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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 (AI) is gathering momentum, built upon increasing industry sentiment regarding demand for higher AI inference and compute-intensive...
Tuesday 6 October 2026
Column: How semiconductors' evolution foretells the rise of AI data centers
Semiconductors and AI data centers share a striking number of similarities.
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...
Monday 5 October 2026
Commentary: China's US$37.3B subsidy meets a weak smartphone market as new flagships test replacement demand
China's National Day holidays have opened one of the fourth quarter's most important promotional windows for consumer electronics. For smartphones, the timing is especially significant:...
Monday 5 October 2026
TSMC, Intel named as Musk's Terafab ambitions face reality check
As Elon Musk's Terafab ambitions advance, the realities of modern silicon manufacturing become increasingly apparent, prompting Musk to enter talks with industry mainstays like Intel...
Monday 5 October 2026
Exclusive: A*STAR IME's Yu-chieh Chien targets next-gen SiC through 8-inch R&D, reliability gains

Singapore is building a semiconductor R&D hub by attracting both multinational investment and overseas research talent. Dr Yu-chieh Chien,...

Monday 5 October 2026
DIGITIMES Insight: AI data demand surges as power and cooling become new bottlenecks
As the number of AI computing transistors integrated within a single CoWoS package rises rapidly, DIGITIMES observes that moving massive volumes of data to compute chips fast...
Monday 5 October 2026
Podcast highlights: TSMC Texas plant talk is premature, Intel 18A hits backfiring criticism
This excerpt from DIGITIMES analyst Luke Lin's podcast looks at TSMC's rumored Texas expansion, Intel's 14A and 18A process debate, and Qualcomm's high bandwidth compute (HBC) push...
Saturday 3 October 2026
Interview: AI PCs reach 65% of Europe's notebook channel, but what brings buyers to the market?
The rapid iteration of AI-capable hardware, following an industry-wide push toward integrating AI-processing capabilities into PCs, is bringing renewed attention to what AI could offer...
Friday 2 October 2026
DIGITIMES Insight: Intel, TSMC, Samsung converge on backside power — packaging becomes the next divide
Data center AI accelerator package power has climbed from about 500W in the A100 generation to roughly 3,500–4,000W for Rubin Ultra-class products expected in 2027, pushing supply...
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
Column: AI benchmarks remain lucrative business
New AI models arrive every few weeks, and the question of which is better often comes down to the leaderboard. Behind those rankings, evaluation can look like an academic exercise...
Friday 2 October 2026
Commentary: AMD challenges Nvidia in embodied AI as Lisa Su acquires Fei-Fei Li's World Labs
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has agreed to acquire World Labs in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately US$8.2 billion. Following the closing, World Labs will operate as...
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
5 issues to watch as Nvidia bets on hardware for AI agent security
Nvidia's new AI agent security platform puts hardware at the centre of agent control, but it also forces enterprises to weigh stronger protection against higher infrastructure costs...