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Tuesday 8 September 2026
Huawei shifts AI battle to HarmonyOS 7, turning Celia into system-level agent

Huawei's September 7 product launch was more than a Mate XT 2 and Kirin 9050 Pro refresh. HarmonyOS 7 and an upgraded Celia reveal a broader...

Tuesday 8 September 2026
iPhone 18 Pro prices tipped to cross CNY10,000 as Apple faces China pricing test
Apple's fall product launch is approaching, and leaked pricing for the iPhone 18 lineup is beginning to circulate in China, pointing to higher prices for the company's next-generation...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Chinese smartphone price hikes squeeze Southeast Asia: shipments fall 23%, low-end demand retreats
Rising smartphone prices are spreading beyond China, with Southeast Asia already showing the strain from rising handset costs and weaker replacement demand.
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Huawei Mate XT 2 debuts Kirin 9050 Pro at unchanged price
Huawei held a product launch event on the afternoon of September 7, unveiling the tri-fold Mate XT 2 flagship mobile phone and its Kirin 9050 Pro chipset in the spotlight, as well...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro puts LogicFolding to the test with 55% density gain, 66% lower NPU power
Huawei's Kirin 9050 Pro is the first commercial test of its Tau Scaling Law, with the company claiming a 55% increase in transistor density at the same process node while cutting NPU,...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
SST market grows 32% as global players race to secure position
As AI server computing power and per-rack power density continue to rise, traditional 54VDC power architectures are hitting bottlenecks such as excessive current, higher copper usage,...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
US-China space race expands from Moon landings to LEO satellite constellations and orbital computing
The US-China space race is broadening beyond rocket launches and crewed lunar missions into a growing array of strategic arenas, including lunar resources, low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite...
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Interview: California companies highlight synergy between the state and Taiwan
This year's SEMICON Taiwan saw companies worldwide flock to Taipei to learn new industry developments and score potential business opportunities. Many came from elsewhere in Asia,...
Monday 7 September 2026
Smartphone lens shipments lift Genius Electronic Optical revenue 12% in August
Optical lens maker Genius Electronic Optical (GSEO) reported consolidated revenue of NT$2.72 billion (≈ US$86 million) for August 2026, up 12.26% from NT$2.42 billion in July...
Monday 7 September 2026
Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro revives flagship chip launches with reported LogicFolding architecture in Mate XT 2
Huawei has unveiled the Kirin 9050 Pro in its new Mate XT 2 tri-fold smartphone, marking the commercial debut of the LogicFolding architecture behind its Tau Scaling Law and Huawei's...
Monday 7 September 2026
STMicroelectronics says humanoid robots must clear a trio of hurdles
STMicroelectronics said humanoid robots are still most likely to enter manufacturing first, as the industry works through key hurdles in hand dexterity, edge AI decision-making, and...
Monday 7 September 2026
Largan expects higher September output after sixth land acquisition
As the countdown to Apple's latest iPhone launch enters its final stretch, market attention is zeroing in on Taiwanese optical component suppliers. Leading lens maker Largan Precision...
Monday 7 September 2026
DeepSeek plans to buy 160,000 Huawei chips as China aims to wean itself off Nvidia
DeepSeek is reportedly planning to purchase 160,000 Huawei chips for its large 1 GW data center currently under construction in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia. This would make...
Monday 7 September 2026
Xiaomi warns of more India price hikes as AI squeezes the phone from both sides
The same AI boom that is filling handsets with new features is draining the memory supply that makes cheap phones possible—and in India, the world's second-largest smartphone...
Monday 7 September 2026
India's TCS unit secures land in Hyderabad for planned 1GW AI data center campus
HyperVault, a Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) subsidiary, has secured 264 acres in Hyderabad to build a large AI data center campus capable of reaching 1GW of capacity. The project...