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Tuesday 28 April 2026
Nvidia signs record Bengaluru office lease as India AI push accelerates
Nvidia has signed a 10-year lease for approximately 760,000 square feet of office space in Bengaluru, marking the largest single-tenant office commitment in India to date. The space,...
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Nanya breaks into Nvidia's AI memory ecosystem with LPDDR
Nvidia's next-generation AI platform Vera Rubin is approaching mass production, with a key architectural shift favoring low-power DRAM. Sources familiar with the matter say Nanya Technology...
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Taiwan's 2026 exports set to top US$800 billion as AI fuels electronics surge
Taiwan's exports were forecast to surpass US$800 billion in 2026, driven by strong demand for electronic components and information and audiovisual products tied to artificial intelligence,...
Tuesday 28 April 2026
ASE signs cybersecurity MOU with national institute to shore up semiconductor defenses
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and the National Institute of Cyber Security signed a memorandum of understanding on April 28 to establish a joint cyber defense, intelligence...
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Amkor records strong 1Q26, advanced packaging expected to triple YoY
Amkor Technology is off to a record start in 2026. First-quarter revenue hit US$1.68 billion, up 27% from the prior year, driven by record performance in AI data center applications...
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Empyrean draws retail inflows while profit falls, testing China EDA valuations
China's domestic EDA software developer Empyrean Technology is attracting a growing base of retail investors even as its earnings weaken, underscoring a widening gap between market...
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Macronix returns to profit in 1Q26, citing tighter supply and higher memory prices
Macronix's return to profitability in the first quarter of 2026 signals supply constraints and stronger memory pricing, with implications for global flash markets and customer supply...
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Agentic AI sparks CPU demand surge, boosting ASIC and niche chip makers
The rise of agentic AI has transformed computing chip requirements, igniting a fierce CPU supply scramble. Traditional x86 giants like Intel and AMD are seeing growing CPU demand in...
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Analysis: Why Tokyo Electron's China problem goes deeper than a data breach
Amid growing geopolitical tensions over the global semiconductor supply chain, what initially appeared to be an internal personnel matter is evolving into a broader case study of the...
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Samsung fast-tracks Pyeongtaek fabs to turn HBM4 edge into AI memory scale

Samsung is accelerating one of its most aggressive memory capacity buildouts in years, aiming to bring its Pyeongtaek Line 4 fab, or P4,...

Tuesday 28 April 2026
Chinese GPU maker Lisuan secures Microsoft WHQL certification for 6nm chip

China-based GPU designer Lisuan Tech has secured Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certification from Microsoft, becoming the first Chinese...

Tuesday 28 April 2026
Nvidia says GPU allocation follows first-come, first-served principle, not highest bidder
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang clarified in an April 2026 interview with Silicon Valley podcast host Dwarkesh Patel that the company allocates GPUs based on a first-come, first-served principle...
Tuesday 28 April 2026
US chip packaging capacity to hit 10% by 2032
The Trump administration continues to push for reshoring the semiconductor industry to the US. As global foundry giants TSMC, Intel, and Samsung Electronics expand advanced manufacturing...
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Intel prioritizes Xeon; CPU shortage opens door for AMD and MediaTek
Generative AI has driven a surge in GPU demand and accelerated a structural reshaping of the semiconductor industry. At the same time, CPUs are re-emerging after years of being sidelined,...
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Wuhan unveils US$38 billion plan; YMTC and XMC lead memory expansion
China's central tech hub Wuhan has unveiled its 2026 major project plan, targeting 355 city-level projects with total investment exceeding CNY260 billion (approx. US$38.1 billion).