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Wednesday 14 October 2026
ASML's record 3Q26 sales expose a capacity gap for AI chip demand through 2028
ASML reported record third-quarter 2026 net sales of EUR11.7 billion (approx. US$13.1 billion) and net income of EUR5 billion, while warning that its planned supply for 2027 and 2028...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
JCET redirects Korean factories towards AI to counter weak smartphone growth
JCET is directing most of its increased capital spending towards advanced packaging, modules and testing while reorganising its two South Korean factories to meet AI infrastructure...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Broadcom executive says chipmakers must tackle packaging, power limits together
Broadcom's Frank Ostojic said semiconductor firms need joint innovation across equipment, materials, and design to overcome bottlenecks that affect AI chips worldwide. He warned that...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Samsung, AMD validate CXL memory for AI servers
Samsung Electronics and AMD have collaborated to validate Compute Express Link (CXL) memory technology designed to expand capacity and bandwidth for AI servers, as Samsung broadens...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Cisco expands AI networking with new chips, SONiC, cross-site deployment
As AI cluster sizes grow, networking systems face challenges beyond higher bandwidth, including power consumption, cooling, cross-site coordination, and large-scale device operations...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
TOK expands Koriyama photoresist capacity as AI chip demand rises
Japanese semiconductor materials giant TOK is expanding its production footprint in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, to strengthen its position in the global semiconductor materials...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Applied Materials CEO says AI race hinges on technology and capacity
The contest for leadership in AI computing is being fought on two fronts—technology and manufacturing capacity—and chipmakers must advance chips, memory, advanced packaging...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Memory bottlenecks drive HBM shift to 8-layer stacks
As the gap between memory supply and demand widens due to the surge in AI applications, supply chain sources report that major GPU and custom ASIC vendors are considering lower-spec...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
HBM capacity shift sends DDR4 contract prices rising faster than DDR5
DDR4 contract prices are rising faster than those of the newer DDR5 standard, reversing the usual pricing pattern in the memory market. The artificial intelligence (AI) boom has prompted...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
KYEC, Nvidia eye Texas site for US AI chip testing plant
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has signed a prepayment agreement with Nvidia to support its wholly owned US subsidiary, AeternZ, in building local testing capacity, giving Nvidia early...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
KYEC signs advanced payment deal with Nvidia for US testing expansion
Taiwanese semiconductor testing services provider King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) is expanding its US footprint, with its board approving an advance payment agreement with Nvidia. Under...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Chinese automakers face three hidden barriers in European expansion
China-based automakers are mounting an aggressive push into Europe, enjoying rapid early momentum. However, supply chain analysts note that the ultra-fast development model perfected...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
SK Hynix, Micron confront AI memory bottlenecks with HBM standardization, chip integration
AI infrastructure expansion is shifting semiconductor competition beyond individual chip performance towards memory bandwidth, data-transfer power consumption, transistor scaling,...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
NTT Data, Anthropic negotiate Japan data center with up to 500MW
NTT Data and Anthropic are in final-stage negotiations to develop a data center in Osaka, Japan, with power capacity of up to 500MW, according to Nikkei. The project would...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
TSMC-GF interposer deal reshapes US AI supply chain, from CoWoS to HBM
GlobalFoundries (GF) and TSMC have reached a manufacturing agreement to establish a US-based supply source for silicon interposers supporting TSMC's CoWoS advanced packaging ecosystem...