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Tuesday 9 June 2026
AMD commits up to GBP2 billion to speed AI research in the UK
AMD said on June 8 it plans to invest up to GBP2 billion (approx. US$2.67 billion) in the UK over the next five years to accelerate AI innovation and research and broaden access to...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Taiwan suppliers target physical AI platforms as robotics race moves beyond hardware
Computex 2026 closed last week with physical AI among its central themes, and robots emerging as one of the clearest ways to demonstrate it. Yet, unlike CES, where robot makers competed...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Jensen Huang deepens LG alliance as Nvidia expands its AI ambitions in South Korea
After concluding a meeting with SK Group on the morning of June 8, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang traveled to LG Group's headquarters, the LG Twin Towers in Seoul's Yeouido district, for...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Yesiang begins shipping recycled filters as 2nm demand lifts AMC market
Taiwan's Yesiang has started volume shipments of a newly certified recycled advanced micro-contamination (AMC) filter as semiconductor makers push deeper into 2nm and smaller nodes...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
ELAN Microelectronics expands into AI PCs, drones, and optical chips
ELAN Microelectronics is broadening beyond notebook PCs into agentic AI PCs, unmanned vehicles, and optical communication chips, moves that could influence technology supply chains...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
YMTC returns to South Korea's consumer SSD market after four-year absence
Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) is bringing its consumer SSD brand ZHITAI back to South Korea after a four-year absence, as major memory makers devote more resources to high-bandwidth...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
MAtek posts record May revenue as AI chip power and 2-nanometer nodes drive testing demand
MAtek reported May 2026 revenue of NT$544 million (US$17.23 million), a 26.87% increase year-over-year and a 0.69% increase month-over-month, marking its third consecutive month of...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Panasonic raises SP-Cap prices as AI drives passive component demand
Passive component prices are staying elevated as AI continues to drive demand, with industry sources saying pricing in 2026 will remain at high levels. Panasonic is set to launch a...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
AI supply chain shortages shift from chips to equipment
As four major North American CSPs step up AI infrastructure spending, global semiconductor output forecasts keep rising. But the AI demand surge is also exposing hidden supply-chain...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
HiSilicon chip price hikes put China's AI compute supply chain back in focus
Huawei's chip design arm HiSilicon Technologies has reportedly raised prices for some products, drawing market attention as China's semiconductor sector shows signs of recovery after...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
AI demand is turning memory chips into rationed assets, Morgan Stanley says
AI is reshaping the global memory-chip market, according to Morgan Stanley, by pulling in more DRAM, HBM, and NAND, and turning once-cheap components into scarce resources. The shift...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
AI chip race lifts semiconductor equipment sales to record US$36.55bn
Global semiconductor equipment sales hit a record first-quarter 2026 high, as the AI buildout lifted investment in leading-edge logic, DRAM and advanced packaging.
Tuesday 9 June 2026
LG Innotek expands Vietnam substrate plant as AI servers strain RF-SiP supply
LG Innotek is expanding semiconductor substrate production in Vietnam as rising demand for server components reshapes capacity across the substrate industry, fueling expectations that...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Analysis: ASICs are coming for Nvidia's GPU dominance — and it could happen next year, says DIGITIMES analyst
Jensen Huang spent nearly two weeks in Taiwan for GTC Taipei and Computex 2026 before flying to Seoul on June 5 — and even on the streets of South Korea, he returned to the same...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Samsung is already shipping HBM4 for Vera Rubin — and is now negotiating HBM5 and next-gen foundry with Nvidia
Samsung Electronics signaled that discussions on cooperation with Nvidia are progressing smoothly, and that collaboration in next-generation memory and foundry services will continue...