Nokia is moving deeper into semiconductor manufacturing by acquiring NXP's Chandler fabrication campus in Arizona, signaling that the AI infrastructure race is expanding beyond GPUs and memory into the optical components needed to connect increasingly dense data-center clusters.
The government-organized 2026 Taiwan Innotech Expo (TIE) will open in Taipei on September 17, with the National Science and Technology Council's (NSTC) Future Tech Pavilion set to showcase the latest research achievements that are ready for proof-of-concept validation and technology licensing. This year's exhibition will spotlight six priority areas: AI applications, semiconductors, precision health, space technology, disaster prevention technology, and net-zero technology.
China's multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) supply chain is accelerating capacity expansion as surging demand from AI servers and automotive electronics fuels one of the industry's strongest growth cycles, with domestic materials suppliers moving quickly to capture opportunities created by tightening global supply.
AMD said on August 6 that it has agreed to buy Taalas, a Toronto-based startup focused on specialized AI inference silicon, in a move aimed at improving the efficiency of AI systems worldwide. The deal could help AMD compete in a rapidly growing market where companies need faster, lower-cost computing for real-time applications.
US President Donald Trump said imports of polysilicon and related products threaten national security and ordered new trade measures aimed at lifting domestic production. The proclamation reflects a broader effort to reduce the US's reliance on foreign supply for solar manufacturing, semiconductors, and other advanced technologies.
AI memory startup NEO Semiconductor has unveiled X-SRAM, a new architecture designed to address the difficulty of scaling conventional SRAM at advanced logic process nodes.
