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Monday 9 February 2026
Samsung boosts HBM4 DRAM investment to secure market leadership
Samsung Electronics is set to begin mass production of the world's first sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) chips later in February 2026, marking a major milestone in the...
Monday 9 February 2026
North American clients drive 2026 growth as CHPT targets quarterly gains
Taiwan-based test interface maker Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) expects steady revenue growth through 2026, driven by rising AI ASIC orders and expanded capacity, as stronger...
Monday 9 February 2026
MediaTek to be early adopter of TSMC 2nm, A14 processes, focuses on boosting AI computing power
MediaTek president and chief operating officer Joe Chen stated that artificial intelligence (AI) computing is shifting from training to inference applications, with rapid growth expected...
Monday 9 February 2026
AI spending spree threatens big tech cash flows
A dramatic ramp-up in capital expenditures by Google, Amazon, and Meta in 2026 is set to squeeze their free cash flow, forcing difficult trade-offs between shareholder returns and...
Monday 9 February 2026
Musk flags manufacturing bottlenecks, floats 'TeraFab' as chip supply strains
Elon Musk said the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is running up against hard limits in global manufacturing capacity, as chip production, power equipment and industrial...
Monday 9 February 2026
512Gb NAND wafer shortage triggers forced upgrades, narrows gap with 1Tb

The supply landscape for 3D NAND wafers is being structurally reshaped as major manufacturers shift capacity aggressively toward enterprise...

Sunday 8 February 2026
Musk: speed, not ambition, will shape next phase of AI expansion
Elon Musk said the pace of artificial intelligence expansion will be determined less by ambition than by how quickly AI developers and infrastructure builders can identify and remove...
Saturday 7 February 2026
Lead frame supplier CWTC reaches 40-month revenue high in January

Driven by a broad demand recovery and the gradual effect of price increases, Chang Wah Technology (CWTC) reported both month-on-month and...

Friday 6 February 2026
Intel, AMD warn of extended server CPU delays in China
Intel and AMD are facing acute server CPU shortages in China, with delivery times for some Intel products stretching to as long as six months, driven by surging AI data center demand...
Friday 6 February 2026
YMTC Phase III speeds Wuhan fab installations and domestic equipment deliveries
China's semiconductor investment is once again converging in Wuhan. YMTC's Phase III fab has entered an intensive equipment installation phase, with key process tools steadily moving...
Friday 6 February 2026
Commentary: Why TSMC is upgrading Japan's Kumamoto fab from 6nm to 3nm
TSMC has made a significant change in its process plan for the Kumamoto second fab, confirming an upgrade from the initially planned 6/7nm node to 3nm. This facility will become Japan's...
Friday 6 February 2026
AI smartphone upgrades trigger memory cost shock, pushing low-end models to the brink
The smartphone sector is entering a new hardware upgrade cycle driven by AI. Yet the impact is proving far more disruptive than positive. Rapidly rising memory prices are reshaping...
Friday 6 February 2026
ASE expects advanced packaging and testing revenue to double in 2026
OSAT leader ASE Technology Holding is optimistic that its growth momentum will extend through 2026 and beyond, benefiting from the short supply of advanced packaging and testing capacity...
Friday 6 February 2026
PSMC narrows losses as DRAM prices and AI demand boost revenue
Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, one of Taiwan's smaller but strategically positioned chipmakers, reported a sharp narrowing of losses in the fourth quarter of 2025,...
Friday 6 February 2026
Amazon defends US$200 billion AWS capex as demand-led and fast-monetizing AI investment
Amazon said its planned US$200 billion capital spending, largely directed to AWS, reflects constrained supply and accelerating AI demand rather than speculative buildout. Management...