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Wednesday 30 September 2026
AI boom strains PCB supply chain as materials, equipment shortages persist into 2027
Rapid growth in AI server and high-speed networking demand since the second half of 2025 has tightened supply across printed circuit boards (PCBs), integrated circuit (IC) substrates,...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Dat Bike challenges VinFast with simpler EV scooter strategy
Vietnamese electric scooter brand Dat Bike has launched its family-oriented ERA model with a starting price of VND29.9 million (US$1,151.22), pairing it with a self-developed "integrated...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Exclusive: Advantech Korea eyes smart surgery, nursing AI PoCs
While Advantech's healthcare business in South Korea remains predominantly hardware-focused—spanning ultrasound computing platforms and medical display partnerships—Charlie...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Meta reaches agreements with Firmus on securing AI compute in Southeast Asia
Meta reached several agreements to source AI compute capacity from Firmus, an Australian neocloud, which will lease GPU compute capacity at its AI factories in Southeast Asia. The...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Mercedes-Benz and ProLogium expand solid-state battery testing partnership
ProLogium Technology said it has signed a joint testing agreement with Mercedes-Benz, giving the automaker priority access to evaluate the battery maker's latest Gen4 cells. The companies...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Anthropic's US$2 trillion IPO bet comes with 80 pages of warnings
Confidential details of Anthropic's initial public offering (IPO) prospectus, reviewed by Reuters, reveal an enterprise operating at an unprecedented scale and making a historic...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Foxtron writes a new chapter in Taiwan auto history
Taiwan's auto market has faced plenty of challenges in recent years, from broader industry headwinds to continued scrutiny of domestic car production. Against that backdrop, Foxconn-backed...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Cerebras to power Gimlet's push for faster AI inference
Cerebras Systems is expanding its push into AI inference infrastructure through a collaboration with Gimlet Labs, as demand grows for computing systems capable of delivering faster...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Column: Why Micron's US$250M venture fund is about more than HBM margins—Taiwan has a stake in it
Micron unveiled the Micron Ventures Paradigm Fund, a US$250 million venture vehicle, in mid-August 2026, as the memory maker pairs more than US$25 billion in fiscal 2026 capex with...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
South Korea AI compute squeeze hits researchers and startups
South Korea's AI sector is facing a growing GPU shortage as research institutes and small companies struggle to secure enough compute for model training and deployment. As government...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
US, China eye US$60 billion in tariff relief, but chips stay off the table
The US and China are moving toward tariff reductions on about US$60 billion of bilateral trade following last week's Trump-Xi summit, but semiconductors and other strategically sensitive...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
GF's MIPS bets on RISC-V physical AI, expands into autos and data centers
MIPS, a GlobalFoundries (GF) unit, said it has completed its integration with the ARC unit acquired from Synopsys earlier this year and is using the move to position RISC-V for physical...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
LG expands AI data center cooling ties with Microsoft, SK Enmove
LG Electronics has expanded its push into the AI data center cooling market through cooperation with Microsoft, SK Enmove, and overseas heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC)...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
South Korea looks beyond high-nickel NCM in battery push
South Korea is broadening its battery strategy beyond high-nickel NCM, stepping up investment in sodium-ion, all-solid-state and lower-cost technologies after acknowledging that its...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Vanguard chairman says AI slowdown won't free up chip capacity

Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and NXP Semiconductors' joint venture, VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC),...