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Friday 13 February 2026
Winbond's two-year sell-out signals memory cycle shift and US$1.35bn capex push

Winbond Electronics is entering a powerful demand cycle, with tight supply conditions across DRAM, NOR flash, and SLC NAND extending beyond...

Friday 13 February 2026
Kioxia forecasts up to 77% operating profit surge on AI-driven NAND price rally
Driven by expanding memory demand from AI servers and rising average selling prices, Japan-based NAND flash and SSD maker Kioxia expects solid growth in fiscal year 2025 (April 2025-March...
Thursday 12 February 2026
Global semiconductor industry, 2026

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Thursday 12 February 2026
China's Lenovo profit drops 21% even as revenue climbs 18%, flags memory shortage pressure
Lenovo Group reported a 21% decline in third-quarter profit but exceeded analyst expectations as strong revenue growth, driven by artificial intelligence (AI) demand, helped offset...
Thursday 12 February 2026
Cisco revenue beats expectations, but margin outlook pressured by rising memory costs

Cisco Systems forecast quarterly gross margins below market expectations, citing higher memory chip costs. The weaker margin outlook overshadowed...

Thursday 12 February 2026
Tower Semiconductor revamps strategy after Intel deal collapses
Intel's decision to walk away from its September 2023 agreement for Fab 11X in New Mexico has prompted Tower Semiconductor to revamp its manufacturing roadmap, scrap the facility from...
Thursday 12 February 2026
GlobalFoundries accelerates silicon photonics targets; eyes US$1 Billion revenue run rate by 2028

GlobalFoundries is aggressively pulling forward its financial targets for silicon photonics (SiPh), betting that the "insatiable" demand for AI...

Thursday 12 February 2026
Tariff shifts and supply-chain realignment set to make Taiwan top US PCB supplier
Geopolitical tensions stemming from the US-China trade war and global tariff barriers are driving major changes across the printed circuit board (PCB) industry, prompting structural...
Thursday 12 February 2026
Taiwan ODMs split in early 2026 as business transition takes hold

Taiwan's leading original design manufacturers (ODMs) are entering 2026 at different stages of transition, as efforts to expand into AI...

Thursday 12 February 2026
Weblink posts record January revenue as AI demand boosts data center and consumer markets
Weblink International Inc. reported consolidated revenue of NT$2.897 billion (about US$92 million) in January 2026, a 39.86% year-on-year increase and a historic monthly high driven...
Thursday 12 February 2026
Winsemi revenue falls 5% in 2025, speeds pivot to AI optical and LEO satellite markets

Win Semiconductors (Winsemi), a GaAs wafer foundry, held its earnings conference on February 11. Its fourth-quarter 2025 consolidated revenue...

Thursday 12 February 2026
TSMC's advanced process drives AI profits; SMIC, UMC, VIS face growth pressure
Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are set to sharply increase AI capital expenditure in 2026, with total investments reaching US$670 billion. This surge has sparked market concerns...
Thursday 12 February 2026
SMIC warns AI pull-forward is rewriting chip cycle, lifts mature-node pricing
The global foundry industry is undergoing a structural shift, and it is emerging first in mature process nodes once widely considered oversupplied. SMIC stated on February 11 that...
Thursday 12 February 2026
Global Mixed-Mode's DDR5 PMIC push signals tighter memory supply and margin focus
Global Mixed-Mode Technology said it is expanding its DDR5 power management IC (PMIC) portfolio and prioritizing production for high-bandwidth memory (HBM), while warning that rising...
Thursday 12 February 2026
Taiwan's machinery industry sees stable recovery driven by AI and semiconductor demand, but machine tools lag
Taiwan's machinery industry posted continued export growth in January, driven by demand for AI-related electronic equipment and semiconductor-linked products, while the machine tool...