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Friday 13 November 2026
Taiwan GDP per capita tops US$46,000, Premier Cho says
Taiwan's GDP per capita is projected to exceed US$46,000 in 2026, while the economy is forecast to grow 11.05%, Premier Jung-tai Cho said, crediting the achievement to the combined...
Friday 13 November 2026
From personal scandal to national security probe: how Nvidia chips reached China's AI giants
A network of companies tied to Alice Huang, the alleged Chinese intelligence operative involved in a romantic relationship with former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, recently invested in...
Friday 13 November 2026
Apple's iPhone Duo stumbles in China over app glitches and falling resale prices as Huawei dominates
Apple's first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, is struggling to gain traction in China, the world's largest foldable phone market. Quality concerns, falling resale prices and compatibility...
Friday 13 November 2026
SpaceX-Tesla merger talks advance towards US$3.4 trillion deal, with China ties complicating approval
SpaceX and Tesla are advancing merger negotiations that could create a US$3.4 trillion conglomerate spanning electric vehicles, aerospace, and artificial intelligence, potentially...
Friday 13 November 2026
AI memory may balance after mid-2028 while compute and supporting chips stay short, SMIC says
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) expects artificial intelligence (AI) demand to keep chip supply tight through mid-2028, even as equipment lead times of up to...
Friday 13 November 2026
Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang agrees to testify before Congress
Nvidia founder and former CEO Jensen Huang has agreed to appear before the US House of Representatives ahead of the holiday break, addressing export controls and related controversies...
Friday 13 November 2026
SK Hynix's HBM4 yield tops 70% as Samsung expands chip packaging capacity
SK Hynix's sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) production yield has reportedly surpassed 70%, Chosun Biz reported on November 12, citing semiconductor industry sources,...
Friday 13 November 2026
Lutnick's clash with Treasury over Nvidia chip curbs deepens as White House weighs his future
A dispute between Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over how hard to police Nvidia chip shipments to China has moved to the center of Washington's...
Friday 13 November 2026
Remote access emerges as biggest gap in US chip controls as Congress and Commerce move to close it
The loophole that lets Chinese AI developers rent Nvidia chips in overseas data centers is becoming the main target of a tougher US export-control push. Democrats swept both chambers...
Friday 13 November 2026
SMIC posts record third-quarter revenue as factory utilization nears full capacity
SMIC's record third-quarter revenue and sharper rise in operating profit point to stronger factory throughput, while the lower net result against the prior quarter shows how investment-related...
Friday 13 November 2026
Samsung reportedly moves up 8-inch foundry exit to 2029, outsources some production to UMC
Samsung Electronics is targeting an exit from its 8-inch foundry business by the end of 2029, a year earlier than previously reported, and has been outsourcing some production to Taiwan's...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Naver signs US$1.5 billion AI cloud deal with US firm
Naver said on November 12 it had signed a KRW2 trillion (approx. US$1.5 billion) AI computing services contract with a US-based AI inference company, securing its first major customer...
Thursday 12 November 2026
ByteDance plans to release Muse-like AI agent in coming weeks
ByteDance reportedly intends to release an AI agent similar to Meta's Muse within several weeks. The firm, whose AI assistant tool Doubao has seen wide adoption within China, seeks...
Thursday 12 November 2026
China's AI short-drama boom opens new token revenue opportunity for ByteDance's Seedance, Volcengine
China's AI-generated short-drama market is expanding rapidly, with surging content production and viewership making the sector an increasingly significant source of demand for AI computing...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Sharp sells LCD color filter plant to Nitto Denko for JPY22.2B
Sharp is accelerating efforts to address its loss-making display component business. According to Nikkei, Sharp will sell its Hisai plant in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan, which...