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Friday 30 October 2026
Amazon 3Q26 earnings call: TSMC capacity behind AWS's choice to start selling its own AI chips
Amazon Web Services (AWS) saw its revenue grow 39.3% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2026. That was the cloud unit's fastest pace in nearly five years and its sixth straight...
Friday 30 October 2026
HBM4 cycle faces squeeze as capacity, specs become critical
AI chipmakers' rising memory performance requirements are accelerating the shift from sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) to HBM4E, according to analysis of the South Korean...
Friday 30 October 2026
Taiwan manufacturing demand rises as bank property loans decline
Strong demand for AI applications and cloud services is driving investment in high-performance computing chips and AI servers, prompting Taiwan manufacturers to expand capacity and...
Friday 30 October 2026
STMicroelectronics rides AI and satellite demand, but margin recovery awaits fab overhaul
STMicroelectronics (ST) reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of US$3.76 billion, above the midpoint of its guidance, as AI data center and low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite demand lifted...
Friday 30 October 2026
Beyond nanometers: AI forces Taiwan's semiconductor ecosystem to compete at system level
Taiwan's semiconductor rise was built on a powerful division of labor: world-class IC design feeding increasingly advanced foundries, supported by packaging, testing, and an unusually...
Friday 30 October 2026
Intel increases equipment orders as server demand exceeds supply
Intel's server expansion is drawing equipment and materials suppliers into a capacity push, but the benefits will arrive in stages. Management's October 29 earnings-call comments identified...
Friday 30 October 2026
Eternal Materials posts record revenue in advanced packaging, precision equipment
Eternal Materials posted earnings before taxes (EBT) of NT$388 million (approx. US$11.92 million) in September 2026, surging 158.28% year-over-year and up 44.47% from August, as revenue...
Friday 30 October 2026
STMicroelectronics' recovery gains momentum, but power chips lag
STMicroelectronics is turning a demand recovery into stronger factory economics, with communications and embedded-processing products driving the improvement. Yet the widening loss...
Friday 30 October 2026
Intel slashes 18A costs by 40% as foundry posts US$1.9 billion loss
Intel is cutting manufacturing costs for its newest processors, but the gains are reaching individual products and its foundry business at different speeds. Its October 29 earnings...
Friday 30 October 2026
Intel's AI PCs are selling, but the wider PC recovery is still missing
Intel's growing AI PC sales are coexisting with a shrinking PC market, as memory constraints weaken purchases and computer makers reduce processor inventories. The distinction matters...
Friday 30 October 2026
Taiwan semiconductor output to hit NT$9.1 trillion as TSIA urges stable power
The Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) expects its members' total output to exceed NT$9.1 trillion (US$279.5 billion) in 2026, a 40.9% year-over-year increase driven...
Friday 30 October 2026
Samsung secures Faraday 2nm ASIC order, broadening AI and HPC footprint
Samsung Electronics has secured a 2nm foundry order from Taiwan-based ASIC design house Faraday Technology. This win expands the application scope of Samsung's 2nm process from mobile...
Friday 30 October 2026
GlobalFoundries bets on FD-SOI for robots and cars
GlobalFoundries (GF) is betting on specialty semiconductor technologies to capture AI demand beyond advanced processors, targeting opportunities in data center connectivity, power...
Friday 30 October 2026
Intel CEO sees quantum computing as third pillar
Intel has agreed to acquire Israeli quantum software company Classiq, as CEO Lip-Bu Tan positions quantum computing as a "third pillar" alongside CPUs and GPUs. The deal, whose price...
Friday 30 October 2026
ASE Holdings raises 2026 capex to US$11.5 billion after profit surge
ASE Technology Holding reported net profit of NT$26.996 billion (US$831 million) for the third quarter of 2026, a 28% increase from the previous quarter and a 148% gain from a year...