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Thursday 8 October 2026
Pricey local AI machines arrive as memory costs threaten PC shipments
As soaring memory prices are forecast to cut PC shipments, a new class of expensive machines built to run large AI models locally, from Nvidia's RTX Spark laptops to Apple's Mac Studio...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Huawei claims to have largely cut US tech reliance
Huawei executive director and consumer business group chairman Richard Yu said at a recent media roundtable that the company has worked with China's supply chain since US export controls...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Witchbox eyes Taiwan channels, hospitals for AI posture platform
South Korean health tech company Witchbox is extending AI posture analysis into gym operations management, using its iPosture Pro platform to integrate body assessments, workout programs,...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Meta unveils AI agent standard with Walmart, Stripe
Meta has teamed up with Walmart, Stripe, and AI startup Sierra to develop the Personal Agent Protocol, an open standard designed to let AI agents interact with corporate websites and...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Analysis: Musk keeps Terafab in-house, shifting execution risk onto his own companies
Elon Musk has moved to quell uncertainty over Intel's position in the Terafab chip project, stressing that his companies will build and operate the planned semiconductor complex themselves...
Thursday 8 October 2026
AI agents fuel new CPU demand, lifting AMD
Before generative AI rose and Nvidia GPUs came to dominate the market, the central processing unit (CPU) was the main compute engine for servers. Now, as the personal AI agent boom...
Thursday 8 October 2026
OpenAI, Anthropic push Australia on AI rules
Senior executives from US artificial intelligence (AI) companies OpenAI and Anthropic flew to Sydney to attend a hearing and answer questions from Australian officials, as both firms...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Fed could hike again before year-end as liquidity is watched
The Federal Reserve raised rates by 1 quarter point in September, and with the standoff between the US and Iran still unresolved and US inflation remaining elevated, markets expect...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Nvidia's RTX Spark hits order books, taking on Apple's Macs
Nvidia's RTX Spark superchip for Windows PCs moved from stage demos to order books on October 7, as pre-orders opened for Windows laptops built to rival Apple's unified-memory Macs...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Ray Dalio warns high rates could burst AI bubble
Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio has warned that technology giants are borrowing heavily to invest in AI, and that further increases in interest rates could become the trigger...
Thursday 8 October 2026
SAS first-three-quarter revenue hits record NT$61.38 billion as it expands manufacturing, services
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) is expanding its renewable energy business through a dual-track strategy focused on manufacturing and services, amid the explosive growth in demand...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Taiwan defense industry deepens global supply chain ties
As countries move to build more resilient and self-reliant defense industries, they are also accelerating international supply chain cooperation. Taiwan External Trade Development...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Lisa Su takes AMD's Korea ties beyond memory to AI
AMD is broadening its Korean partnerships from memory procurement to AI infrastructure and research, as chief executive Lisa Su seeks the supply and technology cooperation needed for...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Broadcom reportedly in early talks to finance OpenAI's custom chip purchases
Broadcom is increasingly arranging the money its customers need to buy its chips. Fresh off launching a US$60 billion debt package to fund Anthropic's AI build-out, the company has...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Microloops sees 2027 growth as ASIC shipments near GPU crossover
Microloops, a thermal module maker, reported September 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$421 million (approx. US$13.2 million), up 25.12% year-over-year but down 17.88% month-over-month,...