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Tuesday 3 February 2026
Ample Electronic expects quarterly growth as silver price drop prompts passive component clients to resume orders
Ample Electronic Technology, a major upstream manufacturer of conductive pastes for passive components, said that the sharp decline in silver has revived downstream customers' ordering...
Tuesday 3 February 2026
China's AI chip swarm hits mass scale, chipping away at Nvidia's China stronghold

US export controls are accelerating China's localization of data-center AI chips, with shipment data now pointing to rapid commercial...

Tuesday 3 February 2026
SK Hynix achieves major breakthrough in HBM4 quality tests, eyes stable supply for Nvidia Rubin
SK Hynix has reportedly made significant progress in the quality testing of Nvidia's sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) products, boosting the likelihood that it will become...
Tuesday 3 February 2026
Rising memory prices add cost pressures for IC design houses
Rising memory prices are creating fresh cost challenges for IC design firms, particularly those producing chips with embedded memory. While most chip designers feel the impact indirectly,...
Tuesday 3 February 2026
YMTC enters LPDDR5 battlefield as China leans on it to steady NAND flash supply
Memory shortages are worsening across the market as international suppliers shift capacity aggressively toward servers, tightening supply for consumer electronics and automotive sectors...
Tuesday 3 February 2026
C Sun invests NT$1.48 billion in Taichung plant to boost AI advanced packaging equipment
Semiconductor and printed circuit board (PCB) equipment maker C Sun announced plans to invest approximately NT$1.48 billion (US$46.87 million) to acquire a nearly 3,000-ping (106,750...
Tuesday 3 February 2026
NXP signals modest recovery despite automotive shortfall as shares dip on high market expectations
NXP Semiconductors reported a sequential recovery across most end markets in its fourth-quarter results, yet its core automotive business grew more slowly than anticipated. This performance...
Tuesday 3 February 2026
OpenAI's inference push puts all eyes on Nvidia's AI chip strategy
OpenAI has been exploring alternatives to some of Nvidia's latest artificial intelligence chips, particularly for AI inference workloads. This exemplifies the intensifying competition...
Tuesday 3 February 2026
Nexperia plans Malaysia expansion in face of geopolitical risks and automotive supply concerns
Geopolitical tensions between the Netherlands and China led to Nexperia halting shipments at the end of 2025, raising concerns over potential disruptions in the automotive semiconductor...
Tuesday 3 February 2026
Realtek, MediaTek, Airoha increase prices in response to OSAT and memory price hikes
Rising prices are no longer limited to upstream materials and PCBs; surging memory costs have further pushed up supply chain expenses, prompting synchronized responses across wafer...
Tuesday 3 February 2026
Alchip, GUC, and Faraday eye 2026 growth on US CSP chip orders
Alchip, Global Unichip (GUC), and Faraday each hold unique strengths as leading ASIC design service providers. Benefiting from major US cloud service providers' (CSPs) push for in-house...
Tuesday 3 February 2026
Qualcomm, MediaTek, Apple dominate smart glasses processor race
Competition in the smart glasses market is heating up, with startups launching new products in rapid succession and major consumer electronics brands preparing to enter the space.
Tuesday 3 February 2026
Germany pivots to Korean chipmakers as Intel retreats

German state governments are stepping up efforts to secure new semiconductor partners in South Korea after Intel shelved plans to build...

Tuesday 3 February 2026
South Korea eyes X-ray lithography in response to ASML's EUV grip

As global competition in semiconductor technology intensifies and protectionist trends tied to national strategy gain momentum, South...

Tuesday 3 February 2026
Sumitomo Bakelite to acquire Kyocera unit, paving way for Chang Wah expansion
Japanese materials maker Sumitomo Bakelite has announced plans to acquire the materials business of Japanese electronic components company Kyocera. Industry observers say the companies'...