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Semiconductors news — Sunday 27 September 2026

38 stories from 8 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.

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  1. Why Oura May Not Be the Healthiest IPO
    USThe Information

    So much is going on in the broadly defined AI world that it’s easy to overlook other stuff that’s happening. This week, for instance, fitness ring maker Oura is expected to go public, which is an event worth watching. It won’t be as earth…

  2. BOJ ups climate loans as debate swirls on how green central banks should be
    JPNikkei Asia
  3. Southeast Asia's EV race risks pricing out drivers
    JPNikkei Asia
  4. PDF Solutions CONNECT, the Premier Event for Semiconductor Analytics and AI, October 15 and 16 in San Francisco
    USSemiWiki

    On October 15 and 16, 2026, in San Francisco, PDF Solutions will hold PDF Solutions CONNECT , the premier event for Semiconductor Analytics and AI. This event starts at the end of SEMICON WEST 2026 in a location in close proximity to the…

  5. Anthropic’s Amodei to Dine With Trump at White House
    USThe Information

    Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is scheduled to have dinner with President Donald Trump at the White House on Sunday, Axios reported. The private dinner will be the first meeting between Trump and Amodei, Axios reported, and could be a sign of…

  6. Japan Foreign Ministry to recruit overseas experts in dual-use tech
    JPNikkei Asia
  7. Tokyo startup to broker trades of unlisted Japan stocks in US, UK
    JPNikkei Asia
  8. CEO Interview with Vivek Raghuraman of Mixx Technologies
    USSemiWiki

    Vivek Raghuraman is co-founder and CEO of Mixx Technologies. At Intel, he led the first integrated silicon photonics transceiver to commercial release. At Broadcom, Raghuraman took two commercial generations of co-packaged optics through…

  9. ASUS AI Tech 2026 Seoul South Korea
    USServeTheHome

    At the ASUS AI Tech 2026 day in Seoul, South Korea, the company brought together its partners, customers, and suppliers and I hosted a panel The post ASUS AI Tech 2026 Seoul South Korea appeared first on ServeTheHome .

  10. Grab this 14-inch compact gaming laptop powerhouse for $1000 off
    USTom's Hardware

    As the memory crisis continues to push up component prices, laptop prices are also rising, making even mainstream models increasingly expensive. However, if you are looking for the right combination of portability and performance, the HP…

  11. China Weighs Allowing Purchases of New Nvidia Chips by ByteDance, Alibaba
    USThe Information

    China’s government has signaled it could allow some domestic companies to buy a new Nvidia chip built for high-end professional computers, according to two people familiar with the matter, as the country’s AI firms strain for enough…

  12. CEO Interview with Dr. Stefan Pastine of Thintronics
    USSemiWiki

    Stefan Pastine PhD is an American chemist and entrepreneur. In 2011, he founded Connora Technologies, developer of Recyclamine, a recyclable epoxy thermoset technology that allows carbon fiber, fiberglass, and aramid fiber to be recovered…

  13. Custom 24-carat gold mini PC costs around $1.7 million, weighs nearly 29 pounds for up to 50% faster heat transfer
    USTom's Hardware

    A chrysophile has ordered a special edition mini PC with a pure 24-carat gold passive chassis reports Fanless Tech . It’s a premium custom version of the ~5-inch (120 x 120 x 120mm) Kubb Fanless PC, but costing around $1.7 million with its…

  14. Thieves steal Nvidia-labeled trailers expecting massive AI GPU payday, but score 40,000 pounds of sand instead
    USTom's Hardware

    PlusAI, an autonomous trucking startup, is working with Nvidia to develop its systems and has several trucks and trailers marked with the logos of both companies. This likely caught the attention of thieves who were looking to score big on…

  15. Full-Stack Semiconductor Solutions for Smart, Secure Industry and Digital Energy
    USEE Times

    NSING Technologies, a Singapore-founded semiconductor company, delivers full-stack chip solutions for industrial automation, AI data centers, and digital energy. The N32-series MCUs (144–600 MHz,

  16. CEO Interview With Nick Kurayev of ScienceSoft
    USSemiWiki

    Nick Kuraye is the CEO of ScienceSoft, an AI transformation and software development company focused on regulated industries such as healthcare, insurance, and investment. The company has been in the market since 1989, delivering AI…

  17. Poetry for Engineers: The UI Designer’s Dream
    USIEEE Spectrum

    My job is to translate dry and unrelenting code into a user interface of surpassing beauty. With my mouse, I roll one pixel after another up the vast anthill of the internet. My dream is to translate the visions of the holy ones into a…

  18. Gigabyte 1000GM PG5 1000W power supply review: Impressive Platinum-level efficiency with T-Guard thermal protection
    USTom's Hardware

    Gigabyte Technology hardly needs an introduction to anyone who has built a PC in the last three decades. Founded in Taipei in 1986, the company grew into one of the largest motherboard and graphics card manufacturers in the world, and its…

  19. PS5 emulator successfully runs six titles at a playable 60 FPS
    USTom's Hardware

    Developers of SharpEmu — an experimental, open-source PS5 emulator — have successfully run PS5 games at a playable 60 FPS on the emulator. According to an X post on September 25, the developers reached this milestone for six of 55 titles…

  20. Linux enthusiasts see 10-second kernel compilation times on the horizon
    USTom's Hardware

    It won’t be long until Linux enthusiasts will be able to complete a clean kernel build in under 10 seconds. Linux expert and Phoronix head honcho Michael Larabel said that “the coffee window is closing” in recent commentary that weighs…

  21. Flock seeks to have security researchers' map of Flock cameras taken down
    USTom's Hardware

    A security researcher discovered a vulnerability in Flock’s website that gave him an access token without needing login credentials. The researcher used the information gleaned to build a map of Flock cameras and share it on a website he…

  22. Developer says AI decision model Jev beat Pokémon Red in under a week
    USTom's Hardware

    TypeSafe AI's Jev "beat the Elite Four and the Champion and entered the Hall of Fame on September 23, 2026" in Pokémon Red, according to the developer's project page . Unlike the chatbots that have taken weeks to months to beat the Blue…

  23. U.S. and UK navies successfully launch 3,700-pound submarine-sinking torpedo from robotic drone submarine in historic first
    USTom's Hardware

    The U.S. Navy and the British Royal Navy have jointly launched an exercise U.S. Mk 48 heavyweight torpedo from the Royal Navy’s uncrewed drone submarine, XV Excalibur, marking a historic milestone in autonomous warfare. According to an…

  24. Counterfeit vinyl record maker sentenced to three years in the slammer after making $3.5 million
    USTom's Hardware

    With physical media making a comeback, a man in the UK has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for manufacturing and selling counterfeit vinyl records. Rehan Ahmed, from Southall in west London, was reportedly running a…

  25. Taiwan's chip talisman snack faces production halt after 94% strike vote
    USTom's Hardware

    Taiwan’s semiconductor industry is driven by the ruthless application of science, economics, and the dedication of its employees. But superstitious engineers think there’s another key ingredient – strategically placed bags of creamy…

  26. More sugar, salt or fat? India tells brands to flag content clearly
    JPNikkei Asia
  27. China's exoskeleton robots muscle into the consumer mainstream
    JPNikkei Asia
  28. Keysight pushes design-to-deployment standard for AI cluster validation
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    As AI applications expand rapidly across industries, testing and validation have become essential to moving innovation from R&D into real-world use. Gartner's latest forecast puts global AI spending at US$2.7 trillion in 2026, up 49.5%…

  29. Meta Muse fuels agentic AI demand, tightening CPU supply
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    Meta's AI assistant Muse is drawing strong market response, and the rise of agentic AI is drawing attention to AI infrastructure shortages beyond GPUs and high-bandwidth memory (HBM), including server CPUs. The trend is lifting order…

  30. Nvidia's push for personal AI computers points to a broader shift toward on-premise compute
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    Nvidia is positioning its newest personal AI system as more than a developer tool. By putting DGX Spark on desks and, eventually, in homes, the company is signaling that the next phase of AI computing may rely less on remote data centers…

  31. China wields LCD pricing power as OLED patent war with Samsung heats up
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    Chinese LCD panel manufacturers are issuing price adjustment notices to their clients, a move poised to increase television manufacturing costs for South Korean tech giants Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics. Following the strategic…

  32. Beijing escalates domestic chip drive with Broadcom audits
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    China is intensifying its push to replace foreign technology across critical computing infrastructure, targeting high-speed networking hardware alongside foreign AI accelerators. Credit: Global Finance Magazine

  33. South Korea's 300mm research gap: Daejeon pitches an open fab as a US$1.46 billion fix
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    Daejeon is seeking to build a roughly KRW2 trillion (approx. US$1.46 billion) national semiconductor research hub centered on an open 300mm manufacturing and demonstration fab, aiming to fill a gap between South Korea's research…

  34. Chinese automakers tighten control over supply chains as margins shrink
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    Chinese automakers are reshaping how they build, source, and sell vehicles as profits come under pressure, a shift with implications for suppliers, buyers, and global car markets. Industry moves toward in-house technology, tighter payment…

  35. Japan's Nozawa Onsen ski resort curbs development of tall hotels
    JPNikkei Asia
  36. Chicken and fermented tea leaves: KFC serves up a local twist in Myanmar
    JPNikkei Asia
  37. Turkey aims to turn WWI shipwrecks into diving hub
    JPNikkei Asia
  38. BTS pullout from Grammys shows new reality in music industry
    JPNikkei Asia