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Saturday 3 October 2026
Elon Musk, Jensen Huang see China closing lithography gap by 2030
While ASML executives explore how to scale extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography output beyond 110 units by 2028, China is pursuing indigenous advanced lithography systems. ASML plans...
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...
Saturday 3 October 2026
Biren readies BR20X, sharpening China's AI GPU challenge to Nvidia
Biren Technology is preparing its next-generation GPU for mass production, advancing a domestic AI accelerator roadmap built around broader low-precision support and locally available...
Friday 2 October 2026
Climax Technology stays cautious on 2H26 as memory costs rise
Climax Technology said elevated memory prices are pressuring its gross margin in the second half of 2026, while longer customer validation cycles for substitute memory parts are also...
Friday 2 October 2026
iPhone 18 Pro lifts Apple to 33% China share
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro series lifted first-week sales in China by 12% year over year, giving the soft smartphone market a much-needed boost and pushing Apple to the top of weekly sales...
Friday 2 October 2026
OpenAI fires 3 safety researchers for sharing confidential information
OpenAI fired three safety researchers after they shared confidential information with a third-party artificial intelligence safety group, according to The Wall Street Journal,...
Friday 2 October 2026
Japanese firms cut China presence 22.4% as trade risks mount
Japanese companies sharply reduced their footprint in China over the past two years, with the number operating there falling 22.4% from 13,034 to 10,118 as of the end of June 2026,...
Friday 2 October 2026
Qbic expands edge AI on Arm, lifts smart access control above 60%
Industrial computer (IPC) maker Qbic held its pre-IPO presentation for the over-the-counter market on October 1, 2026, highlighting a strategy that differs from that of most Taiwanese...
Friday 2 October 2026
Life after Meta: Manus regains independence, debuting Manus 2.0 and 'Cue' AI agent
Following its return to independent operations, AI startup Manus unveiled two new products in late September 2026: Manus 2.0 and "Cue," a personal agentic AI application. The product...
Friday 2 October 2026
China turns to 3D packaging to push AI performance beyond front-end scaling limits
Chip-performance gains have long been driven by an industry-wide focus on shrinking transistor nodes and tightening integration. While major economies including the US and Taiwan have...
Friday 2 October 2026
Hiroca targets Tier 1 shift, global capacity overhaul
Auto components maker Hiroca posted a pre-tax loss of NT$146 million (US$4.57 million) in the first half of 2026, owing to weak demand in China's auto market and a number of one-time...
Friday 2 October 2026
ASE stake, expansion open doors for Machvision
AI servers and advanced packaging continue to drive demand for semiconductor manufacturing, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT), and equipment. Machvision said Advanced...
Friday 2 October 2026
AMD bets on AI demand by buying World Labs
Under Lisa Su's 12-year tenure at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), the company has gradually moved beyond its role as Intel's challenger in the CPU market. But in the accelerator market...
Friday 2 October 2026
Huawei turns to LogicFolding to keep its flagship chip race alive
Huawei Technologies has unveiled its Mate 90 smartphone series, expanding the use of self-developed Kirin processors and HarmonyOS 7 as it looks to sustain flagship performance under...
Friday 2 October 2026
China AI infrastructure spreads to mid-sized firms
China's AI investment is increasingly turning into server purchases and data center construction, and the wave that began with large tech companies is now spreading to mid-sized firms...