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Friday 23 January 2026
RDIMM spot prices blow past US$2,000, raising odds of 80% Samsung memory hike
Structural imbalances in the memory industry have emerged due to AI data center demand, sending server memory prices sky high and upstream manufacturers to go all out to increase profits...
Friday 23 January 2026
Intel’s “better than guidance” quarter comes with a catch
Intel's latest financials highlight a fragile turnaround: while AI-linked data center demand and early traction in advanced manufacturing offer strategic promise, weak margins, volatile...
Friday 23 January 2026
Lip-Bu Tan faces Intel's first real bottleneck of the AI era
Intel outlined an increasingly AI-centric roadmap across client PCs, data centers, and manufacturing. Still, executives cautioned that tight supply and early-stage foundry ramps continue...
Friday 23 January 2026
Intel slows its most ambitious node—and signals where the real battle is for now
Intel is sharpening its manufacturing strategy around yield improvement, selective capital spending, and differentiated advanced packaging, while keeping major 14A capacity investments...
Friday 23 January 2026
HBF likely overtaking HBM market by 2038 as commercialization speeds up

High-Bandwidth Flash (HBF) is likely to reach commercialization sooner than previously expected and could become a key technology supporting...

Friday 23 January 2026
Fiberglass crunch spurs supply scramble as CCL makers ban order changes

As AI chip package sizes continue to grow, warpage issues in IC substrates have become more pronounced. Capacity constraints for low-CTE...

Friday 23 January 2026
NAND shortages help Phison to enter US server supply chain
Severe NAND flash shortages driven by AI servers have emerged, but have become a growth opportunity for Phison Electronics. Company CEO K.S. Pua said that the shortage is enabling...
Thursday 22 January 2026
SAS shifts SiC strategy with 12-inch wafers and AI glasses innovation
Facing intense price wars triggered by China's rapid expansion in the global silicon carbide (SiC) wafer industry, Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) chairwoman Doris Hsu has decisively...
Thursday 22 January 2026
Nvidia overtakes Apple as TSMC's largest customer

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said rising demand for AI computing has pushed the company past Apple to become the largest customer of Taiwan...

Thursday 22 January 2026
Kioxia warns of tight NAND supply through 2027

Kioxia, the world's third-largest manufacturer of NAND flash memory, has largely exhausted its production capacity for the current year...

Thursday 22 January 2026
GlobalWafers' Texas plant holds six-phase expansion potential
GlobalWafers chairwoman Doris Hsu said in a January 21, 2026, media interview that with easing inflation pressures and some central bank policy adjustments, the global economy is experiencing...
Thursday 22 January 2026
GlobalWafers chair sees Taiwan's semiconductor edge, says AI is irreversible
On January 21, 2026, GlobalWafers chairwoman Doris Hsu spoke to the media about the recent US-Taiwan tariff agreement, which lowers Taiwan's reciprocal tariffs to 15% without stacking...
Thursday 22 January 2026
GlobalWafers eyes quarterly revenue growth in 2026; chair sees better market than last year
GlobalWafers chairman Doris Hsu told the media on January 21, 2026, that the company's global expansion plans are starting to pay off, with subsidiaries in Niigata and Utsunomiya,...
Thursday 22 January 2026
Chinese AI chipmakers face mixed reactions to Nvidia H200 block
The US has confirmed that under a new set of stringent regulations, Nvidia's H200 is permitted to be exported to the Chinese market, and Chinese customers have expressed strong demand...
Thursday 22 January 2026
Taiwan advances second-phase quantum strategy, betting on hybrid computing and global partnerships
Taiwan's government is moving its quantum technology development program into a second phase, centered on building a national-level heterogeneous hybrid computing platform that integrates...