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Thursday 15 October 2026
Commentary: Huawei's 2027 Kirin roadmap — can LogicFolding overcome chipmaking constraints?
On October 13, Huawei unveiled the detailed architecture of its Kirin 9050 Pro chip for the first time at its Lianqiu Lake research center in Shanghai, outlining advances in LogicFolding...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Analysis: Apple HomeView faces hurdles in smart-home adoption
Apple launched the HomeView smart display at its "Welcome Home" event on October 13, priced at US$299. It's scheduled to debut in eight countries: the US, the UK, Canada, Australia,...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Analysis: GlobalFoundries' calculus behind US$2 billion entry into TSMC's CoWoS ecosystem
GlobalFoundries (GF) has reached a multiyear manufacturing agreement with TSMC to expand silicon interposer capacity at its Malta fab in New York, supplying TSMC's Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Analysis: Elon Musk's Terafab chases 10 chip iterations a year — can it rival TSMC?
Speaking to more than 2,000 Tesla owners and investors at the X Takeover event held at Tesla's Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, on October 11, Elon Musk made a candid admission: "To be...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Commentary: AI power demand pushes Taiwan's energy industry toward integrated systems
Energy Taiwan 2026 showcases an energy industry increasingly focused on integration, flexibility, and real-world deployment, as Taiwan balances its net-zero ambitions with rising electricity...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Analysis: China's EV rebate cut pushes exporters from volume to value
China's planned cut to export tax rebates for new energy vehicles could ripple through global auto markets, intensifying pressure on low-cost exporters while reshaping trade tensions...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Podcast highlights: Is Elon Musk using TSMC talks as leverage against Intel and Samsung?
Elon Musk's recent confirmation that his "TeraFab" initiative is in talks with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) signals that a project originally framed as a challenge...
Monday 12 October 2026
Commentary: Largan plays defense in phones, presses CPO offensive
Largan chairman Adam Lin spoke about the company's cautious smartphone outlook while taking a more aggressive stance on co-packaged optics (CPO) during a recent online earnings briefing...
Monday 12 October 2026
Commentary: Could a 65% US-content rule redraw China's 3.2T optical supply chain?
AI data centers are shifting toward faster networking architectures, with optical transceivers advancing from 800G and 1.6T toward 3.2T. Yet China's ability to retain its position...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Analysis: Musk keeps Terafab in-house, shifting execution risk onto his own companies
Elon Musk has moved to quell uncertainty over Intel's position in the Terafab chip project, stressing that his companies will build and operate the planned semiconductor complex themselves...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Exclusive: Chinese notebook ODMs win HP, Dell orders, pressuring Taiwanese suppliers
Chinese notebook original design manufacturers (ODMs) are rapidly catching up, with supply chain sources saying Huaqin and Luxshare have won major orders from HP and Dell, sending...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Commentary: Largan earnings call spotlight — CPO, expansion and 4Q26 order momentum
Largan Precision will hold its earnings call on October 8, when the optical lens maker is due to report third-quarter results and outline its fourth-quarter outlook. With September...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Analysis: Kioxia's NAND pedigree meets an AI-era SSD gap

Kioxia helped create the NAND flash industry, but AI is changing what leadership in memory looks like. The Japanese supplier is benefiting from...

Tuesday 6 October 2026
The death of the software seat: cheaper AI tokens turn enterprise computing into metered labor
The ferocious push toward artificial intelligence is gathering momentum amid growing industry demand for higher AI inference and increasingly compute-intensive models.
Tuesday 6 October 2026
Analysis: China automakers' US entry paths remain open
The recent summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded without progress on automotive issues—namely, whether Chinese automakers might...