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Friday 2 October 2026
Qbic expands edge AI on Arm, lifts smart access control above 60%
Industrial computer (IPC) maker Qbic held its pre-IPO presentation for the over-the-counter market on October 1, 2026, highlighting a strategy that differs from that of most Taiwanese...
Friday 2 October 2026
LG Electronics, LS Electric target AI data center bottlenecks with US cooling capacity, 345kV power deals
South Korea's LG Electronics and LS Electric are expanding deeper into AI data center infrastructure, targeting two of the fastest-growing bottlenecks around high-density computing:...
Friday 2 October 2026
AMD bets on AI demand by buying World Labs
Under Lisa Su's 12-year tenure at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), the company has gradually moved beyond its role as Intel's challenger in the CPU market. But in the accelerator market...
Friday 2 October 2026
Huawei turns to LogicFolding to keep its flagship chip race alive
Huawei Technologies has unveiled its Mate 90 smartphone series, expanding the use of self-developed Kirin processors and HarmonyOS 7 as it looks to sustain flagship performance under...
Friday 2 October 2026
Google's first Suncatcher satellite reaches orbit to test AI chips in space
Google has moved its orbital AI data center ambitions from paper to hardware. A prototype satellite carrying the company's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) reached orbit on October 1,...
Friday 2 October 2026
Commentary: Broadcom's US$42 billion Anthropic loan exposes AI's emerging chip-financing loop
When the underlying economics of infrastructure commitments meet the financing muscle of the companies supplying foundational compute, the traditional boundary between supplier and...
Friday 2 October 2026
Samsung launches Tab S12, Buds On, SmartTag3
Samsung Electronics on October 1 unveiled its next-generation premium Galaxy Tab S12 series, its first clip-on wireless earbuds, the Galaxy Buds On, and the Galaxy SmartTag3, which...
Friday 2 October 2026
Samsung's mobile unit faces more than KRW1 trillion loss as memory costs surge
Samsung Electronics is expected to report another operating loss at its Mobile eXperience and network business in the third quarter of 2026, even as strong Galaxy Z foldable sales...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Synopsys and Amazon sign US$1 billion-plus deal to speed custom chip development
Synopsys announced a strategic agreement with Amazon on September 30, a multi-year deal valued at more than US$1 billion that is intended to speed up Amazon's custom silicon work and...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Analysis: China's AI data center buildout vaults to No. 2 as Big Tech capex races toward US$100 billion

China's rapid expansion of AI applications is driving a fresh wave of data center construction. SemiAnalysis estimates that the country has already...

Thursday 1 October 2026
Samsung raises Galaxy S26 prices in South Korea seven months after launch
Under pressure from rising memory prices, Samsung Electronics has raised the South Korean launch prices of its Galaxy S26 series about seven months after release. Most models went...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Huawei makes Mate 90 showcase for its Tau chip strategy
Huawei unveiled its Mate 90 smartphone series on October 1, with Richard Yu, Huawei executive director and chairman of the Consumer BG, introducing the new devices alongside a new...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Machvision's dual-track strategy enters early growth as semiconductor, substrate visibility reaches 3 years
Machvision said its "dual-track, four-line" strategy has entered an early growth phase as demand for AI servers, high-speed transmission, and advanced packaging continues to rise....
Thursday 1 October 2026
Samsung AI Forum 2026 puts agentic AI at center of transformation across devices, robotics, and chipmaking
Samsung Electronics brought global AI experts and researchers together in Seoul on September 30 for the Samsung AI Forum 2026, exploring how agentic AI and physical AI can deliver...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Jabil targets US$17.5 billion in data center revenue as it builds out power, cooling, and networking
Jabil's plan for fiscal 2027 puts a price tag on its move from building servers to building the power, cooling, and networking systems around them. The company expects about US$17.5...