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Friday 13 November 2026
AI memory may balance after mid-2028 while compute and supporting chips stay short, SMIC says
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) expects artificial intelligence (AI) demand to keep chip supply tight through mid-2028, even as equipment lead times of up to...
Friday 13 November 2026
Applied Materials posts record fourth-quarter revenue as AI-driven chip equipment demand accelerates
Applied Materials' record fourth-quarter revenue and operating income highlight how investment in AI infrastructure is translating into demand for wafer-fabrication equipment. Growth...
Friday 13 November 2026
Asus expects the 2027 PC market to shrink 10–15% as memory costs bite
Asus has turned cautious on the 2027 PC market, forecasting a 10–15% full-year decline as memory prices surge, end-user demand cools, and global regulation of data-center construction...
Friday 13 November 2026
Asus reports record third-quarter revenue as server business grows
Asus posted record brand consolidated revenue of NT$258.788 billion (US$7.86 billion) in the third quarter of 2026, up 7% quarter-on-quarter and 36% year-on-year, as AI server shipments...
Friday 13 November 2026
SMIC posts record third-quarter revenue as factory utilization nears full capacity
SMIC's record third-quarter revenue and sharper rise in operating profit point to stronger factory throughput, while the lower net result against the prior quarter shows how investment-related...
Friday 13 November 2026
Analysis: Nvidia's leadership change leaves Taiwan suppliers confident in near-term demand
Jensen Huang's resignation is expected to have short-term effects on Taiwan's server suppliers, which are developing Nvidia's Vera Rubin and Feynman platforms. However, suppliers say...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Quanta shifts 2027 capex toward power, the new battleground for AI server ODMs
Quanta Computer posted strong revenue and earnings in the third quarter of 2026 and expects operations to continue accelerating in the fourth quarter, driven by AI servers. The company...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Pegatron targets multiyear AI server surge, with Nvidia Vera Rubin shipments set for 1H27
Pegatron said at its November 12 earnings briefing that 2026 would mark its first year of server shipments, with the business expected to contribute about 10% of consolidated revenue...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Synnex pivots to AI solution enabler, targets continued growth in 2027
Synnex Technology International Corp. posted record quarterly revenue in the third quarter of 2026 and expects continued growth and new highs in 2027, driven by AI semiconductors,...
Thursday 12 November 2026
China's AI short-drama boom opens new token revenue opportunity for ByteDance's Seedance, Volcengine
China's AI-generated short-drama market is expanding rapidly, with surging content production and viewership making the sector an increasingly significant source of demand for AI computing...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Sam Altman warns Samsung of short-term AI demand volatility
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned Samsung Electronics executives that AI memory demand could fluctuate in the short term, with the market potentially counting the same demand more than...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Chinese models capture 89% of US corporate spending in open-source AI
Chinese AI models have taken a dominant position as demand for open-source models grows among US businesses. According to the "2026: The State of Enterprise AI" report released in...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Intel China wants to turn untapped renewable energy into AI tokens with computing pods slated for 1H27
As demand for AI computing expands across industries and applications, chipmakers are seeking opportunities beyond conventional data centers, extending into enterprise deployments...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Samsung moves up HBM packaging plant opening to June 2028
Samsung Electronics said on November 12 it had moved up the planned opening of its new high-bandwidth memory (HBM) packaging plant in South Korea by one year to June 2028 to meet rising...
Thursday 12 November 2026
South Korea’s HBM demand drives 54% surge in Taiwan glass fiber exports
Taiwan’s glass fiber exports to South Korea rose 54.0% year-over-year in the first nine months of 2026 as demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and advanced packaging expanded...