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Tuesday 29 September 2026
CXMT to spend US$5.2 billion on R&D and testing as DRAM supply stays tight
China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) plans to invest CNY34.9 billion (approx. US$5.2 billion) in technology R&D and additional back-end DRAM testing capacity, stepping up...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Cerebras to power Gimlet's push for faster AI inference
Cerebras Systems is expanding its push into AI inference infrastructure through a collaboration with Gimlet Labs, as demand grows for computing systems capable of delivering faster...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
AI boom sends China and Taiwan's PCB makers racing to HK for capital
Global investment in AI infrastructure is expanding rapidly, driving specification upgrades across the supply chain, from AI servers to high-speed optical modules, and pushing printed...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics to invest US$5 billion in ABF substrate expansion
Samsung Electro-Mechanics said it will invest KRW6.78 trillion (about US$5 billion) in South Korea and Vietnam to expand ABF substrate production for AI servers and high-performance...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
GlobalFoundries eyes GaN expansion to challenge TSMC in AI

GlobalFoundries (GF) is preparing a major global capacity expansion as TSMC is set to gradually exit gallium nitride (GaN) foundry services...

Tuesday 29 September 2026
HBM to take nearly 30% of DRAM capacity as Samsung speeds up P5
High-bandwidth memory (HBM) is expected to account for nearly 30% of DRAM makers' total wafer capacity in 2027, up from about 20% currently, as Samsung Electronics moves to accelerate...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
VSMC Singapore fab fully booked as VIS weighs Fab 2
Capacity at VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (VSMC) first 12-inch wafer fab in Singapore is fully booked as the joint venture between Vanguard International Semiconductor...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Vanguard chairman says AI slowdown won't free up chip capacity

Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and NXP Semiconductors' joint venture, VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC),...

Tuesday 29 September 2026
AI server MLCC prices rise as Chinese suppliers gain ground in generic parts

Multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) prices for AI servers have continued to climb, while prices for general-purpose components used...

Tuesday 29 September 2026
Samsung invests US$1 billion in ex-AWS chief's AI data center venture, joining Nvidia as a founding investor
Six Samsung companies will invest a combined US$1 billion in Helix Digital Infrastructure, a company set up by investment firm KKR to build data centers and the power supply they need...
Monday 28 September 2026
Weekly news roundup: China gains ground in memory and AI hardware as supply stays tight
China's AI sector is shifting from catch-up to commercialization, with value concentrating in hardware bottlenecks and large platforms rather than independent model labs. Across memory,...
Saturday 26 September 2026
Acer, Phison split on DRAM outlook as PC memory supply eases
Acer and Phison Electronics are offering sharply different readings of the DRAM market as supply conditions improve for mainstream PC memory while AI and server demand keep the broader...
Friday 25 September 2026
Akamai plans US$5.5 billion cloud buildout after US$11.6 billion Anthropic deal
Akamai Technologies plans to spend about US$5.5 billion building cloud infrastructure to support a US$11.6 billion, seven-year commitment from Anthropic, as the US cloud provider expands...
Thursday 24 September 2026
CXMT gains ground in DRAM as Samsung, SK Hynix shift more capacity to HBM
China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is gaining ground in the global DRAM market as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix allocate more production capacity to high-bandwidth memory...
Thursday 24 September 2026
AI drives Episil GeSi, PMIC growth

Semiconductor epitaxy maker Episil Precision said on September 22 that rising demand from AI data centers has created two main growth...