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Friday 4 September 2026
Analysis: Physical AI upgrades autonomous driving and lifts Taiwan supply chains
As end-to-end (E2E) autonomous driving architectures gradually become mainstream, the inference demands of physical AI are driving radical transformations in automotive system-on-chip...
Friday 4 September 2026
Acer broadens lineup with e-paper displays and scooters, ahead of PC industry headwinds
Acer used its next@acer global press conference at IFA 2026 in Berlin, Germany, to unveil non-PC products as part of its strategy to enhance resilience. At the event, the company introduced...
Friday 4 September 2026
India's refurbished smartphone market gains as prices push buyers toward premium used devices
India's refurbished smartphone market is expanding as rising handset prices steer consumers toward lower-cost premium models. The trend extends well beyond India, showing how rising...
Friday 4 September 2026
Acer bets on RTX, GoogleBook as on-site AI demand grows
Acer chairman and chief executive Jason Chen said artificial intelligence deployment is already underway, with enterprise customers showing a clear preference for running AI on-site...
Friday 4 September 2026
LB Semicon starts Qualcomm shipments as DDI dependence fades
South Korean OSAT player LB Semicon has begun shipments to Qualcomm Inc., marking a key step in its effort to move beyond a business structure long centered on display driver ICs (DDI)...
Friday 4 September 2026
Nvidia sets an October launch for RTX Spark PCs, gives local AI a router
Nvidia used IFA 2026 to argue that serious AI work can run locally as well as in the cloud, pairing an October launch date for its RTX Spark Windows PCs with free software that distributes...
Friday 4 September 2026
India PC shipments rise as channel buying lifts second quarter sales
India's PC market grew steadily in the second quarter of 2026, but the gain appears to reflect stocking by retailers, businesses, and distributors as much as end-user demand. The trend...
Friday 4 September 2026
Acer wowed IFA with AI, gaming hardware
As Acer marks its 50th anniversary in 2026, Chairman and CEO Jason Chen said at the company's next@acer global press event during IFA in Berlin, Germany, that the PC maker's four future...
Friday 4 September 2026
Acer unveils IFA lineup with AI, slim notebooks, sustainability
Acer used its next@acer global press conference in Berlin during IFA to unveil a broad lineup of new products, highlighting its push into AI, sustainability, thin-and-light notebooks,...
Thursday 3 September 2026
BYD Semiconductor scales 4D radar chip for L2-L4 driving, deepening its in-house automotive sensing stack
BYD Semiconductor has begun mass production of a new automotive-grade 4D millimetre-wave radar chip built around its Xuanji A3 intelligent-driving architecture, expanding its in-house...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
EU EV battery recycling still lacks a profitable model
The European Union is pushing to strengthen domestic second-life battery production and recycling loops, but EV battery recycling still faces a contradiction: the technology is maturing,...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
China moves to curb overseas price wars as automakers accelerate global expansion

China has introduced new guidelines aimed at steering its automotive industry toward more orderly competition overseas as domestic automakers...

Wednesday 2 September 2026
GoPro to merge with Starman Optical in US$285 million deal, pivoting deeper into AI and defense markets
GoPro's planned US$285 million merger with Starman Optical could give the struggling action-camera maker a path to recapitalize its balance sheet and expand into optical transceivers,...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
TSMC says Europe chip strategy is shifting from plans to demand creation
The European semiconductor push is moving beyond factory construction toward demand, design support, and talent building, according to TSMC. For global readers, the shift matters because...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Dell says enterprise AI customers accelerated even faster than its record orders suggest
Dell Technologies' quarterly results showed record AI server orders and backlog, but executives used the earnings call's question-and-answer session on September 1 to disclose a more...