HAA free tuition enrollment draws Silicon Valley buzz

The Horowitz Andreessen Academy (HAA), a separate education company incubated by Andreessen Horowitz, or a16z, has officially launched and opened applications for its first class. Based in San Francisco, the private full-time school primarily targets recent high school graduates, although students with up to one year of full-time college enrollment may apply, and aims to position itself as a “college alternative.”

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Global 2026 EV sales to grow just 6.5% as Chinese exports become primary driver

DIGITIMES Intelligence forecasts global electric vehicle (EV) sales to reach 22.34 million units in 2026, representing a modest 6.5% year-over-year increase—a sharp deceleration from the 21.8% growth rate recorded in 2025. Market momentum is pivoting away from the US and China toward Europe and emerging markets. While domestic demand in China weakens, Chinese EV exports are projected to hit approximately 5.1 million units, jumping 49% from 2025 and serving as a critical supply engine for expanding overseas markets.

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Behind CoWoS (part 2): How TSMC turned a niche packaging experiment into an industry standard

As chip design enters the AI era, heterogeneous integration is driving foundry giants like TSMC, Samsung, and Intel to bring advanced front-end fab capabilities into back-end packaging. In the second part of his interview with DIGITIMES, Dr. Shin-Puu Jeng, chairman of IMAPS and a former TSMC executive, shared how TSMC transformed CoWoS from a niche lab concept into an industry standard.

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Behind CoWoS (part 1)—How a 0% yield crisis led to TSMC’s first advanced packaging win

In a recent interview on the DIGITIMES podcast, Dr. Shin-Puu Jeng, chairman of the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS) and a former longtime TSMC advanced packaging executive, reflected on the early development of CoWoS. In the first of this two-part series, Jeng details how a critical thin-interposer crisis forced TSMC and Xilinx to innovate, laying the foundation for modern advanced packaging.

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Analysis: Elon Musk’s AI safety push clashes with regulation

Global AI has entered a period of dramatic turmoil, with leading researchers warning that top labs are “gambling with our lives” and one Anthropic safety researcher saying there is more than a 10% chance AI will wipe out humanity within the next 10 years. That pressure has pushed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman into rare agreement: slow model development.

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Pixio PX27 LUMA OLED debuts with a glossy, QHD WOLED display with a 280Hz refresh rate

The Pixio PX27 Luma OLED is a glossy, 27‑inch gaming monitor designed to deliver uncompromising image clarity and next‑generation responsiveness for players who want the sharpest possible visual experience. The company’s most premium 1440p OLED offering to date, it combines a high‑brightness OLED panel, ultra‑fast response performance, and a reflection‑free glossy finish that pushes contrast and…

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NXP says Singapore fab with Vanguard is its biggest investment since Freescale

NXP Semiconductors CEO Rafael Sotomayor said the Singapore fab NXP built with Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is NXP’s largest investment since it acquired Freescale in 2015. The 12-inch fab, run by the joint venture VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC), opened in Tampines, Singapore on September 28. It is now in trial production, and volume production is scheduled for the first quarter of 2027.

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