Synopsys chief product development officer Shankar Krishnamoorthy said AI will accelerate the electronic design automation (EDA) industry as the company works with OpenAI to develop semiconductor-specific models, while maintaining support for both frontier and open-weight models to preserve platform neutrality.
As AI applications expand from cloud model training to end devices, Foxconn is using fan-out redistribution layer (RDL) technology to enter the advanced packaging market. The company showcased approximately 5μm-class fine-line circuitry at Hon Hai Tech Day 2026, targeting automotive chiplets, edge AI, and consumer electronics by balancing interconnect density, package size, and manufacturing cost.
Xilect, a robot-chip venture set up by Chinese GPU designer MetaX and humanoid robot maker UBTech Robotics, has completed a CNY500 million (US$74.76 million) angel round to build a domestic computing platform for embodied AI, with Nvidia's Thor as its benchmark.
Japan's Hoya has reportedly told Samsung Electronics it would struggle to meet the chipmaker's request for additional extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask blanks in 2027.
Lite-On expects AI-related revenue to account for 40%–50% of total revenue by 2027, driven by strong growth in high-end AI power systems. As US cloud customers continue expanding AI infrastructure, the company's order visibility extends through 2028, while 800VDC specifications are undergoing major revisions that will delay volume production until late 2027.
Memory IC designer Etron Technology reported strong Q3 2026 results on robust memory demand and rising product prices, with revenue reaching NT$6.792 billion (US$206.6 million), up 38.6% quarter-over-quarter and 535% year-over-year. Net income attributable to the parent company came to NT$2.493 billion, or earnings per share (EPS) of NT$7.59, reversing a loss of NT$1.74 per share in the same period of 2025.
Editor’s note: Monica Chen is a senior DIGITIMES journalist who has covered Nvidia, Jensen Huang, and the company’s Taiwan supply chain for more than two decades. She has interviewed Huang many times and followed Nvidia through major changes in the technology industry.
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