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Tuesday 12 May 2026

WPG Holdings, WT Microelectronics see record April revenue on strong AI server demand

Leading IC distributors WPG Holdings and WT Microelectronics posted double-digit growth in both monthly and cumulative revenue for January to April 2026, driven by demand for data...

Tuesday 12 May 2026

Arm's AGI CPU demand surges as supply constraints loom

Arm is preparing to expand beyond its traditional IP licensing business by introducing data center CPUs, positioning itself to compete directly with some of its own customers, including...

Tuesday 12 May 2026

Apple, Qualcomm and MediaTek take different paths as TSMC capacity stays tight

TSMC is facing fierce customer competition and supply shortages as demand surges for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing chips, forcing fabless chipmakers to consider...

Tuesday 12 May 2026

Commentary: Musk's xAI exit shows Anthropic's AI strength

On May 6, Elon Musk was in several places at once: confronting OpenAI in court, announcing on X that xAI would no longer operate as an independent company, and handing over a large...

Tuesday 12 May 2026

Apple, AI server demand power Tripod to record 1Q26 as PCB orders spill over

Taiwanese PCB maker Tripod Technology posted its strongest-ever first-quarter performance in 2026, driven by resilient server and memory...

Tuesday 12 May 2026

Interview: Cyient Semiconductors CEO on Kinetic acquisition — why power is the new compute bottleneck

As the semiconductor industry grapples with the growing energy demands of artificial intelligence, Cyient Semiconductors is repositioning itself away from being a primarily semiconductor...

Monday 11 May 2026

For India's chip dream, Lam Research points beyond fabs

As India's semiconductor ambitions move from policy announcements to execution, Lam Research sees the country's opportunity extending beyond fabs to the less visible ecosystem that...

Monday 11 May 2026

DIGITIMES Insight: MediaTek denies Intel link as TSMC's packaging lead faces new test

DIGITIMES senior analyst Luke Lin said Warren Buffett's investment in Apple should be viewed not simply as a stock trade, but as a bet...

Monday 11 May 2026

Weekly news roundup: Taiwan freezes trading in MediaTek; 2D NAND shortage spirals

Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of May 4-10, 2026:

Monday 11 May 2026

AI surge drives Taiwan push for second-source PCB materials as market booms

The global copper-clad laminate market expanded sharply as AI computing demand forced higher-spec hardware, and Taiwan's printed circuit board supply chain moved to secure second-source...

Monday 11 May 2026

Taiwan chip testing firm sheds power unit, pivots to AI validation as margins recover

Taiwan-based electronics verification and analysis specialist Integrated Service Technology (iST) posted weaker first-quarter revenue and an operating loss amid a major operational...

Monday 11 May 2026

Nvidia backs IREN in 5GW AI infrastructure push tied to US$2.1 billion stake

Nvidia is expanding its influence beyond AI chips and deeper into the infrastructure layer underpinning the global artificial intelligence boom, announcing a strategic partnership...

Monday 11 May 2026

Samsung eyes Exynos 2700 as test for chip-unit recovery

Samsung Electronics is looking to the tentatively named Exynos 2700 application processor (AP) as a key test for its non-memory semiconductor recovery, with the chip's adoption rate...

Saturday 9 May 2026

Global semiconductor market faces shortages as AI demand strains supply chains

Since the second half of 2025, the global semiconductor industry has been squeezed by a rare convergence of forces: surging artificial...

Friday 8 May 2026

US president considers inviting Nvidia and other CEOs to China trade talks

CEOs from Nvidia and other American tech companies are among those that the US government plans to invite to join President Donald Trump's visit to China next week. Along with the...

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