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Thursday 27 August 2026
Nvidia's binding constraint moves from demand to cost, and it has now put a number on both
For the first time in this cycle, Nvidia has told investors where its gross margin will bottom out and how far short of demand its supply will fall - two admissions that shift the...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Nvidia's second quarter shows demand intact and the cash cycle stretching
Growth has stopped being the interesting question at Nvidia. Revenue for the quarter ended July 26, 2026 was US$96.2 billion, up 106% from a year earlier, and Data Center accounted...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Nvidia says AI labs it is helping to finance will be about a quarter of next year's business
Nvidia has put a figure on its exposure to the AI labs it helps fund. On its second-quarter earnings call, chief financial officer Colette Kress said the company expects "demand from...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Nvidia's answer to custom silicon is the half of the market that will never build any
The sharpest question on Nvidia's second-quarter call came a Bank of America analyst, who noted that OpenAI and Anthropic - both major beneficiaries of Nvidia's ecosystem investment...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Nvidia caps its own growth at 70% because that is all the supply it can secure
Nvidia has guided a full year in advance for the first time, and the number it chose is not a demand forecast. Chief financial officer Colette Kress told the company's second-quarter...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
YMTC targets global NAND lead by 2027 as parent seeks US$5 billion IPO
Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) is aiming to become the world's largest NAND flash supplier by the end of 2027, setting an aggressive target as its parent prepares a nearly US$5...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Record mid-2026 growth for WUS Printed Circuit and China's pivot to ultra-high-layer PCBs
The global hardware supply chain is undergoing a structural transformation, driven by an unprecedented surge in artificial intelligence infrastructure investment. "This shift has brought...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
TSMC packaging shift could boost AMD CoWoS share and trim Nvidia's allocation
Morgan Stanley said TSMC's advanced packaging allocation is expected to shift in 2027, as processor demand tied to agentic AI lifts AMD's CoWoS usage and reduces Nvidia's share. The...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
China's chip-tool makers are winning share and paying for it in margins
The first-half 2026 accounts now on file from China's listed semiconductor equipment makers describe an industry that has largely settled the question of whether domestic tools can...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
China chip equipment maker Naura posts 25% revenue growth, but R&D and margins squeeze profit
Naura Technology Group posted faster revenue growth than profit in the first half of 2026, with stronger semiconductor equipment sales offset by heavier R&D spending, higher sales...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Hot Chips 2026: Samsung advances LPDDR5X-PIM as HBM costs mount
At Hot Chips 2026, Samsung Electronics moved processing-in-memory (PIM) closer to practical deployment, presenting what it described as the industry's first LPDDR-based PIM device...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Cook's parting shot: Apple takes AI compute out of data centers
Apple took pre-orders on August 25 for a new Mac mini and Mac Studio. Both will ship on September 22. Prices of the Mac mini start at US$899 with the M6 chip, or $1,699 with the M5...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
SK hynix production union rejects stock-heavy pay deal by 25 votes
SK hynix's production-worker union has rejected the company's tentative 2026 wage and collective bargaining agreement by just 25 votes, sending the two sides back to the negotiating...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Taiwan Photon Source boosts domestic accelerator supply chain, challenges cutting-edge technology limits
The Taiwan-based National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), supported by top scientists including Nobel chemistry laureate Yuan-tseh Lee, held a celebration event on August...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Trump weighs Apple China chip deal as CXMT runs full
Apple is seeking to diversify its supply chain to ease pressure from rising memory costs and has reportedly sought US government clearance to buy memory from blacklisted Chinese chipmaker...