ARTERY Technology is gearing up for a Taipei Exchange listing in late January 2026. The MCU supplier is pivoting to performance-driven applications like drones and edge AI to escape margin pressure in China’s crowded low-end market. Its strategy hinges on developing more advanced 28nm chips.
According to TechRadar, Nintendo’s Switch 2 momentum is set to continue into 2026 with a packed schedule of exclusives and surprising third-party support. The big mystery? A new 3D Mario game to coincide with the 2026 movie sequel.
Japan’s Topix index closed 2025 at 3,408.97, finally exceeding its year-end high from the 1989 bubble economy. The benchmark gained 22% for the year, marking its third straight annual rise. Analysts see the rally broadening beyond AI stocks.
CES 2026 is shaping up to be an AI hardware extravaganza. Companies are pushing everything from AI-powered smart glasses to humanoid robots, but the gap between flashy demos and real-world usefulness remains a huge challenge.
Foxconn is replicating its massive Chinese factory-city model in India, hiring tens of thousands for iPhone production. At the same time, Japanese semiconductor firms Rohm and AOI Electronics are forming key manufacturing partnerships with Indian companies like Tata and Kaynes.
Intel’s Arc Alchemist GPUs can now use the newer Xe kernel driver on Linux instead of the legacy i915. Benchmarks show a performance uplift, but the latest kernel broke support for higher-end cards. The transition to modern drivers is proving messy.
A rumor claimed Asus would start selling its own RAM by the second half of 2026 to combat ongoing shortages. The company has now flatly denied those plans, stating that building a memory chip factory is a multi-year, high-risk endeavor that wouldn’t solve the current supply crisis.
Researchers have created the world’s smallest programmable, autonomous robot. At just 200 by 300 micrometers, it’s smaller than a freckle and can operate for months powered by light.
The open-source firmware project Coreboot has dropped its year-end update, and it’s packing some serious hardware support. Version 25.12 brings official backing for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X1E80100 and a proof-of-concept for next-gen AMD Turin, signaling a major push into modern platforms.
A major custom PC company is now letting customers mail in their own RAM kits for new builds. This bizarre workaround highlights a severe, multi-year shortage that’s sending memory prices through the roof and scrambling the entire industry.
