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Wednesday 15 April 2026
China Northern Rare Earth hikes 2Q26 rare earth ore prices over 44%, experts warn of demand destruction
China Northern Rare Earth, the leading player in China's rare earth industry, has raised its rare earth ore (REO) prices for the second quarter of 2026 by more than 44%. Amid geopolitical...
Wednesday 15 April 2026
Broadcom and Meta deepen AI infrastructure alliance with multi-gigawatt ambitions

Broadcom and Meta have unveiled a sweeping multi-year, multi-generation partnership aimed at scaling Meta's AI infrastructure, signaling...

Wednesday 15 April 2026
CCL price hikes to extend through 2026 with rising glass fiber and copper foil costs

Surging demand for high-end PCBs driven by AI servers and switches is intensifying supply imbalances for upstream materials. Industry...

Wednesday 15 April 2026
Taiwan, Japan team up on advanced materials to power next-gen chips and clean energy
Japan dominates the global market for semiconductor equipment and materials — a strategic chokepoint that its neighbors and partners have long sought to learn from, not just...
Wednesday 15 April 2026
Nvidia unveils 'Ising' AI models to accelerate quantum computing development
Nvidia has introduced a new open family of AI models called Ising, designed to address two of the most persistent engineering bottlenecks in quantum computing: processor calibration...
Wednesday 15 April 2026
Samsung tipped to lead global chip profits as AI elevates memory, veteran exec predicts
Yoon-woo Lee, a semiconductor expert and former vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, believes Samsung may become the world's most profitable company by 2027–2028, driven by...
Wednesday 15 April 2026
Nanya Technology predicts DRAM price surge in 2Q26 as private equity boosts growth
Despite recent softening in the DRAM spot market, Nanya Technology president Pei-Ing Lee said DRAM prices will rise by the "tens of percentage points" in the second quarter of 2026...
Wednesday 15 April 2026
Taiwan races to shore up energy security as US shutters Strait of Hormuz
Following the US decision to block Iranian ports after failed negotiations led by Vice President JD Vance in Pakistan, tensions in the Middle East have escalated. Taiwan's Ministry...
Wednesday 15 April 2026
Nvidia's RISC-V push shapes cloud AI's three-way architecture race
Nvidia recently joined the Series G funding round of SiFive, a leading RISC-V chip IP provider. Although Nvidia was one among many investors and the round raised about US$400 million,...
Wednesday 15 April 2026
Europe's sovereign AI ambitions open doors for Korean NPU startup
South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) chip startups FuriosaAI and Rebellion are accelerating their expansion into Europe, aiming to capitalize on growing demand for sovereign AI...
Wednesday 15 April 2026
Global semiconductor equipment sales hit record US$135B in 2025 as AI-driven investment surges

Global semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales reached a record US$135.1 billion in 2025, rising 15% from US$117.1 billion in 2024,...

Tuesday 14 April 2026
China's 2nm AI GPU hits prototype, production unclear
Shanghai Dishan Technology has advanced its 2nm-class AI GPU into the prototyping stage, marking a rare push by a China-based designer into cutting-edge AI silicon — though manufacturing...
Tuesday 14 April 2026
Samsung begins P4 equipment orders as 1c DRAM investment enters execution

Samsung Electronics has begun procuring semiconductor equipment for its P4 facility in Pyeongtaek, marking the transition of its planned...

Tuesday 14 April 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics reportedly to expand AI packaging with MLCC embedded substrate line in Vietnam
As AI chips demand higher performance and denser integration, advanced packaging and substrate technologies have become critical in the semiconductor race. Samsung Electro-Mechanics...
Tuesday 14 April 2026
AI infrastructure boom triggers NAND shortage, memory profits seen rising 2–3x, Silicon Motion says
Silicon Motion's president, Wallace Kou, said the memory industry is undergoing an irreversible structural shift driven by AI infrastructure growth. Since August 2025, NAND flash prices...