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Thursday 4 June 2026
AI sparks tight supply warning for high-end passive components; MLCC rally eyes new super cycle
AI-driven demand for computing infrastructure has ended the passive components industry's inventory adjustment phase, with Taiwan-based leaders Yageo and Walsin Technology both seeing...
Thursday 4 June 2026
TSMC sees no sign of capex slowdown as demand stays strong
TSMC chairman C.C. Wei told shareholders on June 4 that the company sees no reason to cut capital spending, citing strong demand for advanced chips, continuing expansion in the US,...
Thursday 4 June 2026
Applied Materials to add 1,000 Southeast Asia jobs as Singapore role grows

Applied Materials plans to expand its Southeast Asia workforce by about 25% this year, adding at least 1,000 workers mainly in Singapore...

Thursday 4 June 2026
Kentec challenges traditional data centers with modular AI data center orders
Global AI computing demand is sweeping through the infrastructure market. Kentec, the AI data center (AIDC) system integrator and turnkey solution provider under Kenmec Mechanical...
Thursday 4 June 2026
Exclusive: China tightens its grip on Silicon Carbide as the industry shifts to 8-inch wafers
At Computex 2026, much of the spotlight fell on the rapid evolution of AI data center infrastructure. Among the technologies drawing renewed attention was silicon carbide (SiC), a...
Thursday 4 June 2026
xMEMS tackles data center heat with chip-level cooling tech
Surging demand for artificial intelligence computing has accelerated the buildout of data centers, pushing system cooling closer to its limits. As power consumption rises, heat-related...
Thursday 4 June 2026
MiTAC Computing confident in 2026 growth amid AI server expansion
MiTAC Computing Technology, a subsidiary of MiTAC Holdings, has no doubt that operations will grow in 2026, according to company president Rick Hwang. The company has two new US facilities...
Thursday 4 June 2026
Pegatron sees AI server expansion accelerating as organizational overhaul nears completion
Pegatron is betting that the AI server market will keep expanding, even though it entered later than some peers. The company said 2026 will mark the start of a full-speed push as generative...
Thursday 4 June 2026
Broadcom says AI chip revenue on track to exceed US$100 billion in 2027, rules out rack business
At the earnings call on June 3, Broadcom said its AI semiconductor business continued to accelerate in the fiscal second quarter, with revenue reaching a record US$10.8 billion, up...
Thursday 4 June 2026
Broadcom advances OpenAI custom chip program, expands Anthropic AI compute initiative
Broadcom said its AI semiconductor business remained in an "insatiable" demand environment on its second quarter of fiscal 2026 earnings call on June 3, as it outlined progress with...
Thursday 4 June 2026
Broadcom forecasts strong third-quarter growth, but AI revenue outlook misses elevated expectations
Broadcom reported record second-quarter revenue and raised expectations for the current quarter, but its outlook for artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor sales fell short of...
Thursday 4 June 2026
Goldkey targets NT$10B funding to lock in memory supply as prices surge
Memory module maker Goldkey said it plans to raise NT$6 billion (US$191.4 million) to NT$10 billion in working capital in 2026 through multiple channels as tight supply and rising...
Thursday 4 June 2026
Chip test equipment makers hit by FPGA, CPU supply crunch

Semiconductor test equipment makers are facing severe shortages of key components, with lead times for FPGAs, CPUs, GPUs, and driver ICs...

Thursday 4 June 2026
Kioxia weighs new NAND fab as AI demand drives long-term expansion plans
Kioxia is evaluating the construction of a new NAND flash manufacturing facility at its Kitakami site in Iwate Prefecture, aiming for production to begin after 2029-2030 as the company...
Thursday 4 June 2026
Taiwan's Walsin Technology gains pricing power from AI demand

Walsin Technology, one of Taiwan's leading manufacturers of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs), has notified distributors that it will...