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Thursday 30 July 2026
ASE sees full-year LEAP revenue topping US$3.5 billion amid tight packaging capacity
ASE Technology Holding said growing demand for advanced packaging and testing, combined with stronger momentum in its electronics manufacturing services (EMS) business, has tightened...
Thursday 30 July 2026
Samsung signs five-year memory deals as chip shortage stretches to 2028
Samsung Electronics has signed five-year memory supply agreements with five leading global data center customers and is in the final stages of talks with five more, tying a growing...
Thursday 30 July 2026
South Korean chip exports increasingly flow to Taiwan for TSMC packaging amid rising AI demand

Growing demand for AI chips is sending a larger share of South Korea's semiconductor exports to Taiwan, where Korean-made high-bandwidth...

Thursday 30 July 2026
Microsoft's AI buildout: 88 new data centers, broader model catalog, silicon gains

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella laid out how the company is scaling its AI infrastructure and platform to keep pace with demand. He outlined...

Thursday 30 July 2026
High memory prices could slow China's AI push, analyst says

Memory prices are expected to remain elevated through 2026 as AI and data-center demand strains supply, with meaningful supply relief...

Thursday 30 July 2026
Lam Research raises WFE outlook as AI drives NAND, DRAM, advanced packaging demand
Lam Research delivered record quarterly results and raised its outlook for global wafer fab equipment (WFE) spending, citing accelerating AI-driven demand across memory, advanced logic...
Thursday 30 July 2026
Samsung foundry to double 2nm design wins in 2026 on Broadcom talks; claims profit turnaround 'possible in near term'

Samsung Electronics' foundry business expects its 2nm project wins to more than double year-on-year in 2026, and the company is in...

Thursday 30 July 2026
Advantest lifts fiscal 2026 forecast as AI chip test demand surges

Advantest raised its outlook for the fiscal year ending March 2027 after demand for chip-test equipment tied to AI data centers strengthened,...

Thursday 30 July 2026
China rejects 'overcapacity' claims in new policy paper, defends industrial strategy
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has released a policy paper rejecting allegations that the country's manufacturing sector suffers from "overcapacity," arguing that the concept...
Thursday 30 July 2026
Samsung sees tripled HBM4 sales in 3Q26; HBM share to reach parity with DRAM position

Samsung Electronics expects HBM4 sales to increase more than threefold sequentially in the third quarter of 2026, the company said...

Thursday 30 July 2026
Samsung: memory shortage to worsen in 2027, persist through 2028; locks top customers into multi-year deals

Samsung Electronics expects the global memory shortage to become more severe in 2027 than in 2026 and to persist through 2028, memory...

Thursday 30 July 2026
Intel's reported DDR4 CPU revival expected to boost PC demand in second half
With AI server demand continuing to absorb DRAM production capacity, DDR5 memory prices remain elevated and are expected to rise further.
Thursday 30 July 2026
Meta earnings series 2/2: Zuckerberg defends higher AI expenditure, outlines the path to returns

Meta Platforms' second-quarter results showed a widening gap between its fast-growing advertising business and the cost of building...

Thursday 30 July 2026
Microsoft raises AI infrastructure spending outlook as Azure growth tops expectations

Microsoft reported stronger-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter results, driven by accelerating Azure cloud growth and rising adoption...

Thursday 30 July 2026
Samsung device business swings to loss in 2Q26 as memory boom drives up component costs

While record memory earnings powered Samsung Electronics to an all-time-high quarter — consolidated revenue of KRW171.5 trillion...