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Semiconductors
Everything eventually becomes a question about chips.
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- India prepares to become preferred destination for semiconductor manufacturing: PM (2026-09-17)
- King Charles to call on tech giants for 'reassurances' over AI (2026-09-17)
- China's Huawei sets 2027 launch for new AI chips as it targets Nvidia (2026-09-17)
- Apple planning M-series Ultra server for enterprise AI, targeting 2029 launch — Apple's return to servers signals confidence in custom silicon scaling beyond consumer devices. (2026-09-16)
- Fujifilm to build ₹800 crore semiconductor materials facility in India — Japan's chemical expertise backs India's push for domestic semiconductor supply chains. (2026-09-16)
- PM Modi chairs roundtable with global semiconductor leaders ahead of Semicon India 2026 — India signals intent to deepen ties with chip makers on manufacturing, design and talent as semiconductor competition intensifies. (2026-09-16)
- NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 delivers leading performance in MLPerf Inference v6.1 — System performance gains translate directly to inference economics: more tokens per dollar, efficient scaling, continuous software optimisation. (2026-09-16)
- Apple develops enterprise AI server with M8 Ultra chips — Apple returns to servers with custom silicon, targeting developers and governments with in-house AI compute. (2026-09-16)
- India approves semiconductor projects worth ₹1.6 lakh crore as chip build-out accelerates — Materials science and advanced packaging are becoming as critical as lithography to India's chip sovereignty ambitions. (2026-09-16)
- AI-native semiconductor verification startup VerifAIX raises $5m seed round — A new tool for verifying complex chip designs faster could accelerate the semiconductor cycle. (2026-09-16)
- Odisha to build ₹3,406 crore semiconductor facility for SiC devices — India expands advanced semiconductor capacity outside traditional manufacturing clusters. (2026-09-15)
- Applied Materials to invest Rs 3,600 crore in Karnataka for chip production — A major semiconductor equipment maker backs India's push to build domestic chip capacity. (2026-09-15)
- European chip startup Axelera reaches 600 customers across security, defence and enterprise — A specialist AI chip maker now serving defence and enterprise customers signals sustained demand for purpose-built silicon beyond hyperscaler chips. (2026-09-15)
- India's semiconductor sector raises $1.4 billion since 2025 — Two major private equity rounds in domestic chip design and manufacturing signal sustained investor confidence in India's hardware ambitions. (2026-09-15)
- China rapidly closes AI capability gap with the United States despite export restrictions — US technological dominance in AI is eroding as Beijing overcomes sanctions through domestic advancement. (2026-09-15)
- MediaTek launches Dimensity 9600 Pro using TSMC's 2-nanometre process — Taiwan's chip designer moves closer to cutting-edge semiconductor manufacturing alongside major handset makers. (2026-09-15)
- ASML's next-generation High NA chipmaking tools sold out through 2027 — Semiconductor supply for AI chips tightens as manufacturers commit to pricier equipment. (2026-09-14)
- Uttar Pradesh attracts over ₹28,000 crore in electronics investment — India's semiconductor ambitions rest increasingly on state-level manufacturing capacity outside traditional tech hubs. (2026-09-13)
- Anthropic's caution on AI does not dent chip sector outlook — Safety warnings from frontier labs rarely reshape semiconductor demand or investor appetite for compute infrastructure. (2026-09-13)
- AI-driven demand powers semiconductor industry upcycle, memory chips lead — Memory chips stand to capture outsized gains as technology investment accelerates across the sector. (2026-09-11)
- d-Matrix to use Nvidia chip-linking technology in AI inference servers — Inference specialist gains access to Nvidia's interconnect standard as training-to-deployment workload shift accelerates. (2026-09-11)
- Jensen Huang forecasts Nvidia will grow 70 per cent next year — Huang insists the gains reflect broad demand, not circular dealing between Nvidia and its customers. (2026-09-10)
- AI chip startup Positron raises funding at higher valuation — The inference chip market is consolidating around specialists challenging Nvidia's reign. (2026-09-10)
- d-Matrix to use NVIDIA NVLink Fusion for next-generation Raptor XPUs — An inference chipmaker joins NVIDIA's ecosystem by adopting the platform's networking and rack architecture for chip deployment. (2026-09-10)
- Justice Department investigates Nvidia's $17 billion licensing agreement with Groq — A formal information request signals antitrust scrutiny of chip technology consolidation in AI infrastructure. (2026-09-10)
- MIC Electronics acquires 59% stake in Singapore semiconductor firm Neo Semi SG — An Indian electronics company deepens its semiconductor IP footprint across Southeast Asia. (2026-09-10)
- Chinese AI chipmakers raise prices as high-bandwidth memory shortage bites — Supply constraints on specialised memory are inflating costs for domestic accelerators, narrowing China's cost advantage over Western alternatives. (2026-09-10)
- India's photonics market projected to grow fourfold to $10 billion by 2031 — AI data centre demand is creating infrastructure opportunities for Indian companies to develop optical technologies. (2026-09-10)
- NVIDIA collaborates with Australian partners to build 2GW of AI capacity by 2027 — Australia is positioning itself as a regional AI compute hub, attracting major chip makers seeking land and power outside the US. (2026-09-10)
- Malaysia's data centre power consumption reaches record 9.3% of national total — Rising temperatures and AI infrastructure demand are straining Malaysia's electricity grid. (2026-09-09)