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Thursday 17 September 2026

Wiwynn sees strong AI demand offsetting US data center pushback

Wiwynn's top executive said demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure is likely to keep the server maker on a strong growth...

Thursday 17 September 2026

China optical suppliers power smart glasses supply chain

China's optical suppliers are playing a growing role in the global smart glasses, VR, and AR supply chain as AI glasses demand accelerates worldwide. Industry sources say more than...

Thursday 17 September 2026

AI's memory appetite is squeezing the electronics industry from the bottom up, Intel warns

Fast-moving advances in chip production have spurred a semiconductor boom, markedly altering the manufacturing scope of the broader...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Foxconn Interconnect Technology targets the scaling challenge in AI optical interconnects

Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT), a subsidiary of Foxconn, held FIT Tech Day 2026 on September 16 under the theme "Light at Scale:...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Huawei Connect 2026: Ascend 960 puts industry-first NPO supernode at heart of Huawei's AI scale-up bet

Huawei has unveiled its next-generation Ascend 960 supernode, positioning near-packaged optics (NPO) at the centre of its effort to scale AI computing beyond the limits of individual...

Thursday 17 September 2026

FIT ramps up optical interconnect push as AI race shifts to connectivity

At the FIT Tech Day 2026 on September 16, Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT) chairman Sidney Lu noted that as artificial intelligence (AI) advances rapidly, the industry's focus...

Thursday 17 September 2026

AI risk split among tech leaders set to play out at Trump-Xi White House dinner

Former Apple CEO Tim Cook and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are set to attend a White House state dinner on Sept. 24, 2026, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and other business leaders also expected...

Thursday 17 September 2026

General-purpose home robots face sensing test

General-purpose home robots are the ultimate goal for the humanoid robotics industry, but the market remains at an early stage. DIGITIMES analysts said the key to commercialization...

Thursday 17 September 2026

South Korea's medical device city opens physical AI institute, aiming to train 1,400 workers in five years

Wonju, a South Korean city of about 360,000, roughly 90 minutes east of Seoul, opened a government-funded institute on Thursday, September 17, to train more than 1,400 workers in artificial...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Huawei sees AI agents driving 90% of token traffic by 2035

Huawei expects autonomous AI agents to become the dominant source of AI traffic over the next decade, creating a sharp increase in demand...

Thursday 17 September 2026

ByteDance's Anew Labs reportedly raises US$290M as AI drug discovery gains momentum

ByteDance has completed a US$290 million funding round for Anew Labs, its AI drug-discovery business spun off from the Chinese technology...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Taiwan machine tool makers target aerospace, semiconductor boom at major trade shows

Taiwanese machine tool manufacturers are taking part in two major manufacturing trade shows in Europe and the US this September. The participation reflects a shift in Taiwan's machine...

Thursday 17 September 2026

China's FAW may become GAC's second-largest shareholder, possibly restructuring the Toyota China model

Consolidation chatter within China's automotive industry has reignited following an announcement by Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Onsemi puts power density at the center of its next-decade strategy

Onsemi is seeking to capture more value from AI, electrification, and automation by expanding from individual semiconductors into integrated...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Musk hints at Tesla-SpaceX merger, but the companies are already converging underneath

The broader high-tech landscape has wondered for years about the subtle transactions and movements unfolding underneath the enormous technology ecosystem Elon Musk has stitched together...

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