LGES, Samsung SDI reportedly booked out for two years as US restrictions and China slowdown reshape ESS market
Chip equipment makers face waits of up to 40 months for critical parts
Samsung deepens Euclyd ties as startup reportedly reaches test-chip stage
Samsung Electronics is deepening its relationship with Dutch chip startup Euclyd after the company reportedly reached the test-chip stage at Samsung Foundry, adding a manufacturing dimension to Samsung’s recent investment in the two-year-old company.
King Charles tests AI’s safety consensus as Nvidia keeps its foot on the accelerator
King Charles III has stepped into the intensifying debate over artificial intelligence, urging executives from Nvidia, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic to keep AI under human control and ensure the technology serves people and the planet.
CPO raises PCB downgrade concerns but switches stick with M8 CCL
As the industry shifts toward greater use of optical interconnects and less reliance on copper, market speculation has emerged that wider adoption of co-packaged optics (CPO) could reduce high-speed transmission requirements for AI server motherboard printed circuit boards (PCBs).
iPhone 18 Pro sellouts across Taiwan as foldable Duo looms
ByteDance’s second AI-agent phone drops forced automation for permission — yet app wall still up
Mobile SoC battle for 2026 centers on NPUs
More technical details on 2026 mobile systems on a chip (SoCs) from major vendors are emerging, and the biggest changes in chips such as Apple’s A20 Pro and MediaTek’s Dimensity 9600 Pro are clearly concentrated in the neural processing unit (NPU). Qualcomm also published a technical article on NPU development on September 10, saying its next-generation NPU will expand shared memory capacity to improve access efficiency and speed for model data, helping mobile AI maintain fast response times.