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Wednesday 25 February 2026
China targets fivefold jump in advanced chip output to fuel AI expansion
China is preparing a fivefold increase in domestic advanced logic chip output within one to two years to support its expanding AI computing infrastructure, according to people familiar...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Walsin Technology boosts Matsuo Electric stake to expand product lines
Walsin Technology Corporation announced plans to invest JPY508 million (US$3.27 million) to increase its shareholding in Japan's Matsuo Electric, a move the passive components maker...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
PGC profits rebound in 2025 with sub-12nm processes exceeding 70% of revenue
Benefiting from a continued increase in high-end process non-recurring engineering (NRE) projects, Progate Group Corporation (PGC) reported fourth-quarter 2025 revenue of NT$415 million...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
MLCC prices to climb as AI demand hits full capacity
The global multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) market is on the brink of a price surge as Japanese and Korean giants grapple with record demand from AI data centers. Samsung Electro-Mechanics...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
ChipMOS raises memory test prices again, signs 3-year capacity contract
ChipMOS returned to profitability in 2025 after a fourth-quarter 2025 rebound driven by memory shortages and higher test prices, and the company forecasts a stronger second-half performance...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
India's Kaynes Semicon deepens ties with Synopsys in push toward advanced packaging
Kaynes Semicon, the semiconductor assembly and test arm of Kaynes Technology India Ltd., has adopted engineering simulation software from Synopsys to strengthen its outsourced semiconductor...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
AMD and Meta seal US$100 billion AI infrastructure deal for 6GW of Instinct GPUs
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Meta have entered into a multi-year agreement to deploy up to 6 gigawatts of AMD Instinct GPUs to power Meta's next-generation AI data centers, marking...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Analog market rebalances: Texas Instruments pushes through price hikes
Texas Instruments (TI) has raised analog chip prices in 2025, prompting several US and European peers to follow suit with similar increases.
Wednesday 25 February 2026
US says no H200s were cleared for China since Trump's go-ahead
Nvidia's high-performance GPUs sit at the heart of the US-China AI chip standoff — and Washington's export controls mean every policy shift lands directly on its order book....
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Intel taps SambaNova for AI inference push via partnership and minority stake
Intel has opted for a multi-year collaboration and minority investment in SambaNova Systems rather than a full acquisition, signaling a more capital-disciplined approach as it seeks...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
TI posts rare first-quarter growth driven by turn orders and data center momentum
Texas Instruments (TI) has provided a revenue guidance range of US$4.32 billion to US$4.68 billion for the first quarter of 2026. This outlook reflects significantly stronger seasonality...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
ASE accelerates panel-level packaging push with fully automated 310mm line by 2026
AI and high-performance computing chip demand continue to expand, keeping TSMC's CoWoS capacity tight into 2026. The supply constraint is pushing Taiwan's major OSAT providers, including...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Texas Instruments posts mixed fourth-quarter 2025 results as data center strength offsets consumer weakness
Texas Instruments reported mixed results for the fourth quarter of 2025, with year-on-year growth supported by industrial and data center demand but sequential declines across most...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Microsoft and Qualcomm welcome Nvidia to competition as new PC chip approaches launch
Widespread speculation surrounds Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's previously teased chips set to be revealed at the March 2026 GTC conference. Among the most discussed possibilities are the...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
TI capex to fall as six-year investment cycle winds down, Sherman fab ramp ahead schedule
Texas Instruments is approaching the end of a six-year capex expansion after spending US$4.6 billion in 2025, and plans to cut 2026 investment to US$2 billion–US$3 billion as...