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Tuesday 27 October 2026
AI demand squeezes automotive memory, pushing automakers to take control of chip supply
Expanding investment in AI data centers is putting pressure on memory supply and demand across the automotive industry. As semiconductor companies prioritize high-bandwidth memory...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Kazakhstan positions AI infrastructure as a potential export industry after Nvidia CEO's visit
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's visit to Kazakhstan highlighted plans to build an AI computing hub for Europe, with projects spanning GPU clusters, data centers, talent, and physical AI...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Nvidia says GPUs last 8 years, unlocking AI financing
After the GTC Berlin conference, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Silicon Valley technology investor Gavin Baker spoke with Yahoo Finance for about half an hour. Huang confirmed...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Nvidia's Berlin keynote highlights AI scaling challenges in Europe
Nvidia opened GTC 2026 in Berlin on October 21 with a keynote highlighting AI infrastructure, security architecture, and Physical AI, while a Greenpeace protest briefly interrupted...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
China supply-chain price hikes strain domestic demand
China’s semiconductor and electronics supply chains are reporting a wave of price increases, from Goke Microelectronics raising quotes for hybrid-packaged memory products to...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
AI data center boom risks squeezing power chip supplies for auto, electronics
The rapid expansion of AI data centers is driving demand beyond GPUs, memory chips, and advanced packaging. As power consumption in GPU clusters rises, data centers need not only more...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Weekly news roundup: iPhone Duo shipment target revised upward amid display issues
This week's coverage highlights shifting technology supply chains and rising demand across foldable smartphones, memory, energy storage, robotics, and AI infrastructure. Apple lifted...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
HCLTech and Rapidus open India centers to support semiconductor engineering
HCLTech and Japan's Rapidus have inaugurated development centers in Bengaluru and Hubli, India, expanding their semiconductor engineering collaboration across Asia. The facilities...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Cadence bets on its own chip design AI models as Synopsys teams up with OpenAI
Cadence Design Systems is betting that chipmakers will want AI models trained on its own design tools and run wherever customers choose. That puts it on a different route from rival...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Cadence says chip design demand is broadening beyond AI as analysts test margins, rival targets
Cadence Design Systems used its third-quarter earnings call to argue that demand for chip design tools is no longer tied only to the AI hardware buildout. It pointed to analog and...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Cadence raises 2026 outlook as AI design demand drives record backlog
Cadence Design Systems' third quarter suggests demand for chip design tools is still rising, with AI-driven design work showing up in both revenue and backlog, while the cost of buying...
Sunday 25 October 2026
Nvidia unveils OOI CPO prototype for post-2028 AI needs
Nvidia has unveiled a prototype of its next-generation co-packaged optics (CPO) technology, Optics-on-Interposer (OOI), at SEMICON West 2026. The design moves the optical engine from...
Friday 23 October 2026
Japan targets 2nm medical AI chip with IBM design, Rapidus eyed for foundry
Japan's Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center (LSTC), Hokkaido University, Fujifilm Corporation, GE HealthCare Japan, and imec announced a joint initiative in Tokyo on October...
Friday 23 October 2026
Nvidia B300 chips reportedly surface on China Telecom-linked network, raising export-control questions
Israeli security firm Lava identified 32 Nvidia Blackwell Ultra B300 GPUs through monitoring endpoints linked to China Telecom, a state-owned carrier. The chips are barred from sale...
Friday 23 October 2026
FCC grants Intel a waiver to foreign robot ban to prevent chip disruptions
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted Intel a waiver to its ban on foreign-made mobile robots, which will allow it to update its fleet of autonomous guided vehicles...