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Thursday 3 September 2026
SEMICON Taiwan 2026: Physical AI drives new demand for multimodal robot sensing
The rise of physical AI is creating a new wave of demand for advanced sensors as robots move from controlled demonstrations toward practical deployment. Industry experts at SEMICON...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Lam Research exec says automated preventive maintenance key to fabs of the future
A senior Lam Research executive told an industry audience this week that the next major leap in semiconductor manufacturing will not come from removing humans entirely from fabs, but...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
DRAM giants target 3D stacking to break memory wall and power bottlenecks
At a shared stage at Semicon Taiwan 2026, executives from Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron agreed that traditional 2.5D high-bandwidth memory (HBM) using interposers is approaching...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Fresh off Nasdaq listing, Pasqal turns to Taiwan's photonics industry to help it scale
Four days after listing on Nasdaq, Pasqal came to SEMICON Taiwan with an argument aimed squarely at its competitors: the industry's assumption that quantum computing delivers nothing...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Semicon Taiwan 2026 to test cloud AI investment boom
Cloud AI capital expenditure continues to shatter market expectations, sparking growing concerns over whether the spending surge is overheating and heading toward a bubble. Semicon...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Wonderful Hi-Tech expands Thailand, Vietnam capacity to capture emerging space data center, physical AI demand
Cable manufacturer Wonderful Hi-Tech announced its financial results for the second quarter and first half of 2026 during an earnings call held on September 1. A ramp-up in high-speed...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Indium CEO: packaging, cooling and power are next AI bottlenecks
As AI and high-performance computing (HPC) continue to drive semiconductor advances, industry competition is shifting beyond chip performance toward packaging, cooling, assembly, and...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Operations shake-up: how SpaceX is reengineering its AI data center strategy
Elon Musk has restructured the SpaceX leadership team tasked with constructing the company's AI data centers, replacing several leaders with executives drawn from SpaceX's rocket and...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
SDC to expand foldable iPhone OLED mass production in September
Samsung Display (SDC) is expected to formally expand mass production of OLED panels for Apple's foldable iPhone starting in September 2026. Although the ramp-up for the foldable iPhone...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
ByteDance-ZTE Nubia NaviX Ultra clears launch hurdle, takes agentic AI beyond smartphone assistants
ByteDance and ZTE are preparing to launch the Nubia NaviX Ultra in September after the AI smartphone received China's network access approval, clearing the regulatory process from...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
TCL CSOT bets on InP laser chips as supply tightens
Indium phosphide (InP) is emerging as one of the tightest supply constraints in AI data-center optical interconnects. Lumentum CEO Michael Hurlston has said publicly that the supply-demand...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Gemtek deepens partnership with India's Dixon Technologies to expand optical transceiver, connectivity footprint
Gemtek Technology announced that it is deepening its strategic cooperation with India's Dixon Technologies through their joint venture in India, expanding the manufacturing and market...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Dell says enterprise AI customers accelerated even faster than its record orders suggest
Dell Technologies' quarterly results showed record AI server orders and backlog, but executives used the earnings call's question-and-answer session on September 1 to disclose a more...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Dell's AI server boom lifts profitability across its whole business
Dell Technologies closed its fiscal second quarter with revenue of US$47.0 billion, up 58% year over year, but the more telling number is what happened below the top line: operating...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Apple's M6 and M5 Ultra break rule tying process to chip strength
Apple has unveiled new Mac mini and Mac Studio models, equipped respectively with its first 2-nanometer chip, the M6, and the four-die M5 Ultra. Most notably, the latest 2-nanometer...