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Friday 13 February 2026
Arm faces intensified competition in China as RISC-V rise reshapes AI and HPC chip markets
As China emerges as a major RISC-V hub shipping hundreds of billions of chips annually since 2024, Arm Holdings confronts heightened competition in a market where its architecture...
Friday 13 February 2026
Global server market, 4Q 2025

Introduction

Friday 13 February 2026
Explainer: how US-Taiwan 'ART' deal rewires global tech economy
On February 12, 2026, the United States and Taiwan finalized a structural "re-pricing" of their economic relationship. The Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) is not a traditional...
Friday 13 February 2026
Shihlin Electric expands in North America as orders extend to 2030

Shihlin Electric is entering 2026 with strong operating momentum, supported by accelerated contract releases under Taipower's grid resilience...

Friday 13 February 2026
Stellantis scraps two EU gigafactories after €2.1bn hit, pivots toward Asian batteries
Stellantis NV has officially abandoned plans to build two lithium battery gigafactories in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and Termoli, Italy, the company's CEO, Antonio Filosa, said, following...
Friday 13 February 2026
Xiaomi sharpens India premium push as memory price surge squeezes smartphone margins
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is stepping up its premium push in India even as a global surge in memory prices threatens to erode margins across the handset industry, prompting brands...
Friday 13 February 2026
Volkswagen leads way as EU replaces China BEV tariffs with minimum price commitment
As the European Union-China trade dispute over battery electric vehicles (BEVs) drags on, the EU is on track to replace punitive tariffs of up to 35% with a "minimum price commitment"...
Friday 13 February 2026
Lenovo leans on premium AI PCs and phones as memory costs squeeze hardware margins
Lenovo said surging memory prices are likely to weigh on global PC and smartphone unit demand in 2026, prompting the company to double down on diversified sourcing, premium product...
Friday 13 February 2026
E-glass capacity cuts trigger production shifts for Taiwan CCL makers
The global AI data center boom is straining not only high-end computing chips but also adjacent industries such as memory and upstream glass fiber cloth, where significant capacity...
Thursday 12 February 2026
Global semiconductor industry, 2026

Introduction

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
BYD launches aggressive 2026 push in Germany, aiming to eclipse SAIC MG and reshape pricing
BYD plans to intensify its push into the German market in 2026 by expanding its dealer network and implementing steep price cuts to target more than 50,000 annual vehicle sales and...
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
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
Canada prepares safeguards ahead of Chinese EV imports
The first wave of Chinese electric vehicles is expected to enter the Canadian market in February 2026 under a new trade arrangement. But alongside the arrival of lower-cost cars comes...