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Wednesday 4 November 2026
GigaDevice sees tight niche DRAM supply, slower price gains
AI demand continues to heat up while major global memory makers shift capacity toward higher-value products, keeping niche memory supplies tight in the near term. China-based IC design...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Nanya Technology's October revenue hits record high for 12th consecutive month as prices rise and shipments decline
DRAM manufacturer Nanya Technology reported consolidated revenue of NT$46.476 billion (US$1.42 billion) in October 2026, up 3.07% from September and 487.73% year-over-year. Driven...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Claude's growth surges, but US$895 billion compute burden clouds Anthropic IPO
Anthropic is demonstrating extraordinary demand for frontier AI, with third-quarter revenue reaching about US$17 billion, nearly twelve times the US$1.4 billion recorded a year earlier...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
US chip curbs on China complicate SK Hynix's US$45 billion NAND plan
SK Hynix's plans for a US$45 billion NAND investment in New York face a regulatory hurdle as Washington holds back approval for American chipmaking equipment needed at the company's...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Why Marvell's Lumentum deal could send more AI optics orders to Taiwan
Marvell's proposed US$115 billion acquisition of Lumentum could bring Taiwanese optical component makers more orders, industry sources in Taiwan say. The deal, due to close in the...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
LG Energy Solution's storage battery surge restores core profit as spending falls
LG Energy Solution's third-quarter recovery shows energy storage as a growing earnings driver as the battery maker redirects production toward North American demand. Better factory...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Macronix sees new memory strategy emerging within 6 months
Macronix (MXIC) chairman Miin Wu said the memory shortage will continue through 2030, with prices unlikely to weaken from current levels as production capacity becomes a scarce resource...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Team Group expands capacity 50% for AI and industrial control as memory shortage peaks through 2Q27
Taiwanese memory module maker Team Group is gearing up for a major expansion. Chairman Dann-Ning Hsia stated that 2026 has been a pivotal year of strong financial performance and strategic...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Mitsui Kinzoku raises ultrathin copper foil capacity target for third time as optical demand surges
Japan's Mitsui Kinzoku has announced its third capacity expansion plan since the start of fiscal 2026 for MicroThin, its ultrathin copper foil used in optical communications equipment...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Japanese distributor turns away new customers as DDR5 prices double
A Japanese electronics distributor has stopped accepting new customers because it cannot fully supply its existing ones, Nikkei reported, as demand from AI data centers tightens...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
ESMT sees higher 4Q26 ASP as DDR2, DDR3 supply tightens
Memory IC designer Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology (ESMT) expects shipments and gross margin to remain stable in the fourth quarter of 2026 despite higher memory wafer...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
TSMC's next US chip plant could land in Sherman
Sherman, a city north of Dallas, has emerged as a possible site for TSMC's next US chip plant, with Texas development documents describing a proposed US$45 billion investment in two...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Analysis: AI supply chain expansion persists despite concerns over a downturn
AI chip and data center suppliers continue to announce capacity expansions and stronger earnings in response to surging AI demand, even as concerns grow over the sustainability of...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
China's chip packagers ride AI demand, price hikes, but investment gains, capex cloud the profit picture
China's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) companies entered the fourth quarter with rising sales, high utilization, and an industry-wide price upturn. Their third-quarter...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Apple says 2nm transition is easing its advanced-node chip constraints
Apple said the main supply constraint in its fiscal fourth quarter 2026, ended September 26, was the availability of leading-edge process capacity for its in-house chips. It said the...