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Thursday 7 May 2026
Taiwan freezes trading in MediaTek as AI chip rally pushes valuation past US$165 billion
Taiwan's stock exchange placed MediaTek — the chip designer behind silicon used in Samsung phones, Chromebooks, and a growing share of AI hardware — under trading restrictions...
Thursday 7 May 2026
WinWay April revenue hits second-highest on AI, HPC demand
WinWay said April 2026 revenue fell nearly 20% from the previous month due to its customer mix and product profile, but still rose more than 50% from a year earlier as orders for AI...
Thursday 7 May 2026
MediaTek opens AI R&D data center in Taiwan with Nvidia DGX SuperPOD
MediaTek announced the opening of a new research and development data center at the Tongluo Science Park in Miaoli, Taiwan, aimed at supporting growing demand for edge AI and cloud...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Advantech warns supply constraints will temper near-term growth despite strong order momentum
Advantech reported sharply accelerated first-quarter 2026 order momentum but cautioned that tight component supply and rising material costs will constrain its near-term outlook, even...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Chinese semiconductor equipment makers deepen SEA OSAT presence
Chinese semiconductor equipment makers CCtech and Nextool Technology are expanding into Southeast Asia's OSAT hubs as Malaysia and Singapore emerge as key packaging and testing centers...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Gemtek sees no end to high-end optical demand, 1.6T mass production set for 4Q26
Network equipment maker Gemtek Technology, following the launch of its 800G linear-drive pluggable optics (LPO) optical module in 2025, announced on April 6 that it has successfully...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Nuvoton BMC demand grows as per-rack chip count rises to 120
Nuvoton is seeing stronger demand for baseboard management controller (BMC) chips as AI servers drive higher requirements for remote server control and system monitoring. The company...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Global chip sales surge in 1Q26, signaling supply and investment shifts
Global semiconductor sales reached US$298.5 billion in the first quarter of 2026, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported, underscoring robust worldwide demand with possible...
Thursday 7 May 2026
SEMI reports stronger wafer shipments with global implications
The SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group reported a 13.1% year-over-year rise in global silicon wafer shipment area to 3,275 million square inches in the first quarter of 2026, signaling...
Thursday 7 May 2026
South Korea's US$344.3 million push to localize power chips
South Korea plans to provide KRW500 billion (US$344.3 million) in state funding for a large-scale research and development project aimed at localizing next-generation power semiconductors,...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Alphabet's global debt blitz underscores explosive AI funding boom across tech industry
Alphabet has significantly expanded its global borrowing program to finance artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, raising nearly US$17 billion through euro- and Canadian dollar-denominated...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Darfon posts margin rebound as AI server MLCC demand lifts first-quarter results
Darfon Electronics reported that its first-quarter 2026 profit and gross margin improved as consolidated revenue rose 9.9% year on year to NT$6.025 billion (US$192.11 million). The...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Sporton posts six-quarter high profit as FCC rule changes boost Taiwan testing demand
Sporton posted consolidated revenue of NT$1.191 billion (US$37.98 million) in the first quarter of 2026, with a gross margin of 47% and net profit after tax of NT$302 million, up 4.3%...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Msscorps posts first-quarter loss as it pivots into silicon photonics inspection
Msscorps reported consolidated revenue of NT$579 million (US$18.46 million) in the first quarter of 2026, up 24.54% year-on-year and a record for the period, but still recorded a net...