2 March 2026
Intel Foundry Chief joins Qualcomm; Chandrasekaran takes dual tech and fab role
Backed by the US government and positioned under a "Made in USA" mandate, Intel has seen another senior leadership change. In a surprise move, Kevin O'Buckley, head of Intel Foundry,...
Monday 2 March 2026
Huawei takes 8,192-chip Atlas 950 global, escalates AI data center fight with Nvidia

Huawei has unveiled its Atlas 950 SuperPoD at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026 in Barcelona, marking the first overseas showcase of its...

Monday 2 March 2026
Rapidus raises US$1.7 billion to support 2nm mass production by 2027
Japan's state-backed chip venture Rapidus announced on February 27 that it has secured a total of JPY267.6 billion (about US$1.7 billion) in new funding from both government and private-sector...
Monday 2 March 2026
Radiant Optoelectronics pursues AR and metalens growth, aims for 2028 breakthrough
Backlight module supplier Radiant Optoelectronics has invested over NT$10 billion (US$318.16 million) in acquisitions under company chairman Yu-Chao Wang's leadership while advancing...
Monday 2 March 2026
Rohm integrates TSMC GaN process to scale production and meet AI server demand by 2027
Rohm has reached an agreement to integrate its internal development and manufacturing capabilities for gallium nitride (GaN) power devices with process technology from Taiwan Semiconductor...
Monday 2 March 2026
Meta reportedly scraps advanced in-house AI chip, deepens reliance on Nvidia and AMD

Meta's push to design its own AI chips has reportedly hit major technical and strategic setbacks, forcing the company to scrap its most...

Monday 2 March 2026
Arizona in the black: a milestone for TSMC—and Washington

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has reached a critical financial turning point in its high-stakes expansion into the American desert,...

Monday 2 March 2026
Commentary: Nvidia sparks silicon photonics race, yet copper still anchors data centers?
As data center computing demand expands, high-speed transmission architectures are under pressure to upgrade. Scaling high-performance computing platforms is exposing bandwidth and...
Monday 2 March 2026
Weekly news roundup: semiconductor power shifts and AI momentum
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of Feb 3 - Mar 1, 2026.