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Wednesday 29 April 2026
Seagate sees agentic AI beginning to lift HDD demand
Seagate Technology said emerging agentic artificial intelligence workloads are beginning to support demand for hard disk drives, as automated workflows generate and retain larger volumes...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Seagate tops estimates, raises outlook on cloud, AI demand
Seagate Technology reported fiscal third-quarter results above market expectations and issued a stronger-than-anticipated outlook, driven by sustained demand from cloud customers and...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Nvidia taps Nanya for AI racks with LPDDR equivalent to 4,500 smartphones per rack
The AI boom is pushing memory demand well beyond high-bandwidth memory (HBM). Low-power DRAM is now under pressure too, with shortages emerging as chip developers including Nvidia,...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
China's GPU IPO wave meets its hardest test: cluster stability
China's GPU startups, including Moore Threads, MetaX, and Biren, are gaining ground in the AI accelerator market. But as demand shifts from training to inference, cluster stability,...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Supreme's 1Q26 server revenue surpasses mobile as CSP demand boosts memory prices
Memory distributor Supreme Electronics (Supreme) saw its revenue double in the first quarter of 2026, driven by a sharp rise in memory prices. DRAM and Flash accounted for nearly 90%...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
AI token demand drives TSMC node expansion, buoying Taiwan's economy
A global surge in artificial intelligence computing is accelerating demand for advanced semiconductors and reinforcing Taiwan's near-term economic momentum, even as leading indicators...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
AI server demand locks up memory supply through 2027, prices seen holding firm
Artificial intelligence (AI) server demand is tightening memory supply through 2027, with a large share of upstream capacity already committed under long-term agreements, according...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
NXP signals structural growth as automotive and industrial drive momentum
NXP Semiconductors outlined a strengthening business outlook, with management pointing to clearer demand visibility and improving operational indicators across its end markets. CEO...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Taiwan logs record chip exports, AI demand outpaces geopolitical risk
As the conflict involving the US, Israel, and Iran enters its second month, a fragile ceasefire has tempered immediate market shocks, yet economists warn that prolonged tensions could...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Kemflo bets on BIM and recycling tech to target US$100 billion semiconductor water market
Kemflo announced it is positioning its BIM design and recycling technologies to capture growing demand for industrial water treatment from the semiconductor and electronics sectors,...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Hotai warns hybrid vehicle shortages could persist through 2027 amid high oil prices
Hotai Motor said hybrid demand has surged as elevated oil prices pushed consumers toward fuel-efficient models, but global supply constraints could keep delivery delays in place through...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Toyota leans on hybrids and affordable sedans to hit record global sales
Toyota Motor reported record global vehicle deliveries of 11.28 million units for the fiscal year ending March 31, as executives said the automaker capitalized on strong demand for...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
NXP beats expectations and lifts outlook on improving chip demand
NXP Semiconductors reported first-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue of US$3.18 billion, rising 12.2% year on year but down 4.6% sequentially, according to company data. Gross profit increased...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Oracle moves Supermicro orders to Taiwan, elevating local server makers
Outsourcing by US cloud service providers (CSPs) has become an increasingly dominant trend, with Taiwanese manufacturers taking on a larger share of global production. Oracle has not...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
CPUs reclaim the core of AI architecture as multicore trend tightens substrate supply
Workloads are shifting from training to inference. In this transition, CPUs are regaining a central role in coordinating diverse computing tasks, significantly boosting their importance...