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Saturday 15 August 2026
Asia Vital Components sees stronger AI server demand and faster liquid cooling adoption

Asia Vital Components expects global AI server demand to strengthen in the second half, with liquid cooling adoption becoming more...

Friday 14 August 2026
Memory supply crunch pushes long-term contracts beyond the big three
The global memory supply shortage is intensifying, with long-term agreements (LTAs) rapidly expanding beyond the three major memory manufacturers—Samsung Electronics, SK hynix,...
Friday 14 August 2026
SK hynix scouts US memory fab sites as customers seek local supply
SK hynix has spent more than a month studying potential locations in the US and other regions for a front-end memory fab, as American customers press the company to expand wafer production...
Friday 14 August 2026
Insight: Intel raises US$20B, but its 14A ambitions may need twice as much

DIGITIMES analyst Luke Lin, speaking on a recent podcast, used Intel's latest equity fundraising plan to examine who is benefiting...

Friday 14 August 2026
Alibaba Cloud cuts AI data center build time to 100 days, triples global modular capacity
Alibaba Cloud has cut the delivery cycle for large AI data centers to 100 days with its CUBE 5.0 modular architecture, while lowering construction costs by more than 10% and increasing...
Friday 14 August 2026
MPI posts record 2Q26 revenue, profit as probe card capacity stays fully loaded

Taiwanese test interface provider MPI said that continued strong expansion demand from global artificial intelligence (AI) customers,...

Friday 14 August 2026
Samsung weighs moving legacy memory backend work to Vietnam to free up capacity for HBM
Samsung Electronics may move part of the general-purpose DRAM and NAND packaging and testing now handled at its Cheonan and Onyang sites in South Korea to Vietnam, potentially freeing...
Friday 14 August 2026
Lam Research to spend more than US$3 billion expanding global R&D labs
Lam Research plans to invest more than US$3 billion over the next five years to expand its global research and development lab network, increasing experimental capacity as semiconductor...
Friday 14 August 2026
LandMark Optoelectronics says silicon photonics capacity is "very, very tight"
LandMark Optoelectronics said demand for its silicon photonics (SiPh) products is extremely strong, with output expected to keep rising over the next several quarters as capacity at...
Friday 14 August 2026
SMIC plans to single out AI chip revenue as demand outpaces its current reporting categories
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is considering disclosing revenue from artificial intelligence (AI)-related "peripheral chips" as a standalone line item,...
Friday 14 August 2026
China PCB makers pour billions into AI server, HPC, optical markets
Chinese printed circuit board (PCB) makers are stepping up investment in higher-value markets including AI servers, high-performance computing (HPC) and optical communications. Following...
Friday 14 August 2026
Applied Materials sets 2028 capacity target as it commits new manufacturing hires
Applied Materials used its fiscal third-quarter earnings call to lay out a multi-year capacity build rather than just a strong quarter. Alongside record results, the company said it...
Friday 14 August 2026
Hua Hong's fabs were already full — price is what finally made them profitable
Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor has been running its fabs flat out for more than a year without earning an operating profit on the work. The June quarter ended that. Revenue reached a...
Friday 14 August 2026
SMIC's pricing power arrives as AI pushes mature-node work into China
China's largest contract chipmaker has spent most of the past two years increasing volume without much to show for it in terms of margins. The June quarter broke that pattern. Semiconductor...
Friday 14 August 2026
Coherent beats fourth-quarter revenue estimates as AI demand lifts data center sales
Coherent reported fiscal fourth-quarter results for the period ended June 30, 2026, on the back of rising investment in AI infrastructure. The optics and photonics supplier said revenue...