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Monday 12 October 2026
Microsoft to scale Maia AI chips to multi-gigawatt deployments, unveils TSMC N2P-based Maia 300
Microsoft will scale its in-house Azure Maia AI accelerators to multi-gigawatt deployments starting in 2027, making Maia the primary AI inference system for its products and services...
Monday 12 October 2026
Microsoft's Maia 300 rack: 96 accelerators, HBM4, mostly liquid-cooled
Microsoft has released architecture details for Maia 300, its third-generation Azure AI accelerator. The design pairs 96 accelerators per rack with a two-tier network that links up...
Monday 12 October 2026
Memory surge lifts phone prices, boosting N-1 and used-device demand
Rising memory prices have forced smartphone brands to raise handset prices, hurting new-device sales in 2026. Global smartphone shipments are expected to drop 15-17%, while demand...
Monday 12 October 2026
Chenbro Micom expands into Nvidia Vera Rubin rack-scale systems, 2026 revenue already tops full-year 2025
Taiwanese server chassis maker Chenbro Micom is expanding its role in AI infrastructure, moving beyond traditional server enclosures into high-end AI servers and rack-level solutions...
Monday 12 October 2026
Cook makes first post-CEO visit to China, lauds Guangdong's role in Apple supply chain
Apple Executive Chairman Tim Cook made his first visit to China since stepping down as Apple CEO. He visited Guangdong Province, a manufacturing hub that contains much of the iPhone...
Monday 12 October 2026
Audi's defense pivot mirrors Taiwan supply chain's AI shift
German automaker Audi has launched a flexible workforce program allowing employees to voluntarily transfer to aerospace and defense companies such as Airbus, with Audi reporting strong...
Monday 12 October 2026
Apple's iPhone 18 order cuts expose widening divide in premium demand

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro lineup is showing mixed demand signals weeks after launch. Reports of component order cuts suggest weaker-than-expected sales,...

Monday 12 October 2026
AI racks approach megawatt power levels as SiC, GaN, silicon divide power delivery roles
The rapid expansion of AI infrastructure is driving demand for higher power and voltage levels, pushing power semiconductor development toward greater efficiency, higher power density,...
Monday 12 October 2026
Taiwan manufacturers to showcase AI data center hardware at OCP summit in San Jose
The Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit 2026 will be held in San Jose, the US, from October 12 to 15, drawing several Taiwan-based manufacturers planning to present hardware for...
Monday 12 October 2026
Commentary: Could a 65% US-content rule redraw China's 3.2T optical supply chain?
AI data centers are shifting toward faster networking architectures, with optical transceivers advancing from 800G and 1.6T toward 3.2T. Yet China's ability to retain its position...
Monday 12 October 2026
CyberTAN enters 1.6T AI switch race with Marvell-backed platform
CyberTAN Technology is moving into the fast-growing AI data center switch market, joining Marvell Technology on a new 3nm Pallas 1.6T platform. The effort underscores rising global...
Monday 12 October 2026
MediaTek flagship AP share to surpass Samsung as TSMC boosts Dimensity
As the global smartphone system-on-chip (SoC) market contracts, competition in the high-end application processor (AP) segment is intensifying. MediaTek is accelerating its push into...
Monday 12 October 2026
Asian AI server suppliers play down impact of US patent probe
The US International Trade Commission's (USITC) decision on October 9 to investigate 20 suppliers of AI server power systems, most of them Taiwanese or Chinese companies and their...
Monday 12 October 2026
DIGITIMES Insight: Why AI is shifting telecom traffic to the uplink
AI is changing the logic of telecom traffic growth, with Ericsson and industry researchers warning that mobile networks must now handle not only more data, but also more uplink traffic,...
Sunday 11 October 2026
Vicor widens AI server power patent fight, seeking new US import ban on Foxconn, Quanta and Delta
Vicor Corporation is trying for the second time this year to get AI server power hardware from Taiwan's largest server makers barred from the US. It has won such a ban before.