Asia Tech News Digest - September 07, 2026

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1 TechAsia Ambition, loops, and TikTok: An a16z guide to scaling AI Andreessen Horowitz's Anish Acharya explains why AI's biggest risk is thinking too small, and why consumer products need engagement, not just efficiency. AI
2 CNA UK's IQE posts half-year profit on AI infrastructure demand UK's IQE posts half-year profit on AI infrastructure demand AI
3 DigiTimes Exclusive: Infineon COO says chip shortage recovery will take longer Infineon COO Alexander Gorski told DIGITIMES in an exclusive interview at Semicon Taiwan 2026 that the current global chip shortage is unlike the one during Covid-19 and will take longer to resolve. He also discussed progress on Infineon's new Dresden plant, in-house manufacturing, outsourcing, and the company's global Semiconductor
4 DigiTimes Phison snaps up low-cost China NAND inventory, AI revenue share set to top 40% Phison CEO K.S. Pua expects NAND Flash supply to remain tight into 2027 despite capacity expansion across major memory makers, arguing that forecasts of a rapid return to oversupply are "too naive." AI
5 CNA Beyond STEM: Why Singapore tertiary institutions are putting more emphasis on arts and social sciences As AI takes on more technical and routine tasks, educators are placing greater emphasis on creativity, critical thinking, communication, empathy and real-world problem solving. AI
6 TechAsia China’s iFlytek launches Spark X2.5 AI model for coding and agents It also open-sourced 4B and 1.7B on-device models supporting million-token contexts. AI
7 DigiTimes DeepSeek plans to buy 160,000 Huawei chips as China aims to wean itself off Nvidia DeepSeek is reportedly planning to purchase 160,000 Huawei chips for its large 1 GW data center currently under construction in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia. This would make it among the largest clusters of Huawei chips deployed to date, as the Chinese authorities attempt to wean the country off Nvidia chips, Semiconductor
8 EETAsia SEMI: Global IC Equipment Billings Up 23% YoY in 2Q 2026 Global semiconductor equipment billings increased by 23% year-over-year to $40.53 billion in the second quarter of 2026. The post SEMI: Global IC Equipment Billings Up 23% YoY in 2Q 2026 appeared first on EE Times Asia . Semiconductor
9 EETAsia Synopsys Strengthens CXL 4.0 IP for AI Memory Expansion Synopsys expands its CXL 4.0 IP portfolio to address AI infrastructure’s growing memory capacity and bandwidth demands. The post Synopsys Strengthens CXL 4.0 IP for AI Memory Expansion appeared first on EE Times Asia . AI

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