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Friday 2 October 2026
Commentary: AMD challenges Nvidia in embodied AI as Lisa Su acquires Fei-Fei Li's World Labs
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has agreed to acquire World Labs in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately US$8.2 billion. Following the closing, World Labs will operate as...
Friday 2 October 2026
A look at the startup winning Nvidia, Intel backing for AI scale-up optics
Silicon Valley data center optical interconnect startup CScale emerged from stealth on September 30 after raising US$145 million in a Series C funding round backed by Nvidia and Intel...
Friday 2 October 2026
Machvision expands early to chase NT$10B revenue
Machvision is expanding capacity earlier than planned to meet rising demand from semiconductors, substrates, and optical modules, while tight computer numerical control (CNC) and machining...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Infineon opens new backend chip plant in Thailand, eyes growth to up to five modules
Infineon Technologies officially inaugurated a new backend manufacturing site in Samut Prakan, south of Bangkok, on October 1, expanding the German chipmaker's production network in...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Synopsys and Amazon sign US$1 billion-plus deal to speed custom chip development
Synopsys announced a strategic agreement with Amazon on September 30, a multi-year deal valued at more than US$1 billion that is intended to speed up Amazon's custom silicon work and...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Analysis: China's AI data center buildout vaults to No. 2 as Big Tech capex races toward US$100 billion

China's rapid expansion of AI applications is driving a fresh wave of data center construction. SemiAnalysis estimates that the country has already...

Thursday 1 October 2026
Neweb Information targets late-October listing on Taipei Exchange
Neweb Information, a Taiwan-based IT systems integrator, is targeting a late-October listing on the Taipei Exchange. Long focused on enterprise core systems, the company has expanded...
Thursday 1 October 2026
5 issues to watch as Nvidia bets on hardware for AI agent security
Nvidia's new AI agent security platform puts hardware at the centre of agent control, but it also forces enterprises to weigh stronger protection against higher infrastructure costs...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Machvision's dual-track strategy enters early growth as semiconductor, substrate visibility reaches 3 years
Machvision said its "dual-track, four-line" strategy has entered an early growth phase as demand for AI servers, high-speed transmission, and advanced packaging continues to rise....
Thursday 1 October 2026
Google skips Gemini 3.5 Pro, launches Gemini 4 Argon at US$2/$10 per million tokens
Google has unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, its new top-tier AI model, after months of delays and the cancellation of Gemini 3.5 Pro, launching it at introductory prices of US$2 per million...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Samsung AI Forum 2026 puts agentic AI at center of transformation across devices, robotics, and chipmaking
Samsung Electronics brought global AI experts and researchers together in Seoul on September 30 for the Samsung AI Forum 2026, exploring how agentic AI and physical AI can deliver...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Tata Electronics leans on INR612.8 billion in guarantees to fund iPhone, chip expansion
Tata Electronics, Apple's contract manufacturing partner, provided INR612.8 billion (US$6.38 billion) in corporate guarantees on behalf of its subsidiaries in fiscal 2026 as it expanded...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Taiwan launches joint cybersecurity audits for government IT service providers
Taiwan's Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA) has launched a joint cybersecurity audit initiative aiming to reduce repeated inspections on vendors that provide the government with IT...
Thursday 1 October 2026
OpenAI claims to thwart model distillation attack tied to Moonshot
OpenAI said it detected and blocked an organized adversarial distillation attack, with some activity linked to Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI. The company said it first spotted the...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Nvidia ties AI agent security to BlueField-4, Vera CPU
Over the past year, Nvidia has repeatedly observed AI agents drifting beyond approved workflows. In some cases, agents quietly escalated read permissions to write access, sent requests...