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Wednesday 7 October 2026
Starship, Cybercab, inflight Wi-Fi point to Starlink's expanding growth potential
SpaceX launched its Starship super heavy-lift rocket on September 28, successfully reaching orbit for the first time and deploying 26 Starlink V3 low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites....
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Taiwan's next AI battle is all about data and partners, says former tech minister
Taiwan's tech industry has grown rapidly in recent years on the back of strengths in semiconductors, servers and the data center supply chain, lifting overall GDP. But companies that...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Hwacom shifts semiconductor business to SureWin, targets post-quantum security
Hwacom Systems has shifted its semiconductor-focused business to subsidiary SureWin, targeting growing demand from chipmakers for AI deployment, data governance, and cybersecurity,...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
South Korea races into sodium-ion batteries after falling behind China in LFP
As Chinese battery makers accelerate their push into sodium-ion batteries, South Korea's three major battery manufacturers are moving quickly into the emerging technology, seeking...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Formosa Automobile targets 20% heavy-tractor market share with new DAF XF models, EV roadmap
Formosa Automobile, a member of Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group, unveiled the new-generation DAF XF long-haul tractor on October 6, introducing 35-ton and 43-ton models for heavy-haul...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
DeepSeek reportedly set to raise more than US$12B ahead of potential IPO
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is poised to raise more than CNY80 billion (approx. US$11.9 billion) in its latest funding round, as it builds capital ahead of a potential domestic initial...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
AI supercycle, pricing, and Terafab top the agenda ahead of TSMC's earnings call
TSMC will hold its third-quarter earnings call on October 15 this year.
Wednesday 7 October 2026
India nears 2GW of data center capacity, but its racks were built for a pre-AI power load
India is joining the top tier of Asia Pacific data center markets with a stock of facilities designed for a fraction of the power AI hardware draws. That gap is turning the country's...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Huawei's NPO bet challenges CPO's path to AI scale
Huawei is backing near-packaged optics (NPO) rather than co-packaged optics (CPO) for its next-generation AI infrastructure, arguing that NPO offers a better balance of cost, manufacturability,...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
AI data center expansion is hitting new limits on power, land, and public consent
The global race to build data centers for artificial intelligence is entering a more difficult phase. Demand for computing capacity remains strong, but new projects increasingly face...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Exclusive: GaN defends fast-charging turf, eyes AI power as low-cost SiC pushes into consumer electronics
The traditional market divide between the third-generation semiconductors gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) is seeing greater overlap in 2026, with SiC increasingly encroaching...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Formosa Automobile launches new-gen DAF semi-truck, Taiwan first assembly site outside Europe
Formosa Automobile held a launch event on October 6 for the new-generation DAF XF semi-truck, officially bringing to Taiwan the new DAF series developed by Dutch manufacturer DAF Trucks...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Marvell raises 2028 revenue outlook to US$20 billion as AI connectivity expands
Marvell Technology is betting that the next phase of AI infrastructure growth will require substantially more networking and optical connectivity, raising its fiscal 2028 revenue outlook...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Robots still can't build Nvidia's AI servers as well as people can
AI server supply chains are accelerating their shift toward regional manufacturing. However, the labor access, wage costs, and capacity expansion constraints of US manufacturing are...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Catcher lifts AI server shipments as medical, drone products ramp up
Catcher Technology said its existing AI products continued to expand shipments as the year-end period approached, while medical and drone businesses were entering mass production....