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Thursday 9 April 2026
Hon Precision sees surging demand for AI infrastructure components
Hon Precision's strong March and first quarter 2026 results signal accelerating global demand for AI infrastructure components, with potential ripple effects on data center procurement...
Thursday 9 April 2026
Samsung profit jumps on memory rally, chips drive over 90% of earnings
Samsung Electronics posted record first-quarter 2026 results, with more than 90% of earnings tied to its memory business, underscoring the scale of the AI-driven memory upcycle.
Thursday 9 April 2026
China's EVE Energy ramps up capacity amid energy storage boom
EVE Energy, one of China's largest battery manufacturers, said on April 7 that it expected strong profit growth in the first quarter of 2026 as demand for energy storage batteries...
Thursday 9 April 2026
China faces 300,000 semiconductor talent gap, warns SMIC founder

China's semiconductor industry faces a widening talent gap even as global competition intensifies, exposing a structural constraint despite...

Thursday 9 April 2026
Wi-Fi 7 orders set to overtake Wi-Fi 6 as businesses upgrade networks
After several years of anticipation, Wi-Fi 7 is finally beginning to gain traction. Industry suppliers say meaningful adoption did not begin until 2025, but many now expect 2026 to...
Thursday 9 April 2026
EV market cooling pushes US battery makers into energy storage
US efforts to localize lithium battery production are encountering a new challenge: a mismatch between supply and demand, driven by political shifts and changes to subsidy programs...
Thursday 9 April 2026
Phison Electronics sees AI-driven demand surge, downplays retail memory price swings
Phison Electronics reported consolidated revenue of NT$18.32 billion (approx. US$577.81 million) for March 2026, up 50% sequentially and 221% year over year, setting a new record high...
Thursday 9 April 2026
Microloops rides AI boom, aims to double 2026 revenue
Cooling module manufacturer Microloops has said its major cloud service provider (CSP) customer has been increasing pull-ins starting in the second quarterof 2026, driving significant...
Thursday 9 April 2026
Winmate eyes 2026 growth amid rising defense and edge AI demand
Winmate, an industrial PC (IPC) provider, has reported record-high revenue for March 2026 as global defense projects accelerate procurement and delivery schedules alongside growing...
Thursday 9 April 2026
China's memory capacity surge led by YMTC and CXMT shifts global supply in AI cycle
Global memory markets are entering a new restructuring cycle driven by AI demand, with China's YMTC and CXMT scaling capacity and state-backed investment to gain share in a sector...
Thursday 9 April 2026
Intel–Terafab collaboration highlights potential role for 18A in next-generation AI manufacturing
The collaboration between Intel and Elon Musk under the Terafab initiative is emerging as a potential catalyst for demand for Intel's most advanced manufacturing node, 18A, even as...
Thursday 9 April 2026
Transcend posts record March sales, 1Q26 revenue hits nearly 80% of 2025
Memory module maker Transcend reported a new monthly revenue high in March 2026 of NT$5.7 billion (approx. US$178.8 million), up 78.6% month-over-month and 3.8 times year-over-year...
Thursday 9 April 2026
Apple hit by Mac shipping delays as DRAM shortage intensifies
Apple's US online store is currently showing extreme shipping delays of 4-5 months for several upgraded RAM configurations of the Mac mini and Mac Studio, highlighting a severe supply...
Thursday 9 April 2026
Geopolitics and AI is redrawing the global chip packaging landscape
The AI computing boom is reshaping where semiconductors get packaged. Geopolitical pressure and supply chain diversification are pushing capacity well beyond its traditional strongholds...
Thursday 9 April 2026
AI chip demand tightens ABF substrate supply, three-year upcycle in sight
As AI CPUs, GPUs, and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) advance to new generations, they are driving a sharp increase in both substrate size and layer counts. Simultaneously,...