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Friday 16 October 2026
Samsung SDI targets 2027 LFP BBU battery production
Samsung SDI will begin mass-producing cylindrical lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for AI servers as early as June 2027, marking the first adoption of cylindrical LFP backup...
Friday 16 October 2026
TSMC excludes CPUs from AI accelerator growth forecast
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) is seeing rising demand for CPUs related to agentic artificial intelligence (AI), but has not yet included CPUs in its calculations of AI...
Friday 16 October 2026
AI server tracker: Optical suppliers' September revenue jumps 90%
Taiwan's optical communications suppliers posted a sharp revenue increase in September 2026, far outpacing major power supply manufacturers in percentage growth as demand for faster...
Thursday 15 October 2026
TSMC bars capacity resale, aims to leave no AI money on the table
TSMC will not let customers sublease or auction off their wafer capacity allocations, chairman C.C. Wei said during the company's October 15 earnings call. With AI chip demand still...
Thursday 15 October 2026
TSMC investor conference: TSMC lifts 2026 revenue growth forecast to 44%, 2nm expansion, new 3nm fab
TSMC Chairman and CEO C.C. Wei announced that, driven by relentless AI momentum and strong demand for advanced process technologies, the company has raised its full-year 2026 US dollar...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Aurotek posts record 3Q26 revenue, up 58% on automation demand
Aurotek Corp. reported record consolidated revenue of NT$1.113 billion (US$34.7 million) in the third quarter of 2026, up 57.93% from a year earlier. Orders from semiconductor, high-end...
Thursday 15 October 2026
FIC Group opens Malaysia plant as optical module capacity targets 18 SMT lines
FIC Group opened its PRO3C (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. manufacturing facility in Johor, Malaysia, on October 15, expanding its optical communications production footprint in Southeast Asia...
Thursday 15 October 2026
TSMC CEO says profitability has no ceiling, plans High-NA EUV adoption in 2030
TSMC chairman and CEO C.C. Wei said on October 15 that the chipmaker sees no ceiling on its profitability as demand for AI accelerators continues to outpace supply. Wei also said AI-related...
Thursday 15 October 2026
AI server tracker: Taiwanese ODM/EMS players post NT$2.18T in September 2026, up 56% YoY
Six Taiwanese server and networking contract manufacturers booked combined revenue of NT$2.18 trillion (US$67.3 billion) in September 2026, up 55.9% year-over-year and 4.9% month-over-month,...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Applied Materials CEO says agentic AI drives wafer demand
Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson said customer demand to produce more good dies per wafer and rapidly expand wafer output has reached levels unprecedented in his career, driven...
Thursday 15 October 2026
TSMC breaks silence on Musk's Terafab: Talks underway, but fab control non-negotiable
TSMC has confirmed that it is in discussions with Elon Musk's Terafab initiative over potential semiconductor manufacturing cooperation, marking the first public acknowledgment of...
Thursday 15 October 2026
TSMC eyes US$54.3bn in 4Q26 revenue, but 2nm ramp and overseas fabs pressure margins

TSMC expects fourth-quarter 2026 revenue to reach US$52.3 billion to US$54.3 billion, potentially rising as much as 61% year-over-year, with sustained...

Thursday 15 October 2026
US AI data center power shortages drive demand for hybrid solar, natural gas and geothermal systems
The rapid expansion of AI data centers in the US is placing growing pressure on conventional power grids, as their substantial and highly variable electricity requirements strain available...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Micron opens second Taiwan advanced packaging plant as HBM supply tightens
Micron Technology on October 15 opened Micron Advanced Assembly and Test Taiwan 2 (AATT2) in Taichung, its second advanced assembly and test facility in Taiwan. The plant expands the...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Memory crisis drives global smartphone shipments down 20%, deepening premium-budget divide
Global smartphone shipments fell 20% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2026, their lowest 3Q level since 2012, as persistent DRAM and NAND shortages inflated production costs, constrained...