Individual Stock News
1. Upstage, a South Korean AI startup backed by AMD (AMD.O), is considering a pre-IPO funding round.
2. The South Korean labor union of SK Hynix (SKHY.O) will vote on a provisional salary agreement on September 15th and 16th.
3. Nvidia (NVDA.O): Will support Australia's plan to build up to 2 gigawatts (GW) of AI infrastructure by 2027.
4. Market news: Alibaba (BABA.N) is reportedly leading a round of funding for AI startup UniPat, valuing the company at $2.5 billion.
5. Sources: Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast (VFS.O) plans to launch two new electric vehicles for the Indian market, a shift in its strategy.
6. TSMC (TSM.N): Consolidated revenue for August 2026 is approximately NT$514.806 billion, an increase of 10.1% from the previous month and 53.3% from the same period last year. 7. According to industry sources, Nvidia (NVDA.O) is considering reducing the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) stack in its next-generation Rubin Ultra AI accelerator from 12 layers to 8 layers.
8. According to sources, the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Nvidia (NVDA.O) attempted to circumvent antitrust scrutiny to reach a deal signed last year with AI chip manufacturer Groq.
9. Reports indicate that TSMC (TSM.N) is accelerating the second phase of its 1.4nm expansion at its Central Taiwan Science Park. The first (P1) fab is expected to begin trial operations in April next year; mass production is anticipated to begin in the second half of 2027, earlier than the originally planned 2028.
