At an optoelectronics trade expo in China, Hitachi High-Tech used its booth not to unveil a flagship product of its own, but to showcase a growing web of partnerships. This is a strategy the company says reflects both its late entry into the photonics race and its long-term goals in the region.
A rule published in the Federal Register on September 11 pushes US communications supply-chain restrictions past the finished device and into the parts inside it, exposing contract manufacturers, router vendors, and e-commerce platforms to a compliance test that begins 30 days after publication.
MediaTek reported August 2026 revenue of NT$64.183 billion (approx. US$2.03 billion), up 32.41% from July and 44.08% year-over-year. Industry sources said the chipmaker's August performance came in well above expectations and puts its third-quarter revenue guidance within reach, with a chance to beat it.
Kathy Yang, chief campus operations officer at Foxconn, said the company began moving abroad more than a decade ago as production shifted toward lower-cost regions, and that its global footprint has since become a source of supply chain resilience. Speaking at an Empower Women For A Better World forum in Taiwan on September 9, she said the strategy was planned well before the pandemic, and geopolitical tensions accelerated industry change.
Chinese AI chipmaker Enflame will list on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange on September 11, 2026, becoming the last of China's "four little GPU dragons" to go public. Enflame is grouped with Moore Threads, MetaX, and Biren Technology as China's "four little GPU dragons," and with Enflame's listing, all four companies will have entered the capital market.
Apple's foldable iPhone Duo could reshape the global smartphone market, pushing Android brands to move faster on foldable handsets and camera innovation. Suppliers said the launch may revive competition in a niche still dominated by Android, while underscoring the technical limits, pricing pressure, and profit opportunities facing module makers worldwide.
