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Feb

21

2026

PM Modi lays foundation stone for HCL-Foxconn semiconductor plant in Uttar Pradesh

Tech sector braces for Trump's 10% tariff reset

OpenAI projects US$280B revenue by 2030, plans US$600B in spending

Commentary: Samsung to reclaim the world's no.1 semiconductor position in 2026

Glass fiber shortage intensifies capacity battle, pushing prices higher and reshaping PCB supply chains

Western automakers revisit sodium-ion batteries as supply security and cost drivers

AI supply chain tracker: Rack infrastructure joins the AI buildout

Trump defies Supreme Court with new 10% global tariff following legal defeat

Feb

20

2026

SK Group chairman Chey meets US tech leaders to secure core AI chip supply chain

India joins US-led Pax Silica, deepening tech and semiconductor alignment

Taiwan surpasses China in monthly imports to the US for first time in decades

Qualcomm becomes anchor ATMP customer at Tata Electronics' Assam facility

Tata's Gujarat wafer fab reportedly faces fresh delay, clouding India's chipmaking ambitions

Google, Apple add music-focused generative AI features

Tech giants double down on physical AI in the GenAI age

AI server supply chain tracker: AI infrastructure arms race boosts Taiwanese AI chip and server suppliers

The great divide: a viral snub and the looming AI monopoly in New Delhi

Feb

19

2026

Global AI leaders stress equitable adoption and ethical safeguards at India summit

Microsoft outlines US$50 billion Global South AI investment plan at India summit

From AGI to superintelligence: Altman and Hassabis draw varying timelines for AI's future

Uber's US$100 million AV charging push signals asset-light pivot

OpenAI brings Stargate to India with Tata AI data center build-out partnership

MediaTek CEO at ISSCC: solo chip era is over, system-level efficiency is the next frontier

Google, Nvidia, Macron back India's AI ambitions as Modi calls for tech for all

DIGITIMES Insight: TSMC's swelling facilities budget signals a global capacity race

Supermicro explores local manufacturing in India amid AI push

OpenAI partners with Indian universities to expand AI integration in higher education

AI server supply chain tracker: PCB and CCL lead, ASIC and testing diverge

Wearable medical devices surge with supply chain of four core components taking shape

DIGITIMES Insight: US tariff-credit design could pressure Korean memory makers to localize production

Singapore holds No. 4 financial hub ranking as assets flow in

Feb

18

2026

Nvidia expands AI partnerships in India under US$1 billion national mission

Qualcomm commits up to US$150 million to back AI startups in India

What the EU's 70% local content threshold means for its industrial base

Commentary: A robot-heavy Spring Festival Gala meets a sceptical youth audience

Vietnam grants Starlink licence to deploy 600,000 satellite internet terminals

Zhen Ding sees 2026 growth surge as high-end AI lifts PCB prices and volumes

Meta locks in millions of Nvidia GPUs and CPUs in multiyear AI infrastructure pact

Analysis: 2nm shifts chipmaking from scaling to chiplet integration

AI server MLCC orders double capacity; Murata considers price increase

Cmsemicon's MCU price hikes open door for Nuvoton's China comeback

DIGITIMES Insight: TSMC's Kumamoto 3nm upgrade targets automotive, AI demand rather than Rapidus

Nexperia lands US$60 million loan to boost chip output during Dutch governance probe

Micron expands capacity to counter worst memory supply shortage in 40 years

Samsung advances LPDDR5X-PIM, signaling memory's new role in AI computing

India-based Adani to invest US$100 billion in renewable-powered AI data centres by 2035

Korean startup rolls out retrofit ADAS kit for commercial vehicles

Humanoid robots challenge South Korea’s safety and liability framework

Analysis: Singapore's neutrality lures Chinese tech fleeing Western crackdowns

AI factory boom in Taiwan fuels construction and land plays

GF-Renesas pact: a new script for the U.S.-Japan friend-shoring playbook

Feb

17

2026

Humanoid robots dazzle at China's Spring Festival Gala amid technical and supply-chain challenges

OpenAI hire and industry voices signal shift toward AI agents that could render most apps obsolete

India seeks to position itself as a global AI hub

Modi inaugurates India AI Impact Expo 2026 in New Delhi

Global memory chip shortage reportedly forces Sony PlayStation and other tech launches to delay

Thailand's BOI approves WD project to develop HAMR hard drives

Contract dispute escalates between Anthropic and Pentagon over military use of Claude

Alibaba unveils Qwen 3.5: a new frontier in multimodal AI agents

Anthropic opens Bengaluru office, expands partnerships across sectors in India

Bytedance pledges safeguards amid legal threats over seedance 2.0

Apple schedules March 4 "special Apple experience" in New York, London, and Shanghai

GlobalFoundries, Renesas expand manufacturing partnership in multi-billion-dollar deal

Pentagon's brief blacklist reversal could ease US OEM access to Chinese memory suppliers, complicating Trump-Xi summit dynamics

LG Display uses Nvidia PhysicsNeMo for digital twin panel tool in South Korea

EU's minimum price commitment pressures Chinese EV makers on value and pricing

Samsung accelerates HBM hybrid bonding line to meet Nvidia demand

Intel India makes key contributions to Panther Lake, leads reference design and validation

AMD, TCS expand partnership to deploy 200MW AI infrastructure in India

Feb

16

2026

RAMmageddon? AI-driven memory shortage sends DRAM prices 'parabolic'

AI supply chain tracker: Power, substrate, and thermal split on momentum

Taiwan rolls out AI push to transform its 1.71 million SMEs

Memory crunch tightens CIS capacity, pressures smartphone supply chain

Memory and CPU price hike could drive 10–30% consumer electronics increases, AUO warns

OpenAI hires OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger, transitions project to independent foundation

China's GPU Four race to power large models, eye inference surge

Pentagon withdraws 1260H list adding Alibaba, BYD and Baidu, removing YMTC and CXMT

Apple reportedly agrees to double NAND prices from Kioxia, shifts to quarterly contract pricing

India roundup: India bets on RISC-V amid local ecosystem building

Weekly news roundup: Intel resets AI PC race, backs ZAM memory play, HBM3–HBM4 battle intensifies

India seeks to democratize AI resources through global commons framework

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang skips India AI Impact Summit citing unforeseen circumstances

India has all ingredients to lead in AI, says Sam Altman before New Delhi summit

India fines Intel over discriminatory warranty policy

Analysis: Taiwan's Formosat-8 signals a shift beyond silicon to space power

Feb

15

2026

UMC appoints new representative as Unimicron chairman Tseng retires

Taiwan's January exports jump nearly 70% on AI server boom, boosting 2026 growth optimism and tech defense push

Column: US NDAA opens new defense manufacturing opportunities for Taiwan firms

A Singaporean reality check for the semiconductor age

CXMT races to scale up as yield gaps and export curbs bite

Power semiconductor cost pressures rise as 8-inch wafer foundries plan price hikes

Column: Trump's US$1.5T defense dream hits rust-belt reality

From nanometers to nectar: the secret flavors of TSMC's fab honey

Why is TSMC spending $45bn so early?