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Friday 24 July 2026
Rapidus expands Hokkaido chip hub with packaging and analysis

Rapidus is expanding the semiconductor development and production network around its Chitose, Hokkaido foundry, adding chip analysis...

Friday 24 July 2026
AI-driven DRAM surge hits EV costs, forcing Chinese automakers to rethink pricing

Surging AI server demand is reshaping supply and demand across the global memory market. With DRAM prices rising sharply over the past year,...

Friday 24 July 2026
STMicroelectronics lifts data center target as AI optical demand outruns supply, but margin recovery waits on 2027 reshaping
STMicroelectronics raised its cloud AI revenue ambition and guided to a rising gross margin through the second half of 2026, but told analysts on its July 23 second-quarter earnings...
Friday 24 July 2026
China's Xi'an Eswin tops 1 million monthly 12-inch wafer sales and output, targets 1.8 million capacity

China's 12-inch silicon wafer maker Xi'an Eswin Material Technology said monthly output and sales of its 12-inch electronic-grade silicon...

Friday 24 July 2026
AMD redraws server chip strategy as AI workloads evolve
AMD has launched its sixth-generation EPYC Venice server processor as the foundation of its next-generation AI data center platform, while CEO Lisa Su said the company is reshaping...
Friday 24 July 2026
Intel reportedly considers SK Hynix for Ohio fab partnership

Intel is considering SK Hynix as a potential partner to help operate its delayed Ohio semiconductor project, Semafor reported, after the...

Friday 24 July 2026
Commentary: Wistron's Texas AI factory shows why US manufacturing still needs Taiwan
Wistron's opening of its D1 AI smart factory in Fort Worth, Texas, marks a new milestone for Taiwan's downstream electronics manufacturers. The plant will support...
Friday 24 July 2026
Intel says supply, not demand, is its ceiling as it lifts 2026 capex above US$20 billion
Intel used its second-quarter 2026 earnings call on July 23 to argue that its biggest problem is no longer winning demand but building enough capacity to fill it, telling analysts...
Friday 24 July 2026
AMD's latest 2nm-EPYC rollout signals broader role for CPUs in the AI data center
AMD unveiled its sixth-generation EPYC 9006 server processors, widening its push into AI data centers with chips designed for agentic AI, cloud computing, enterprise workloads, and...
Friday 24 July 2026
Intel's blowout quarter wins over the bulls, but analysts stay split on the foundry turnaround
Intel's second-quarter results have shifted the Wall Street debate from whether chief executive Lip-Bu Tan's turnaround is working to how durable the AI-driven compute demand behind...
Friday 24 July 2026
AMD sees AI demand broadening beyond chips, as Helios ramps toward shipment
AMD CEO Lisa Su said demand from cloud service providers and enterprise customers continued to climb rapidly, reinforcing AMD's view that the artificial intelligence (AI) market still...
Friday 24 July 2026
AMD unveils Helios rack-scale AI platform to target hyperscale buildouts
AMD has formally introduced Helios, a next-generation rack-scale AI infrastructure platform designed for the fast-growing market of global AI factories and hyperscale data centers...
Friday 24 July 2026
AI server demand powers Intel's fastest growth since 2011, but foundry proof still pending
Intel's second-quarter 2026 results suggest the AI data-center buildout is beginning to pull the chipmaker's long-delayed turnaround forward, even as the payoff from its costliest...
Friday 24 July 2026
AMD splits next-generation data center GPUs for specialized AI demand
AMD unveiled its Instinct MI400 series at its Advancing AI 2026 conference, broadening its push into data center chips with products aimed at different users. For global readers, the...
Friday 24 July 2026
Amkor, Nvidia widen AI packaging partnership as US capacity expands
Amkor Technology has deepened its partnership with Nvidia to develop advanced semiconductor packaging and test technologies for next-generation AI and accelerated computing platforms...