Semiconductors news — Thursday 08 October 2026

The Information 23:24 UTC

Nvidia plans to invest in d-Matrix, a seven-year-old developer of server chips for AI that aims to compete with Nvidia, according to three people with knowledge of the deal. The planned investment is part of Nvidia’s effort to make its…

The Information 23:22 UTC

SpaceX plans to compete with major US wireless carriers like Verizon and AT&T. The company announced on Thursday that it plans to acquire a nationwide portfolio of low-band wireless spectrum and that it had received approval from the…

The Information 22:59 UTC

OpenAI recently told investors that its annualized revenue was approaching $50 billion at the end of September, according to a person with knowledge of the communications. That’s around $20 billion less than revenue figures disclosed in…

The Information 20:37 UTC

Alphabet’s Waymo on Thursday announced that it closed a $5 billion term loan in the self-driving rideshare company’s inaugural debt financing round. Neither Alphabet nor other equity partners provided a corporate guarantee on the loan…

The Information 20:20 UTC

The three safety researchers whom OpenAI fired last week challenged OpenAI’s decision, saying on Thursday they were punished for raising safety concerns. “I believe we were fired for prioritizing safety over the near-term interests of…

The Information 20:11 UTC

The investing frenzy in data centers that the AI boom sparked has created a bargain-hunting opportunity—in everything but AI assets. AI has pulled investors’ attention away from unglamorous assets in sectors like transportation and waste…

EE Times 19:16 UTC

General-purpose processors are not going away. But increasingly, they are no longer being asked to do everything. AI, machine learning, real-time analytics, and hyperscale cloud workloads put very different

Tom's Hardware 18:23 UTC

GlobalFoundries and TSMC have entered into a five-year manufacturing agreement valued at $2 billion under which GlobalFoundries will produce silicon interposers for TSMC's CoWoS advanced packaging technology. The arrangement will establish…

The Information 18:11 UTC

Nearly two-thirds of The Information’s subscribers surveyed last month said their organizations develop AI applications, and a third of subscribers said they receive a return from AI that is a “multiple of what we spend.” The result…

The Information 17:33 UTC

The U.S. government is limiting Microsoft’s ability to sponsor visas for certain immigrant workers, Vice President J.D. Vance said Thursday, citing an “ongoing investigation” into claims that Microsoft laid off Americans while continuing…

Tom's Hardware 17:26 UTC

During a Thursday announcement, Vice President JD Vance said that well-known tech companies Microsoft and Adobe are now blocked out of the PERM program — one of the possible paths for the firms' H-1B workers to eventually evolve to green…

SemiWiki 17:00 UTC

Intel Foundry published a two article series on chip power delivery that are worth reading. Here is a quick summary: Artificial intelligence is changing the requirements for semiconductor innovation. Faster transistors and denser packaging…

TechXplore Semiconductors 17:00 UTC

Just as carbon atoms arranged in different ways can form either graphite or diamond—the hardest natural material—semiconductor materials can also exhibit completely different properties depending on their atomic arrangements. Now, a…

Tom's Hardware 16:37 UTC

Pre-orders for the Atari-licensed THE 800XL began today. This is a modernized yet claimed-to-be-faithful recreation of the classic 8-bit home computer, popular in the early 1980s. While it comes with era-appropriate features like built-in…

Tom's Hardware 16:24 UTC

U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturer Wolfspeed Inc . has received a conditional 30-year, $1.5 billion loan commitment letter from the U.S. Department of War (DoW) through its Office of Strategic Capital (OSC), as the country continues its push…

Tom's Hardware 15:52 UTC

Google subsidiary Tuike Finland Oy has just received a notice from the Finnish Licensing and Supervision Agency, or LVV, ordering it to stop construction on two data centers. According to CNBC , the sites in Muhos and Kajaani cannot…

The Information 15:00 UTC

Mathematicians are likely feeling the kind of anxiety that software engineers have experienced for months in the wake of OpenAI release on Tuesday of a whopping 722 research papers with AI-created solutions to a range of problems across…

SemiWiki 15:00 UTC

The rapid growth of AI at the edge is forcing SoC architects to rethink traditional processor designs. Dedicated NPUs deliver impressive performance for today’s models, but evolving AI workloads, increasing system complexity and growing…

The Information 14:33 UTC

Earlier this year, officials at Mississippi electric utility Entergy had some worrisome news for Amazon: It was going to have to start kicking the company’s Mississippi-based data centers off the grid during peak times to ensure it could…

EE Times 14:23 UTC

Nuremberg / Munich, Germany, 2026 — SCHIEDERWERK GmbH, a specialist in custom power electronics solutions engineered and manufactured in Germany, will showcase its latest platform-based power supplies and

Tom's Hardware 14:11 UTC

Shenzhen Tuozhu Technology, Bambu Lab’s parent company, has filed a patent application in the U.S. for a new heatbed design, which was published on September 10, 2026. This design aims to heat a printbed more evenly, reducing issues with…

EE Times 14:00 UTC

This technical guide provides a practical framework for migrating machine learning models and applications from an NVIDIA/CUDA-based environment to the SiMa.ai Physical AI platform. It explains the key

Tom's Hardware 14:00 UTC

Data center energy demand is shooting constantly upwards. By 2030, some 945TWh of electricity is expected to be used to meet AI’s demand; the International Energy Agency believes — that's as much electricity as Japan uses today. The energy…

Tom's Hardware 13:46 UTC

Ukrainian drones hit a major Yandex data center in Sasovo, Russia, causing a massive fire and forcing the company to shut down the facility, according to Reuters and Meduza . Many services using Yandex Cloud are down following the attack…

The Information 13:03 UTC

Last month, Zach Dell, son of billionaire Michael Dell and cofounder of Base Power, a billion-dollar battery startup , was gabbing with podcaster David Senra when Senra asked him which of his investors have been the most helpful to him…

ServeTheHome 13:01 UTC

The new Xsight Labs E1L DPU brings lower core counts (8-22 Arm Neoverse N2 cores), plenty of PCIe Gen5 and 200Gbps networking into a lower power form factor The post Xsight Labs E1L DPU for Lower-Power 200Gbps DPUs appeared first on…

SemiWiki 13:00 UTC

By Bhanu Pandey The semiconductor industry is currently facing a significant challenge in functional verification. According to the most recent Wilson Research Group / Siemens EDA Functional Verification Study, first-silicon success rates…

ServeTheHome 13:00 UTC

The Kioxia LD4 is a higher-capacity E1.L NVMe SSD designed to cram a lot of sorage while taking a minimal amount of faceplate area The post Kioxia LD4 E1.L QLC NVMe SSD Announced appeared first on ServeTheHome .

EE Times 13:00 UTC

BARCELONA, Spain — Automotive executives and AI developers are reassessing the plans to bring automated driving systems to everyday vehicles. Rising semiconductor and memory costs are impacting the

EE Times 12:36 UTC

Navitas 2.0 Completes Power Portfolio with Claros Acquisition Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Time: 8:00am PDT | 11:00am EDT 17:00 CEST AI infrastructure is scaling rapidly, driving higher rack power,

Tom's Hardware 12:30 UTC

A little less than seven months since signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) concerning memory supply and collaboration in various fields with Samsung, AMD's chief executive Lisa Su is visiting South Korea to secure additional supply…

Tom's Hardware 12:19 UTC

The first-ever criminal case involving AI-assisted music streaming fraud has concluded, with an American citizen getting 18 months behind bars and an $8M fine. North Carolina resident Michael Smith, 54, was charged in September 2024 …

Tom's Hardware 12:10 UTC

A master’s student from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology developed a fingerprinting technique that identified gamers from their mouse and keyboard input patterns as part of their thesis. u/Magga_ shared the results of…

Tom's Hardware 12:00 UTC

AMD's upcoming EPYC 9006-series 'Verano' CPUs that are specifically designed for AI servers will use an all-new SB1 socket and will require different cooling systems than other processors in the lineup, according to a listing at Dynatron …

Tom's Hardware 11:30 UTC

It's a reasonable assessment that everyone and their dog is tired of Electron-based desktop apps that pack a full web browser and waste gobs of RAM. Spotify lovers now have a reprieve from the memory blues in the form of the Spotifast…

Tom's Hardware 11:06 UTC

A fortnight ago we reported on the curious case of top-secret F-35 advanced fighter parts getting swiped by China as a shipment from Australia to the U.S. transited Hong Kong. The decision to route through the Chinese territory was said to…

Tom's Hardware 11:00 UTC

SpaceX is reportedly looking to raise $40 billion to acquire Nvidia AI processors in a bid to expand its compute capabilities, reports the Financial Times . The financing could combine $10 billion in bank loans with $30 billion in…

Tom's Hardware 11:00 UTC

Two former Groq engineers are suing Groq’s former board and former CEO Jonathan Ross, alleging the board handed over employees and company technology to Nvidia in a $20 billion deal. The proposed class action, filed in Delaware’s Court of…

Tom's Hardware 10:57 UTC

While Amazon's big sale has finished, Walmart and Best Buy are delivering the goods with huge deals on two different gaming PCs. Right now, you can pick up the ABS Cyclone M Aqua with an RTX 5060 for $999 at Walmart , or go for a…

The Information 10:50 UTC

Mike Kubzansky, the former CEO of philanthropic investment firm Omidyar Network, is launching a group for large investors that will facilitate information sharing about the AI industry to foster more trustworthy practices, he told The…

Tom's Hardware 10:46 UTC

You may not be able to get your hands on an affordable graphics card or DDR5 RAM, but one of the best and biggest upgrades you can still make to your gaming PC setup is a relatively affordable monitor upgrade. If you've not already taken…

Tom's Hardware 10:30 UTC

Taiwanese prosecutors have indicted 10 company leaders over Texas Instruments (TI) and Analog Devices (ADI) military-grade chips allegedly sold to China, the United Daily News reports. Orders for the chips allegedly used the name of…

Tom's Hardware 10:00 UTC

Controversially named Reddit user u/ai_art_is_art posted on r/creativecloud about their suite of alternatives for the most-used Adobe products recreated using Claude. Their post has since been removed, but their comment with links to their…

TechXplore Semiconductors 09:40 UTC

Samsung Electronics on Thursday forecast a more than 780% leap in third-quarter operating profit from a year earlier, buoyed by high memory chip prices as AI fuels a global supply shortage.

Tom's Hardware 09:30 UTC

A Keurig smart coffee maker owned by a self-described IT pro’s parents sent 1TB over their Wi-Fi in 10 days, saturating an access point on its own, user @NomadsGalaxy said in an X post . Nomad added that most of the traffic “didn’t escape…

DigiTimes Daily 08:32 UTC

Largan Precision reported September consolidated revenue of NT$2.672 billion (US$83.73 million), down 1.75% from August but up 0.54% from a year earlier, according to an Oct. 8 filing. The camera lens maker said cumulative revenue for the…

DigiTimes Daily 07:42 UTC

Lam Research is launching its first country-specific semiconductor venture fund in South Korea after shipping its 15,000th locally manufactured processing chamber, deepening its manufacturing and technology ties with one of the world's…

DigiTimes Daily 07:37 UTC

SpaceX is reportedly seeking US$40 billion in financing to purchase Nvidia chips, a massive capital commitment driven by surging artificial intelligence (AI) computing demand. Viewed alongside Elon Musk's Terafab semiconductor…

EE Times 07:18 UTC

Japanese chipmaker Rohm Semiconductor is expanding its use of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) facilities, starting with existing products and local demand while continuing to keep wafer

DigiTimes Daily 07:17 UTC

LED lens manufacturer Ledlink Optics reported record monthly and quarterly revenue in September and the third quarter of 2026, respectively, driven by sustained demand for automotive optical lenses and steadily increasing shipments of…

Semiconductor Engineering 07:06 UTC

In advanced packaging, value accumulates layer by layer, component by component, and process step by process step. By the time chiplets, high-bandwidth memory stacks, or hybrid-bonded devices reach assembly, manufacturers have invested…

Semiconductor Engineering 07:05 UTC

This blog examines the use of plasma technology as an alternative surface treatment method for liquid crystal polymer (LCP) materials. The study demonstrates how optimized plasma processing can achieve effective surface roughening and…

DigiTimes Daily 07:05 UTC

Taiwan-based energy solutions provider Leadray Energy has partnered with Bloom Energy to deploy a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) on-site power generation system at an expansion project operated by Applied Optoelectronics' (AOI) subsidiary in…

Semiconductor Engineering 07:04 UTC

Key Takeaways: No single test, inspection, model, or monitoring technique provides a complete view of an advanced device. Each has physical, spatial, temporal, or contextual blind spots. Important failure evidence often already exists, but…

Semiconductor Engineering 07:03 UTC

For most of the semiconductor industry’s history, value was captured in fairly predictable places. Smaller transistors, better processing nodes, and higher-performance chips. But the industry is going into a new era. Today, some of the…

Semiconductor Engineering 07:02 UTC

Key Takeaways: “Shift left” improves yield by moving detection earlier. Fabs are using real-time equipment sensor data and AI/ML to identify process excursions inside the process module and improve advanced process control. Higher sampling…

Semiconductor Engineering 07:02 UTC

The explosive growth of heterogeneous integration, from 2.5D interposers and CoWoS to hybrid bonding and 3D stacking, is redefining what it means to “ramp a process.” Advanced packaging technologies exhibit yield sensitivities and defect…

Semiconductor Engineering 07:01 UTC

The semiconductor industry is entering an era where packaging innovation is as important as transistor scaling. Artificial intelligence, high-performance computing systems, advanced smartphones, automotive electronics, and next-generation…

Semiconductor Engineering 07:01 UTC

Key Takeaways: The industry is busy developing different connector designs and laser sources, while massive data centers with the first levels of CPO are being built. In the absence of design-for-test, companies have to test each…

Semiconductor Engineering 07:01 UTC

As AI and data center devices grow in complexity, with multi-chiplet designs and power envelopes in the thousands of watts, testing every device under real-world conditions has never been more important. Ben Mitchel, senior director of…

DigiTimes Daily 06:58 UTC

LG Group is preparing to test five commercial components developed by LG Electronics, LG Innotek, and LG Energy Solution (LGES), including cameras and batteries, aboard a CubeSat carried as a secondary payload on South Korea's fifth Nuri…

DigiTimes Daily 06:54 UTC

The US and 14 other economies issued a joint statement after the G20 trade ministers' meeting in Milwaukee, pledging to work together on structural overcapacity and excess production in key industries. They singled out autos, EVs…

DigiTimes Daily 06:45 UTC

A new international funding push aims to build the data backbone for AI systems that could model biology, sharpen disease research, and speed drug discovery worldwide. The effort may help researchers in many countries access shared…

DigiTimes Daily 06:43 UTC

Infineon has finished acquiring India-based C2i Semiconductors, a maker of software-defined multiphase controllers and smart power stages used in AI data centers. The acquisition indicates the growing importance of power stability and…

The Information 06:16 UTC

The parent company of Manus, the AI agent startup that recently separated from Meta Platforms, said Thursday that it has raised more than $500 million in a new funding round. Butterfly Effect said in a social media post on WeChat that the…

DigiTimes Daily 05:54 UTC

Microsoft's October 7 opening of pre-orders for Surface Laptop Ultra, featuring up to 128GB of unified memory, highlights a potential new source of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) demand as PC makers bring larger AI models and…

DigiTimes Daily 05:45 UTC

TSMC reported consolidated revenue of about NT$511.86 billion (approx. US$16.1 billion) for September 2026. That was up 54.6% from NT$330.98 billion a year earlier and down 0.6% from August, the company said on October 8. Credit: DIGITIMES

DigiTimes Daily 04:21 UTC

South Korea's Hanmi Semiconductor has secured a KRW24.48 billion (approx. US$18.3 million) equipment order from Samsung Electro-Mechanics, a rare deal with a Samsung Group affiliate after years of limited business following a patent…

DigiTimes Daily 04:19 UTC

India's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) sector has moved from inaugurations to its first export shipments. The challenge now is scale. The new plants are small, still lean on foreign engineers and partners, and the…

DigiTimes Daily 04:11 UTC

China is accelerating construction of its so-called "six networks" — water, a new power grid, computing, next-generation communications, urban underground pipelines, and logistics — as data centers driven by AI and the digital economy…

arXiv cs.AR (Architecture) 04:00 UTC

arXiv:2610.09999v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Analog ReRAM-based process-in-memory (PIM) accelerators provide high parallelism and energy efficiency for deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) inference. However, their susceptibility…

arXiv cs.AR (Architecture) 04:00 UTC

arXiv:2610.10403v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: SUSpMV is a Sparse Matrix Vector multiplication (SpMV) accelerator written in the upcoming HDL SUS. By leveraging SUS's unique latency counting and inference mechanism, SUSpMV could be…

arXiv cs.AR (Architecture) 04:00 UTC

arXiv:2610.09156v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Processing-in-Memory (PIM) on monolithic 3D (M3D) DRAM is a promising answer to the memory wall for data-intensive dynamic programming (DP), yet extracting its performance today demands…

arXiv cs.AR (Architecture) 04:00 UTC

arXiv:2610.10129v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As EDA researchers, we conducted eight deliberate trials of agentic algorithm exploration, selecting several topics outside our areas of depth. One faculty member and seven students…

arXiv cs.AR (Architecture) 04:00 UTC

arXiv:2610.08899v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: CXL-SSDs promise memory-semantic access to NAND-scale capacity through a small in-device DRAM cache, but scarce hardware makes emulation central to CXL-SSD research. Cylon, a…

arXiv cs.AR (Architecture) 04:00 UTC

arXiv:2610.10311v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Emerging computer hardware often trades reliability for energy efficiency; here we show that large-language models (LLMs) can be trained to tolerate this unreliability, and that rather than…

arXiv cs.AR (Architecture) 04:00 UTC

arXiv:2610.09292v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: While dependent quantization in H.266/VVC delivers a high compression ratio, its strong serial nature and high complexity result in poor real-time performance, making it difficult to deploy…

arXiv cs.AR (Architecture) 04:00 UTC

arXiv:2605.18612v5 Announce Type: replace Abstract: As semiconductor scaling approaches the A16 / 2 nm node, the integration of co-packaged optics (CPO) through TSMC's Compact Universal Photonic Engine (COUPE) architecture introduces…

arXiv cs.AR (Architecture) 04:00 UTC

arXiv:2610.09447v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The selection of benchmark workloads is of paramount importance in computer architecture, as it establishes the yardstick against which architectural innovations are measured and guided. Yet…

arXiv cs.AR (Architecture) 04:00 UTC

arXiv:2609.36111v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: External memory interfaces (such as LPDDR5/4 and DDR5) are essential components of modern mobile, cloud, and enterprise computing systems. While memory manufacturers focus on physical…

DigiTimes Daily 03:59 UTC

As AUO deepens its push into co-packaged optics (CPO), its subsidiary Darwin Precisions is also exploring opportunities in the semiconductor sector, leveraging its expertise in precision and ultra-precision machining and precision molds…

DigiTimes Daily 03:57 UTC

India-based engineering firm Sasken Technologies plans to license company-owned semiconductor interconnect intellectual property (IP) to multiple customers, marking an effort to move beyond customer-specific chip engineering work toward a…

DigiTimes Daily 03:55 UTC

Samsung Electronics' System LSI division is reportedly planning a retreat from the automotive application processor (AP) business and launching a major restructuring, with a future focus on high-margin areas such as image sensors and…

DigiTimes Daily 03:55 UTC

Malaysia's plan to climb the semiconductor value chain is colliding with two constraints: a shortage of land in Penang, the heart of its chip industry, and mounting pressure to pick sides in the US-China technology contest. Off Penang's…

DigiTimes Daily 03:50 UTC

Viking Tech said demand from AI, data centers, server power, military, and aerospace applications has kept capacity fully loaded as it enters the fourth quarter of 2026, with its book-to-bill ratio still at 1.5, though down slightly from…

DigiTimes Daily 03:47 UTC

Beyond Surface hardware, Microsoft used its October 7 event to change how Windows runs, routes, and contains AI agents, as third-party agents such as Meta's Muse draw privacy complaints and, according to a Bank of America analyst, threaten…

DigiTimes Daily 03:47 UTC

Marvell's higher long-term target for custom AI chip revenue suggests the market for artificial intelligence hardware is widening beyond accelerators, into management chips, storage, memory, and networking. The shift could benefit…

DigiTimes Daily 03:45 UTC

Anthropic on October 6 expanded its AI cybersecurity testing program, giving vetted security teams access to higher-end models with fewer safeguards. The move builds on the results of Project Glasswing and aims to equip defenders with…

DigiTimes Daily 03:39 UTC

The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) and European automakers are pressing the European Commission to delay localization rules for EV batteries under the draft Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), warning that Europe's…

DigiTimes Daily 03:38 UTC

Nvidia's entry into the Windows PC market with its Arm-based RTX Spark platform is giving Microsoft's Windows on Arm strategy a new test: whether Arm can move beyond being a niche alternative and meaningfully challenge the long-standing…

DigiTimes Daily 03:35 UTC

Episil Technologies Chairman Rex Hsu said overall demand has gradually recovered following an industry downturn, with silicon carbide (SiC) capacity utilization rebounding sharply from approximately 30% in the first half of 2026 to around…

DigiTimes Daily 03:30 UTC

Huawei rotating chairman Eric Xu said he believes the company's Ascend AI chips have surpassed Nvidia in market share in China, but that domestic demand still cannot be fully met. He added that Huawei has no plan to broadly expand overseas…

DigiTimes Daily 03:23 UTC

Major technology companies are increasingly turning to private credit and other forms of debt to fund the enormous cost of AI infrastructure, as demand for computing capacity pushes traditional financing channels to their limits. According…

DigiTimes Daily 03:20 UTC

Taiwanese IC design giant Realtek reported September 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$12.378 billion (US$388.5 million), down 0.7% month-over-month and up 23.35% year-over-year. Third-quarter revenue reached NT$37.732 billion, up 0.48%…

DigiTimes Daily 03:01 UTC

South Korea's Doosan is directing more than half of its record KRW968.4 billion (approx. US$724 million) copper-clad laminate (CCL) investment to China, positioning itself closer to major printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturers as tight…

DigiTimes Daily 02:45 UTC

Aewin Technologies, a subsidiary of Qisda Group, will debut its flagship Data Center Modular Hardware System (DC-MHS) AI server at the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit 2026, powered by the latest AMD EPYC 9006 Series server…

DigiTimes Daily 02:45 UTC

Chang Wah Technology said record September and third-quarter revenue reflected recovering customer restocking, expanding applications, and rising demand in AI and satellite markets. The lead frame maker's growth points to tighter global…

DigiTimes Daily 02:40 UTC

Wolfspeed has received a conditional commitment for up to US$1.5 billion in long-term financing from the US Department of War to expand domestic production of silicon carbide (SiC) materials and wide-bandgap power devices, strengthening…

DigiTimes Daily 02:35 UTC

As soaring memory prices are forecast to cut PC shipments, a new class of expensive machines built to run large AI models locally, from Nvidia's RTX Spark laptops to Apple's Mac Studio and AMD's Ryzen AI Max systems, is arriving at the top…

DigiTimes Daily 02:27 UTC

Taiwan's Gemtek Technology is set to provide the optical know-how behind Dixon Technologies' move into the data center market. The Indian contract manufacturer signed a joint venture agreement with Gemtek on October 7 to make optical…

DigiTimes Daily 02:25 UTC

Taiwan has ordered a halt to imports of China-made fiberglass silicone sleeves, saying that opening the market to such products would cause a major adverse impact on related industries. Credit: DIGITIMES

DigiTimes Daily 02:22 UTC

Huawei executive director and consumer business group chairman Richard Yu said at a recent media roundtable that the company has worked with China's supply chain since US export controls were imposed in 2019 to build an independent supply…

DigiTimes Daily 02:13 UTC

South Korean health tech company Witchbox is extending AI posture analysis into gym operations management, using its iPosture Pro platform to integrate body assessments, workout programs, and member tracking as competition in the category…

DigiTimes Daily 02:05 UTC

Meta has teamed up with Walmart, Stripe, and AI startup Sierra to develop the Personal Agent Protocol, an open standard designed to let AI agents interact with corporate websites and services with authorization. The move aims to address a…

DigiTimes Daily 02:03 UTC

Elon Musk has moved to quell uncertainty over Intel's position in the Terafab chip project, stressing that his companies will build and operate the planned semiconductor complex themselves while limiting any potential TSMC involvement to…

DigiTimes Daily 01:55 UTC

Samsung Electronics is expanding its memory testing footprint beyond South Korea with a US$4.08 billion project in Vietnam, adding another back-end and export base as tight DRAM and NAND supply increases the value of geographic…

DigiTimes Daily 01:51 UTC

Before generative AI rose and Nvidia GPUs came to dominate the market, the central processing unit (CPU) was the main compute engine for servers. Now, as the personal AI agent boom gathers pace, CPUs are drawing renewed attention for their…

DigiTimes Daily 01:50 UTC

Memory module maker Team Group reported a sharp rise in September 2026 revenue, amid a global memory upswing that may affect pricing, supply, and procurement decisions for server operators, device makers, and distributors worldwide. The…

DigiTimes Daily 01:49 UTC

Senior executives from US artificial intelligence (AI) companies OpenAI and Anthropic flew to Sydney to attend a hearing and answer questions from Australian officials, as both firms continued to press Canberra to change copyright rules…

DigiTimes Daily 01:41 UTC

The Federal Reserve raised rates by 1 quarter point in September, and with the standoff between the US and Iran still unresolved and US inflation remaining elevated, markets expect the Fed could keep tightening before year-end. The move…

Tom's Hardware 01:39 UTC

Building a PC is a great experience. We sit there with a spreadsheet and multiple browser tabs, pouring over the best CPUs, the best GPUs , PC cases , motherboards , RAM deals, and many more components. The package arrives, and we are…

DigiTimes Daily 01:35 UTC

Nvidia's RTX Spark superchip for Windows PCs moved from stage demos to order books on October 7, as pre-orders opened for Windows laptops built to rival Apple's unified-memory Macs at running large AI models locally. Reuters said cracking…

DigiTimes Daily 01:28 UTC

Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio has warned that technology giants are borrowing heavily to invest in AI, and that further increases in interest rates could become the trigger for an AI bubble to burst. Credit: AFP

DigiTimes Daily 01:25 UTC

Microsoft is betting that the next reason to buy a premium Windows PC is the ability to run AI agents and large models on the machine itself, pairing its most powerful Surface laptop yet with a Windows strategy designed to move part of the…

DigiTimes Daily 01:21 UTC

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) is expanding its renewable energy business through a dual-track strategy focused on manufacturing and services, amid the explosive growth in demand for artificial intelligence (AI) computing power. Not…

DigiTimes Daily 01:20 UTC

As countries move to build more resilient and self-reliant defense industries, they are also accelerating international supply chain cooperation. Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) chairman James Huang said the key in the…

DigiTimes Daily 01:20 UTC

GlobalWafers' September and third-quarter sales showed a mixed picture for the semiconductor materials supplier, with artificial intelligence (AI)-related demand helping offset a lingering hit from the Novara fire and broader near-term…

DigiTimes Daily 01:15 UTC

Samsung Electronics has become the first South Korean company to clear KRW100 trillion in operating profit in a single quarter, a milestone that shows how heavily the company now leans on a memory market where, by analysts' reckoning…

DigiTimes Daily 01:10 UTC

AMD is broadening its Korean partnerships from memory procurement to AI infrastructure and research, as chief executive Lisa Su seeks the supply and technology cooperation needed for the company's planned 2027 expansion in chip shipments…