China's Moonshot AI is seeking to settle a shareholder dispute involving claims potentially exceeding US$700 million ahead of a potential US$5 billion Hong Kong initial public offering...
Microsoft urged organizations to design artificial intelligence systems as observable, controllable infrastructure rather than opaque "black boxes," arguing that people must be able...
Sumitomo Bakelite announced that it is expanding production capacity for encapsulation materials used in advanced chip packaging at its facilities in Singapore and Suzhou, China. This...
Taiwan's exports hit a single-month record high of US$87.22 billion in September 2026, lifting the year-to-date total for the first nine months of the year to US$661.55 billion, according...
German automaker Audi has launched a flexible workforce program allowing employees to voluntarily transfer to aerospace and defense companies such as Airbus, with Audi reporting strong...
The rapid expansion of AI infrastructure is driving demand for higher power and voltage levels, pushing power semiconductor development toward greater efficiency, higher power density,...
Global technology companies and South Korean system integrators are widening their artificial intelligence hiring beyond model researchers to frontline engineers who work inside customer...
The Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit 2026 will be held in San Jose, the US, from October 12 to 15, drawing several Taiwan-based manufacturers planning to present hardware for...
The Financial Times recently reported that Nvidia is in early-stage talks to acquire or significantly deepen its investment in the US$25 billion open-weight AI startup Reflection...
A former iPhone display factory in Mobara, Japan, is set for a new role in the semiconductor supply chain, with Shinko Electric Industries planning to convert the site into a production...
Kawasaki Heavy Industries is betting on physical AI as part of a multibillion-dollar growth plan to modernize factories, address labor shortages, and expand robotics across shipbuilding,...
CyberTAN Technology is moving into the fast-growing AI data center switch market, joining Marvell Technology on a new 3nm Pallas 1.6T platform. The effort underscores rising global...
French AI startup Mistral has launched a public preview of Mistral Large 4 (ML4), a 1-trillion-parameter AI model whose weights are scheduled for public release in late October 2026,...
This week's (October 5 to October 11, 2026) coverage highlights intensifying efforts to build resilient semiconductor and AI hardware supply chains. Elon Musk's Terafab project faces...
Taiwan's gross domestic product (GDP) growth is projected to reach 11.05% in 2026, a 39-year high, driven by its technological advantage in artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors,...
