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Saturday 31 January 2026
Morris Chang resurfaces as Jensen Huang returns to Taipei
TSMC founder Morris Chang made his first public appearance in more than a year on January 29, 2026, dining with Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang just hours after Huang arrived in...
Friday 30 January 2026
Musk's TeraFab dream meets Nvidia reality check on chip manufacturing limits
Elon Musk's ambition to build a massive in-house semiconductor manufacturing complex has drawn fresh caution from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who stressed that advanced chip production...
Friday 30 January 2026
KLA: AI-driven process control boom lifts 2026 semiconductor equipment demand

US semiconductor equipment maker KLA said growing AI infrastructure demand is accelerating investment in advanced logic chips, high-bandwidth...

Friday 30 January 2026
ASML gains from rising EUV demand and US chip spending
After TSMC chairman C.C. Wei said on a recent earnings call that AI demand is real and that AI is becoming embedded in daily life as a long-term trend, expectations for ASML's performance...
Friday 30 January 2026
Taiwan semiconductor test supply chain poised for growth amid rising AI chip complexity
Taiwan's semiconductor test supply chain is experiencing strong growth driven by increased demand for AI and HPC chips, industry sources report. Close collaborations with foundries...
Friday 30 January 2026
Analysis: Why ASML is cutting jobs in Europe and the US but sparing China
ASML Holding reported record financial results for 2025, marked by strong growth in both revenue and profitability. Full-year revenue reached EUR32.67 billion (US$38.96 billion), up...
Friday 30 January 2026
GlobalFoundries stalls France fab as US manufacturing push sidelines Europe's chip ambitions
Following Intel's major global wafer fab plan cuts, including halting projects in Germany and Poland, GlobalFoundries (GF) and STMicroelectronics (ST) have faced fresh scrutiny over...
Friday 30 January 2026
Dutch curbs on Nexperia risk breaking Europe's semiconductor supply chain, says CSIA
Wei Shaojun, vice president of the China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) and a widely recognized pragmatic voice within China's semiconductor sector, has spoken out against...
Friday 30 January 2026
Lam Research hits US$20.6 billion revenue high, sees 2026 WFE spending at US$135 billion
Lam Research, a leading supplier of semiconductor manufacturing equipment dubbed the "US version of ASML," capped off fiscal 2025 with stellar performance, fueled by surging AI demand...
Friday 30 January 2026
Advantest to boost SoC test equipment capacity to 5,000 units by 2027
Japan's Advantest has announced an acceleration of its capacity expansion plans for system-on-chip (SoC) test equipment in response to surging demand driven by artificial intelligence...
Friday 30 January 2026
Memory, CPU shortages hit Wintel notebooks, benefiting Apple
Notebook makers are under growing pressure as memory shortages and price increases persist, while a widening shortage of CPUs adds a second constraint. What began as a supply gap at...
Friday 30 January 2026
MediaTek, Alchip, Marvell clash for ASIC runner-up spot
The competition among cloud service providers (CSPs) and AI companies for application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) has entered a new phase with Microsoft officially launching...
Thursday 29 January 2026
Jensen Huang endorses Micron CEO 'Sanjay' as Taiwan cement AI memory alliance
The epicenter of the AI supercycle converged on Taipei this Thursday as President Lai Ching-te welcomed Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra to the Presidential Office, just hours after NVIDIA...
Thursday 29 January 2026
South Korea's industry minister heads to Washington after tariff rollback warning

US President Donald Trump has threatened to restore 25% tariffs on South Korean goods, escalating trade tensions by citing delays in Seoul's...

Thursday 29 January 2026
Jensen Huang clarifies 40% Taiwan chip capacity is new, not moved to US
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrived in Taiwan on the afternoon of January 29, 2026, addressing reports that the US government plans to shift 40% of Taiwan's semiconductor capacity to the...