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Wednesday 30 September 2026
Commentary: What risks does China's DRAM capacity face amid tightening market?
China's continued expansion of DRAM capacity has raised a key question for the global memory market: will supply and demand flip?
Wednesday 30 September 2026
CXMT expansion meets surging GigaDevice DRAM demand, sharpening China's memory supply-chain buildout
CXMT's continued DRAM capacity expansion is coinciding with stronger demand from China's domestic memory sector.
Wednesday 30 September 2026
AI boom strains PCB supply chain as materials, equipment shortages persist into 2027
Rapid growth in AI server and high-speed networking demand since the second half of 2025 has tightened supply across printed circuit boards (PCBs), integrated circuit (IC) substrates,...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Solidigm weighs US IPO as AI storage demand lifts valuation
SK Hynix's US-based NAND flash and solid-state drive (SSD) subsidiary, Solidigm, is considering a US initial public offering as early as 2027, with reports indicating a potential valuation...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
GlobalFoundries eyes GaN expansion to challenge TSMC in AI

GlobalFoundries (GF) is preparing a major global capacity expansion as TSMC is set to gradually exit gallium nitride (GaN) foundry services...

Tuesday 29 September 2026
HBM to take nearly 30% of DRAM capacity as Samsung speeds up P5
High-bandwidth memory (HBM) is expected to account for nearly 30% of DRAM makers' total wafer capacity in 2027, up from about 20% currently, as Samsung Electronics moves to accelerate...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
South Korea looks beyond high-nickel NCM in battery push
South Korea is broadening its battery strategy beyond high-nickel NCM, stepping up investment in sodium-ion, all-solid-state and lower-cost technologies after acknowledging that its...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
IDC says AI agent growth will widen global compute shortage by 2027

AI agents are moving into enterprise workflows and driving a sharp rise in demand for AI infrastructure, with a new report from IDC...

Tuesday 29 September 2026
Posco Future M lands KRW1.1 trillion LFP cathode deal with SK On
Posco Future M signed a large lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode materials supply contract with SK On for 2027 to 2029, in a deal worth about KRW1.1 trillion (US$810 million). The...
Friday 25 September 2026
Akamai plans US$5.5 billion cloud buildout after US$11.6 billion Anthropic deal
Akamai Technologies plans to spend about US$5.5 billion building cloud infrastructure to support a US$11.6 billion, seven-year commitment from Anthropic, as the US cloud provider expands...
Thursday 24 September 2026
CXMT gains ground in DRAM as Samsung, SK Hynix shift more capacity to HBM
China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is gaining ground in the global DRAM market as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix allocate more production capacity to high-bandwidth memory...
Thursday 24 September 2026
AI drives Episil GeSi, PMIC growth

Semiconductor epitaxy maker Episil Precision said on September 22 that rising demand from AI data centers has created two main growth...

Thursday 24 September 2026
Yusin Malaysia plant to fully ramp up by 4Q26

Brake system parts maker Yusin said at an investor conference on September 23 that key equipment at its new Malaysia plant is expected...

Thursday 24 September 2026
United Renewable Energy eyes US plant, space-based solar power in revenue push

Solar cell manufacturer and systems integrator United Renewable Energy (URE) is still awaiting a final decision on the location of its...

Thursday 24 September 2026
Cadence, Synopsys certify TSMC A14 design flows ahead of 2028 production

Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys have achieved certification for key design flows on TSMC's A14 process, expanding the design ecosystem...