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Tuesday 25 August 2026

Applied Materials executive says data centers set new AI competition standard

Commenting on the current surge in artificial intelligence (AI), Erix Yu, group vice president of Applied Materials and president of...

Monday 24 August 2026

Hotai and Nan Yang cut Taiwan auto market outlook as risks linger

Taiwan's new-car market is cooling, with Hotai Motor and Nan Yang Industrial both taking a cautious view of the second half of 2026. The companies cited geopolitical uncertainty, volatile...

Monday 24 August 2026

Xiaomi taps TSMC to make chips for foldables, AI and autonomous driving

Xiaomi is expanding its in-house semiconductor push from smartphones into AI acceleration and autonomous driving, unveiling three Xring processors that deepen its reliance on TSMC...

Monday 24 August 2026

How Nvidia's whitelist was beaten: 74 B300 servers, Taiwan to China

Taiwan's Keelung District Prosecutors Office has indicted nine people over the illegal export of high-end AI servers built on Nvidia's B300 GPUs. The indictment lays out, step by step,...

Monday 24 August 2026

Etron chair sees memory boom extending to 2028-2030

The memory industry is undergoing a structural shift as AI demand surges, and Etron Technology chairman Nicky Lu said the sector's boom will stretch beyond 2027, with shortages likely...

Monday 24 August 2026

TPK TGV pilot line to start by September, Thailand plant eyes 2027 ramp

TPK Holding is accelerating its move from consumer touch panels into semiconductors, with its Through Glass Via (TGV) pilot line in Taoyuan, Taiwan set to begin operations in August...

Monday 24 August 2026

AI energy bottleneck is driving semiconductor materials innovation, says Applied Materials

Rising demand for artificial intelligence (AI) computing is driving a new wave of technological transformation in the semiconductor industry, while energy is emerging as the next bottleneck...

Monday 24 August 2026

Nvidia's strikes US$6B licensing deal with Poolside to accelerate Nemotron models

Nvidia reportedly struck a US$6 billion deal with startup Poolside to license its technology and hire much of its staff. The technology and personnel will reportedly support the chipmaker's...

Monday 24 August 2026

Taiwan's Iron Force shifts airbag output to Poland, targets AI server component ramp in 2027

Taiwan-based Iron Force Industrial is reshaping its manufacturing footprint as pressure on its traditional auto-parts business weighs on earnings. The company plans to expand its Poland...

Monday 24 August 2026

UAE weighs investment in 500 MW AI data center plan in Japan

The United Arab Emirates is considering backing a proposed 500 MW AI data center in Akita prefecture, Japan, after local officials met with the UAE ambassador on Aug. 19. The project,...

Monday 24 August 2026

Nvidia reportedly weighs Perplexity investment as AI strategy expands beyond chips

Nvidia is reportedly in discussions to invest in artificial intelligence startup Perplexity as part of a funding round that would value the company at more than US$30 billion, underscoring...

Monday 24 August 2026

German auto industry hardens stance against Chinese competition

Germany's top auto industry lobby, the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), is overhauling its strategy as it hardens its stance on China. The group has said China...

Monday 24 August 2026

Europe's struggling auto industry turns to China, drawing US scrutiny

European automakers have been increasing collaboration with their Chinese counterparts in recent years, as they seek to break through...

Monday 24 August 2026

Analysis: SK Hynix pushes beyond HBM with HBF and CPO

SK Hynix is moving on several fronts as it pushes deeper into system-level memory competition. From high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and high-bandwidth flash (HBF) to a recently published...

Monday 24 August 2026

Commentary: Robots go to work— highlight of the five robotic trends at WRC 2026

The 2026 World Robot Conference (WRC) opened in Beijing on August 19, and the biggest change on this year's show floor was not the larger...

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