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Wednesday 24 June 2026
Samsung eyes Galaxy Ultra for 2nm Exynos 2700

Samsung Electronics' System LSI division is pressing its mobile business to expand adoption of the in-house Exynos 2700 processor beyond...

Wednesday 24 June 2026
Former SMIC CEO targets China photomask IPO after 12-inch wafer bet
Former SMIC CEO Tzu-yin Chiu is extending his semiconductor materials strategy into photomasks, one of the most critical upstream links in chip manufacturing. Guangzhou Xinrui Photomask...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
Cerebras leans on OpenAI and AWS as anchor customers, raising questions about concentration
Cerebras Systems' first public quarter highlighted its dependence on a small set of large partners — OpenAI and AWS anchor the business — even as management declined on...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
AI server demand drives Taiwan PCB output toward NT$256.1B in 2Q26
Strong demand for AI servers is driving higher shipments of advanced printed circuit board (PCB) products in Taiwan, but it is also tightening supply of key materials and resources,...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
MediaTek price hike signals broader cost pressure for Taiwan IC design houses
Reports of MediaTek price adjustments appear to confirm a broader pricing trend across Taiwan's IC design sector. Industry sources said many small and mid-sized chip suppliers have...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
SK Hynix reportedly eases HBM4 push as commodity DRAM margins surge

SK Hynix is reportedly easing the pace of some HBM4 production conversions and redirecting more attention toward commodity DRAM, as a...

Wednesday 24 June 2026
Cerebras bets on speed as a product, racing to add data center capacity through 2027
Cerebras Systems used its first earnings call on June 26 to argue that speed is its core advantage and that the entire AI inference market is addressable. It also detailed an aggressive...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
Cerebras posts 92% revenue growth in first public quarter, but warns compute rentals will squeeze margins
Cerebras Systems delivered 92% revenue growth in its first quarter as a public company, but management cautioned that its decision to rent back computing capacity from an existing...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
China's chip-equipment push starts to weigh on Japanese suppliers

China's push to build a domestic semiconductor equipment industry is beginning to cut into revenue at major Japanese toolmakers, with...

Wednesday 24 June 2026
AI server VRM shifts drive power shortages and stretch lead times past 6 months
The AI boom is accelerating upgrades in thermal management and power management, and it is also triggering a revolution in voltage regulator module (VRM) architecture, with workloads...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
VFT targets semiconductors, foldable display, energy materials

Optical film and nano-coating materials developer Victory For Technology (VFT) is focusing on three key areas — AI and semiconductor...

Wednesday 24 June 2026
Samsung pushes memory supply deals as demand spreads beyond HBM

Samsung Electronics is putting long-term memory supply agreements higher on its second-half agenda as demand from data centers broadens...

Wednesday 24 June 2026
Europe's quantum patents hit record growth, but startup funding loses steam

At VivaTech 2026 in Paris last week, Philippe Keryer, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at Thales, identified Europe's core quantum...

Wednesday 24 June 2026
China CMP tool leader Hwatsing seeks US$550M to close chip equipment gap
Hwatsing Technology, China's leading domestic supplier of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) equipment, is seeking up to CNY4 billion (approx. US$552 million) through a private...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
Samsung's Texas fab gains momentum with the arrival of ASML engineers

Samsung Electronics' foundry plant in Taylor, Texas, is showing signs of moving into equipment-level execution. Key engineers from ASML...