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Tuesday 8 September 2026
iPhone 18 Pro prices tipped to cross CNY10,000 as Apple faces China pricing test
Apple's fall product launch is approaching, and leaked pricing for the iPhone 18 lineup is beginning to circulate in China, pointing to higher prices for the company's next-generation flagship smartphones.
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Malaysia weighs Huawei Ascend 910C for MYR2 billion sovereign AI cloud
Malaysia is evaluating Huawei Technologies' Ascend 910C accelerators as the compute backbone of its MYR2 billion (US$494 million) sovereign AI initiative, which is designed to keep national data under domestic control, Bloomberg reported on Sept. 7, citing people familiar with the matter. The number of chips under consideration remains unclear, and no supplier decision has been announced.
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Chinese smartphone price hikes squeeze Southeast Asia: shipments fall 23%, low-end demand retreats
Rising smartphone prices are spreading beyond China, with Southeast Asia already showing the strain from rising handset costs and weaker replacement demand.
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Huawei holds the price line for new Kirin-powered Mate XT 2
Huawei held a product launch event on the afternoon of September 7, putting the tri-fold Mate XT 2 flagship smartphone and its Kirin 9050 Pro chipset in the spotlight while also rolling out HarmonyOS 7.
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro puts LogicFolding to the test with 55% density gain, 66% lower NPU power
Huawei's Kirin 9050 Pro is the first commercial test of its Tau Scaling Law, with the company claiming a 55% increase in transistor density at the same process node while cutting NPU, GPU and CPU performance-core power by 66%, 58% and 41%, respectively.
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Privacy displays become a premium smartphone battleground as Huawei brings one to a foldable

Huawei's Mate XT 2 combines an inward-folding tri-fold design with a built-in hardware privacy display, bringing two concepts already prominent in Samsung's premium smartphones into one device. The overlap reflects a broader shift in foldables toward screen protection, privacy and everyday usability.

Tuesday 8 September 2026
SK Hynix weighs Gwangju investment as Yongin buildout continues
SK Hynix is considering accelerating investment in South Korea's planned Gwangju semiconductor cluster so that development proceeds alongside its ongoing Yongin buildout, rather than waiting for Yongin to advance further, according to Dealsite, citing industry sources. The potential overlap is raising a key question for semiconductor equipment suppliers: whether Gwangju will generate additional orders or absorb some spending previously expected for later stages of Yongin.
Tuesday 8 September 2026
South Korea's UBATT targets 500 Wh/kg lithium-metal batteries for drone and defense markets
South Korean battery startup UBATT is targeting aerospace and defense applications such as drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with high-energy-density lithium-metal batteries, aiming at applications that require 400–500 Wh/kg or more and are difficult for conventional lithium-ion batteries to serve.
Tuesday 8 September 2026
BYD weighs US$1B car-carrier order to support surging EV exports
BYD is extending its global expansion beyond factories and sales networks into ocean transport, building greater control over the car-carrier capacity needed to support rapidly rising overseas electric vehicle exports.
Tuesday 8 September 2026
US-China space race expands from Moon landings to LEO satellite constellations and orbital computing
The US-China space race is broadening beyond rocket launches and crewed lunar missions into a growing array of strategic arenas, including lunar resources, low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellations, space computing and military capabilities in orbit.
Tuesday 8 September 2026
India's IndieSemiC targets 3 to 5 million Wi-Fi camera modules as local CCTV rules spur demand
Indian chip design company IndieSemiC is targeting shipments of 3 to 5 million locally made Wi-Fi modules in FY27-28, betting that security requirements for CCTV equipment will encourage camera makers to replace imported connectivity modules with products sourced in India.
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Black Sesame, Horizon Robotics unveil China's smart driving chip race

China's intelligent driving market continues to surge, with Black Sesame Technologies and Horizon Robotics both reporting solid top-line revenue growth for the first half of 2026. Highlighting the rapid commercialization curve, Horizon Robotics announced on September 3 that cumulative mass production of its Journey series smart driving processors surpassed 15 million units—signaling that competition in China's automotive IC sector is shifting from raw computing battles to large-scale mass deployment and market penetration.

Tuesday 8 September 2026
Innolux, AUO take display technology into AI chips with FOPLP, glass substrates, Micro LED CPO
AI demand is accelerating advanced packaging and high-speed optical interconnect development, pushing Taiwan display makers Innolux and AUO deeper into the semiconductor supply chain.
Tuesday 8 September 2026
LG bets on in-cabin AI agents as South Korea races to catch China in autonomous driving
Rapid advances in China's autonomous-driving technology are increasing pressure on South Korea's auto industry to catch up, and LG Electronics is responding by expanding its push from in-cabin AI experiences and AI agents to an AI-SDV platform as it seeks a foothold in the emerging AI-defined vehicle (AIDV) market.
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Shield AI, AeroVironment deepen ties with Taiwan drone supply chain
US drone tech companies Shield AI and AeroVironment have strengthened ties with Taiwan's defense sector, and they have opened offices in Taiwan in recent years. At Semicon Taiwan 2026, both companies updated their cooperation plans and outlook for the island's drone industry.