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Friday 27 February 2026
Yageo sees strong 1Q26 on AI orders; memory shortage yet to hit demand

Yageo CEO David Wang said that although seasonal factors reduced working days from the previous quarter, capacity utilization is expected...

Friday 27 February 2026
Lite-on doubles down on AI power as consumer markets dim
Lite‑on Technology reported strong 2025 operational results and forecast sustained double‑digit quarterly growth for 2026, while flagging consumer and ICT demand headwinds...
Thursday 26 February 2026
Samsung reportedly exits 2D NAND, converts Hwaseong Line 12 to 1c DRAM end fab
Samsung Electronics will halt 2D NAND flash production at its Hwaseong Line 12 and convert the facility into a 1c DRAM end fab, formally exiting planar NAND manufacturing and reallocating...
Thursday 26 February 2026
King Slide says GenAI-driven density surge will raise slide rail demand and reshape supply footprints
King Slide, a manufacturer of server slide rails, told investors on its fourth-quarter 2025 earnings call on February 25 that generative AI-driven upgrades to data center architectures...
Thursday 26 February 2026
TSMC crosses US$2 trillion mark, undeterred by geopolitical and AI risks
On February 24, 2026, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) crossed the US$2 trillion market capitalization mark, becoming the eighth company in US stock market history...
Thursday 26 February 2026
Cloud AI's ripple effect: A comeback for 8-inch wafers

The boom in cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) is reverberating far beyond the most advanced chipmaking nodes.

Thursday 26 February 2026
SK Hynix and Sandisk move to standardize HBF, shaking up AI memory ecosystem
SK Hynix and Sandisk have launched a consortium to standardize High Bandwidth Flash (HBF), positioning the technology as a next-generation memory layer for AI inference and heightening...
Thursday 26 February 2026
From sovereignty to specialization: How the UK is recalibrating its space ambitions
Britain's space policy is entering a period of transition. The government has confirmed that the UK Space Agency will be folded into the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology...
Thursday 26 February 2026
Nvidia says AI monetization supports sustained CSP capex
During the earnings call on February 25, Nvidia said record capex plans by major cloud service providers reflect a structural shift toward monetizable AI workloads, with management...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
SK Hynix signals seller's market as memory prices set to climb all year
SK Hynix, one of the world's top three memory chip makers, told investors on a recent Goldman Sachs conference call that the global memory market has fully shifted to a "seller's market,"...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
China targets fivefold jump in advanced chip output to fuel AI expansion
China is preparing a fivefold increase in domestic advanced logic chip output within one to two years to support its expanding AI computing infrastructure, according to people familiar...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
MLCC prices to climb as AI demand hits full capacity
The global multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) market is on the brink of a price surge as Japanese and Korean giants grapple with record demand from AI data centers. Samsung Electro-Mechanics...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
ChipMOS raises memory test prices again, signs 3-year capacity contract
ChipMOS returned to profitability in 2025 after a fourth-quarter 2025 rebound driven by memory shortages and higher test prices, and the company forecasts a stronger second-half performance...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
ASE accelerates panel-level packaging push with fully automated 310mm line by 2026
AI and high-performance computing chip demand continue to expand, keeping TSMC's CoWoS capacity tight into 2026. The supply constraint is pushing Taiwan's major OSAT providers, including...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
TI capex to fall as six-year investment cycle winds down, Sherman fab ramp ahead schedule
Texas Instruments is approaching the end of a six-year capex expansion after spending US$4.6 billion in 2025, and plans to cut 2026 investment to US$2 billion–US$3 billion as...