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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
Micron begins high-volume HBM4 shipments as supply stays tight and capex rises
Micron Technology has begun high-volume production and customer shipments of its next-generation HBM4 memory, ramping volumes earlier than expected amid tight industry supply, CFO...
Thursday 12 February 2026
Taiwan carriers post January gains, shift spending toward AI and cloud
Taiwan's largest telecom operators reported double-digit and mid-single-digit revenue growth in January 2026, driven by expanding ICT and non-mobile businesses alongside steady 5G...
Wednesday 11 February 2026
SMIC breaks 2025 revenue record, margins fall to 19.2%
On February 10, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) reported record 2025 revenues, but quarterly gross margins fell to 19.2%. The decline, driven by heavy...
Tuesday 10 February 2026
Amkor accelerates US expansion with Arizona investment and closer alignment with TSMC
Amkor Technology is accelerating its global expansion, projecting 2026 capex between US$2.5 billion and US$3 billion. This plan emphasizes significant facility construction, including...
Monday 9 February 2026
AI spending spree threatens big tech cash flows
A dramatic ramp-up in capital expenditures by Google, Amazon, and Meta in 2026 is set to squeeze their free cash flow, forcing difficult trade-offs between shareholder returns and...
Friday 6 February 2026
Google doubles AI capex, turning TPU ASIC orders into high-stakes supplier race
Google's latest earnings showed not only solid operating momentum but also an unprecedented surge in capital spending, with capex set to more than double from US$91.45 billion in 2025...
Friday 6 February 2026
Amazon defends US$200 billion AWS capex as demand-led and fast-monetizing AI investment
Amazon said its planned US$200 billion capital spending, largely directed to AWS, reflects constrained supply and accelerating AI demand rather than speculative buildout. Management...
Friday 6 February 2026
Amazon flags US$200 billion capex as AI push overshadows record cloud-led revenue
Amazon reported record revenue on accelerating cloud growth, but investor attention shifted to its plan to spend about US$200 billion in capital expenditure in 2026. The scale of AI-driven...
Thursday 5 February 2026
Samsung sees net cash surpass KRW100 trillion, fueling semiconductor investment, M&As
Samsung Electronics has once again pushed its net cash above KRW100 trillion (US$68.97 billion), reaching KRW100.61 trillion at the end of 2025, up 7.8% from the same period in 2024...
Wednesday 4 February 2026
VIS sees 1Q26 ASP dip amid product shifts, expects stable full-year pricing
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) held its earnings call on January 3, 2026, projecting wafer shipments to rise 1-3% quarter-over-quarter in the first quarter of 2026 as customer...
Monday 2 February 2026
Microsoft cuts Maia 200 chip costs by 30% amid GPU shortage and strong demand
Microsoft reported better-than-expected revenue and profit for its fiscal second quarter 2026, but concerns linger over slowing cloud growth. Despite expanding capital expenditure...
Sunday 1 February 2026
CSPs ramp up AI capex as supply chain gains confidence
The AI arms race among cloud service providers (CSPs) is intensifying rapidly. Meta has announced plans to more than double its capital expenditure in 2026 compared to 2025, while...
Thursday 29 January 2026
Earnings call summary: Meta expects sharp rise in capex as AI capacity becomes strategic bottleneck
Meta is preparing for a steep increase in capital spending in 2026 as it scales AI infrastructure to support "personal superintelligence," signaling a longer-term roadmap centered...
Thursday 29 January 2026
Microsoft tops US$50b cloud milestone as AI capex surges and Copilot adoption accelerates

Microsoft's earnings conference call for the fiscal second quarter of 2026 underscored a company accelerating into an AI-first era—while...