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Monday 9 February 2026

Weekly news roundup: chips, software, geopolitics reshape tech

Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of February 2-9, 2026.

Monday 9 February 2026

Takaichi's election victory clears path for Japan's chip sovereignty, military buildup

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's decisive victory in the lower house election has strengthened her government's ability to advance policies tied to economic security, bringing...

Monday 9 February 2026

Wistron navigates supply chain challenges while targeting broad growth

Taiwanese ODM Wistron is projecting robust growth in 2026, with confidence extending beyond revenue to profitability. Jeff Lin, Wistron's...

Monday 9 February 2026

OpenClaw and Cowork spark desktop AI agent race in China

The AI agent sector intensified in early 2026 as the simultaneous arrival of Anthropic's Claude Cowork and Peter Steinberger's OpenClaw catalyzed significant interest across the global...

Monday 9 February 2026

MediaTek to be early adopter of TSMC 2nm, A14 processes, focuses on boosting AI computing power

MediaTek president and chief operating officer Joe Chen stated that artificial intelligence (AI) computing is shifting from training to inference applications, with rapid growth expected...

Monday 9 February 2026

India-US trade deal offers tariff cuts, capital goods access to reshape supply chains

New Delhi and Washington have established an interim trade deal framework targeting electronics, intellectual property, and supply chains. The Economic Times reports that...

Monday 9 February 2026

AI spending spree threatens big tech cash flows

A dramatic ramp-up in capital expenditures by Google, Amazon, and Meta in 2026 is set to squeeze their free cash flow, forcing difficult trade-offs between shareholder returns and...

Monday 9 February 2026

Wistron chair sees AI growth entering 1.5 wave, believing AI bubble concerns still premature

Wistron chairman Simon Lin stated that artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure is currently centering a "1.5 wave" of development and is far from peaking, with greater growth potential...

Monday 9 February 2026

Taiwan posts fastest growth in 15 years as AI boom drowns out hollowing-out fears

Taiwan's economy expanded 8.63% in 2025, its strongest growth in 15 years, as the island's semiconductor-driven supply chain continued to underpin global demand for AI computing. Minister...

Monday 9 February 2026

South Korea bets on AI and electric powertrains to shape cars of future

The South Korean government announced plans to invest KRW464.5 billion (approximately US$316 million) in the automotive sector in 2026,...

Monday 9 February 2026

US tariffs force German carmakers to choose between localization and brand power

After the United States formally imposed a 15 percent import tariff on European automobiles, Germany's three largest carmakers—Volkswagen,...

Monday 9 February 2026

Musk predicts space computing shift in 36 months as terrestrial power limits bite

Elon Musk said artificial intelligence computing could become more cost-effective to deploy in space than on Earth within the next 30 to 36 months, arguing that power generation and...

Monday 9 February 2026

Musk flags manufacturing bottlenecks, floats 'TeraFab' as chip supply strains

Elon Musk said the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is running up against hard limits in global manufacturing capacity, as chip production, power equipment and industrial...

Monday 9 February 2026

China tightens regulations on EV battery recycling with digital ID system

As the global electric vehicle market grapples with mounting concerns over collapsing resale values, China—the world's largest and...

Monday 9 February 2026

China pulls the plug on EV door-handle futurism

A single regulatory notice issued recently by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has made the country the first in...

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