A US federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction ordering the federal government not to deny Defense Department contracts to companies simply because they share lobbying firms with Alibaba Group Holding.

AMD is backing one of its largest AI customers with capital and chips. Alongside an update on its hardware work with Meta, the chipmaker said on October 27 that it will invest US$1 billion in Meta's equity offering, joining Nvidia in buying into the social media company's fundraising for AI infrastructure. Critics describe this pattern as circular financing.

Fujifilm will invest JPY10 billion (US$63.3 million) to increase its magnetic tape production capacity 5x by fiscal 2028, in response to rising demand for long-term data storage as artificial intelligence expands global data generation.

Google's tensor processing unit (TPU) business has gained one confirmed and one reported major customer within a week, adding pressure on Nvidia, whose graphics processors still dominate AI computing even as its biggest buyers look for alternatives.

Corning said on October 27 that it is already running ahead of its Springboard target of a US$20 billion annualized sales run rate by the end of 2026, one quarter after upgrading the plan. Third-quarter sales of US$5.1 billion put the run rate at US$20.3 billion, and the fourth-quarter guidance midpoint of US$5.25 billion implies about US$21 billion.

Taiwanese IC design leaders MediaTek, Realtek, and Parade Technologies will hold their third-quarter 2026 earnings conferences in succession this week, offering the market an early read on conditions heading into late 2026 and early 2027. Parade will go first on October 28, followed by Realtek on October 29 and MediaTek on October 30.

Celestica said customer demand forecasts for 2028, based solely on programs it has already won, are "meaningfully higher" than its 2027 revenue outlook, as it used its October 27 Investor and Analyst Day to lay out a multi-year growth plan built on AI networking and custom compute.

Anthropic recently disclosed details of its computing partnerships with Google, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and other providers in its S-1 filing for an initial public offering (IPO), revealing distinct cooperation models and chip technologies across its partner ecosystem.

Seagate Technology told investors it is "still in the early days of a multi-year growth phase" for mass-capacity storage, with demand visibility "extending beyond 2030" and most of its nearline hard drive output already committed for the next two years. On its October 27 earnings call, chief executive Dave Mosley said the company expects strong sequential revenue growth and gross margin expansion throughout fiscal 2027.

Seagate Technology's latest results show how stronger storage pricing and higher-capacity drives are lifting profitability as cloud customers plan further infrastructure investment. The next test is whether its technology transition can deliver more storage capacity while preserving the commercial discipline behind the improvement.

Corning's third-quarter results show optical networking becoming a larger driver of the materials maker's business as AI infrastructure expands. Stronger sales and profitability support its capacity investments, while the next test is whether customer-backed expansion can translate into timely deliveries and sustained cash generation.