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Wednesday 29 April 2026
Hsinchu water restrictions ease as reservoirs rebound
Taiwan's Water Resources Agency (WRA) disaster emergency response team held its third working meeting on April 27, deciding to downgrade the water status signal in Hsinchu from a "pressure-reducing"...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Supreme's 1Q26 server revenue surpasses mobile as CSP demand boosts memory prices
Memory distributor Supreme Electronics (Supreme) saw its revenue double in the first quarter of 2026, driven by a sharp rise in memory prices. DRAM and Flash accounted for nearly 90%...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Commentary: China's chip-model strategy pressures Nvidia's AI economics
The global AI industry is shifting into an inference cost war in 2026, with DeepSeek V4 accelerating changes across China's semiconductor supply chain. By positioning Huawei's Ascend...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
AI token demand drives TSMC node expansion, buoying Taiwan's economy
A global surge in artificial intelligence computing is accelerating demand for advanced semiconductors and reinforcing Taiwan's near-term economic momentum, even as leading indicators...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
AI server demand locks up memory supply through 2027, prices seen holding firm
Artificial intelligence (AI) server demand is tightening memory supply through 2027, with a large share of upstream capacity already committed under long-term agreements, according...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Nvidia launches Nemotron 3 Nano Omni to power unified multimodal AI agents
On April 28, Nvidia introduced Nemotron 3 Nano Omni, a new open multimodal AI model designed to simplify the development of agent-based systems by combining vision, audio, and language...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
NXP signals structural growth as automotive and industrial drive momentum
NXP Semiconductors outlined a strengthening business outlook, with management pointing to clearer demand visibility and improving operational indicators across its end markets. CEO...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Taiwan logs record chip exports, AI demand outpaces geopolitical risk
As the conflict involving the US, Israel, and Iran enters its second month, a fragile ceasefire has tempered immediate market shocks, yet economists warn that prolonged tensions could...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
NXP advances VSMC and ESMC projects with ramp timelines on track
NXP Semiconductors and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) are making steady progress on the VSMC manufacturing project, with execution now entering a more advanced stage as...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Kemflo bets on BIM and recycling tech to target US$100 billion semiconductor water market
Kemflo announced it is positioning its BIM design and recycling technologies to capture growing demand for industrial water treatment from the semiconductor and electronics sectors,...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Faraday Technology posts profit decline in the first quarter as gross margin hits 13-quarter high
Faraday Technology reported consolidated revenue of NT$2.59 billion (US$82.4 million) in the first quarter, with net income after tax of NT$100 million and earnings per share of NT$0.40,...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
NXP beats expectations and lifts outlook on improving chip demand
NXP Semiconductors reported first-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue of US$3.18 billion, rising 12.2% year on year but down 4.6% sequentially, according to company data. Gross profit increased...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
CPUs reclaim the core of AI architecture as multicore trend tightens substrate supply
Workloads are shifting from training to inference. In this transition, CPUs are regaining a central role in coordinating diverse computing tasks, significantly boosting their importance...
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Adata reports soaring earnings on strong memory demand

A surge in demand for AI is fueling a powerful upswing in the memory market, propelling Adata to record-breaking results at the start of...

Wednesday 29 April 2026
Samsung doubles down on 2nm as TSMC pushes toward 1nm
Samsung Electronics and TSMC have taken increasingly different approaches to advanced semiconductor manufacturing as the industry moves beyond the 3nm generation. Although being the...