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Thursday 5 February 2026
Infineon pivots capacity to AI power as automotive recovery drags
Infineon's decision to accelerate investment to expand AI power capacity is set to lift fiscal 2026 capital spending and intensify fab loading management, even as the company maintains...
Thursday 5 February 2026
Jiin Ming expands into energy storage EPC services and drones, targets ISR defense market
Jiin Ming Industry is transitioning from conventional metal stamping into drones and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for energy storage projects, with an...
Thursday 5 February 2026
Renesas reportedly to sell timing unit to SiTime in US$3 billion deal
According to Bloomberg and Nikkei, citing respective sources, Renesas Electronics is set to divest its clocks and timing device business to US chip design company...
Thursday 5 February 2026
Repon eyes strong 2026 growth on rising server demand
Server slide rail maker Repon posted a record revenue of NT$303 million (US$9.6 million) for January 2026, up 143% year-over-year and 24% month-over-month, driven by robust orders...
Thursday 5 February 2026
Japan's Ibiden channels US$3.3bn into IC substrate expansion for AI servers

Ibiden plans to invest JPY500 billion (about US$3.3 billion) over three years starting in fiscal 2026 to expand production of its core IC...

Thursday 5 February 2026
Networking equipment makers seek new businesses as they unlikely to avoid margin pressure
The networking industry is seeing a rebound in demand in 2026, but worsening imbalances in memory supply and demand have emerged as the biggest variable affecting operations this year...
Thursday 5 February 2026
Samsung sees net cash surpass KRW100 trillion, fueling semiconductor investment, M&As
Samsung Electronics has once again pushed its net cash above KRW100 trillion (US$68.97 billion), reaching KRW100.61 trillion at the end of 2025, up 7.8% from the same period in 2024...
Wednesday 4 February 2026
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Wednesday 4 February 2026
AMD sees PC growth in 2026 despite market contraction
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) expects to continue growing its PC business in 2026 even as elevated component prices are projected to weigh on the broader industry, according to comments...
Wednesday 4 February 2026
TI and NXP report strong results as AI data center power management boosts semiconductor packaging demand
Texas Instruments (TI), Infineon Technologies AG, STMicroelectronics, and NXP Semiconductors are expanding their manufacturing footprint in Malaysia as global customers accelerate...
Wednesday 4 February 2026
Nvidia's HBM4 tests near completion as SK Hynix ramps 1b DRAM
SK Hynix is accelerating production of 1b DRAM for high-bandwidth memory as quality testing of Nvidia's next-generation HBM4 nears its final stage, according to Korean media and industry...
Wednesday 4 February 2026
Nvidia shapes the HBM4 race as Samsung, SK Hynix jockey for position
Record demand for artificial intelligence applications propelled Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to milestone financial results in 2025. On January 29, 2026, the two South Korean...
Wednesday 4 February 2026
Vanguard International Semiconductor sees strong 2026 AI server power demand
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) forecasts that the semiconductor market in 2026 will be driven primarily by expanding AI investments and applications, which will broadly...
Wednesday 4 February 2026
Intel CEO unveils plans to enter GPU market dominated by Nvidia
Intel is making a bold strategic push into graphics processing units (GPUs), a segment long dominated by Nvidia. According to Reuters, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan announced on Tuesday...
Wednesday 4 February 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix move into HBM4 as yields and policy risks loom
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have both secured production-ready technology for 16-layer stacks of sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory, known as HBM4, positioning the two South...