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Thursday 9 July 2026
Server ODMs race to expand globally as parts shortages bite
AI server orders are flooding in, and original design manufacturers (ODMs) are racing to expand factories across the US and Asia to keep up. From California and Texas to Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Taiwan, expansion projects are now visible across the industry.
Thursday 9 July 2026
Analog Devices acquires Empower Semiconductor and enters AI power market

Analog Devices (ADI) announced that it has completed its acquisition of Empower Semiconductor, a move it said is designed to bolster the company's role as a comprehensive power partner spanning the entire AI ecosystem, from grid infrastructure to core computing systems.

Thursday 9 July 2026
Infineon blocks Innoscience GaN products from US market after patent win

Infineon has secured a final US import ban against Innoscience after the US International Trade Commission's May 7 ruling was upheld following the presidential review period, confirming that the Chinese GaN power semiconductor maker infringed an Infineon patent. The decision blocks the import and sale of Innoscience's infringing gallium nitride (GaN) products in the US market.

Thursday 9 July 2026
Anpec June revenue rises on fan motor driver IC demand
Taiwanese PMIC provider Anpec reported stronger revenue in June 2026, supported by rising demand for fan motor driver ICs. The company said June revenue reached NT$695 million, up 1.31% from May and 11.1% from a year earlier.
Thursday 9 July 2026
Edom posts record first-half revenue on AI and networking demand
Edom Technology reported record first-half revenue for 2026, driven by rising demand for AI servers and networking equipment. The IC distributor said June consolidated revenue reached NT$12.573 billion, down 9.23% from May but up 60.10% from a year earlier, marking its third-highest monthly result on record.
Thursday 9 July 2026
Chang Wah Technology posts record June and second quarter revenue on stronger demand
Chang Wah Technology Co. said its June and second quarter revenue both reached all-time highs in 2026, supported by rising demand from data centers, high-performance computing and automotive electronics. The Taiwan-based lead frame maker said stronger demand for power management and microcontroller products helped drive the latest gains.
Thursday 9 July 2026
Aurona sees strong PCB demand as AI and high-end chip trends lift sales

Aurona Industries said demand for its PCB process materials remains strong, with order intake rising year over year, and high-end products in particular are seeing robust traction. The company's update reflects continued momentum for global electronics supply chains, as AI-related upgrades and high-speed computing fuel broader demand across Asia.

Thursday 9 July 2026
Team Group posts record first-half revenue on industrial and AI demand
Memory module maker Team Group reported a June 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$3.0 billion (US$94.2 million), up 18.1% from May and 35.0% from a year earlier. The Taiwan-based company also said that its first-half revenue for the year reached NT$16.6 billion, a record for the period, as demand from the industrial and system integration (SI) sectors stayed firm.
Wednesday 8 July 2026
AI servers squeeze MOSFET supply while PC slump tests power component pricing power

AI servers are tightening Taiwan's power component supply chain, lifting demand for MOSFETs, PMICs, cooling motors and power management products even as weak PC demand limits suppliers' ability to pass on higher costs.

Wednesday 8 July 2026
China unveils memristor chip for real-time neural dynamics, pushes computing into millisecond range

A Chinese research team has developed a phase-change memristor-based neural dynamical system chip, offering a potential hardware path for real-time brain modeling, brain-computer interfaces, and brain disease diagnosis.

Wednesday 8 July 2026
Pegatron chairman downplays Intel CPU price hike worries
Intel confirmed on July 6 that it will raise suggested prices for consumer and server CPUs, stirring questions about whether the move will push up PC costs and affect consumer demand in the second half of 2026.
Wednesday 8 July 2026
WinWay's record June revenue driven by full AI test interface orders
WinWay Technologies said that its June revenue rose to a record NT$1.5 billion (US$454.8 million), supported by demand from AI, high performance computing, ASICs, GPUs, CPUs, and other applications despite shipments being disrupted by typhoons. The semiconductor test interface supplier also said its order intake for AI-related test platforms remained full heading into the third quarter of this year.
Tuesday 7 July 2026
Zhen Ding 2H26 outlook brightens on server and optical demand

PCB maker Zhen Ding said June revenue climbed to a fresh 2026 high, extending strong year-over-year growth as demand for AI-related high-end applications continued to build.

Tuesday 7 July 2026
Exclusive: Geckos bets on AI materials beyond nano copper powders and CPO waveguides
As generative AI drives rapid growth in high-performance computing (HPC) demand, the semiconductor industry is shifting from process-node competition to materials competition. Geckos chairman Raymond Shen said that once chip manufacturing advances to 2nm and beyond, improvements in AI computing power are no longer just a chip-design issue, but are increasingly constrained by materials' heat dissipation and high-frequency signal transmission capabilities.
Tuesday 7 July 2026
Unimicron prices US$1.355 billion overseas depositary receipt offering

Unimicron Technology has priced a large overseas depositary receipt sale that could affect global investors monitoring Taiwan's electronics supply chain and semiconductor-related financing trends. The deal, which will fund foreign-currency purchases, is expected to reduce interest costs and strengthen the company's balance sheet, with potential benefits for shareholders worldwide.

Tuesday 7 July 2026
AI server demand tightens power device supply as lead times stretch to 270 days

AI server demand is lifting shipments of motor-related power devices at Cystech Electronics, helping the Taiwanese MOSFET and diode designer grow first-half 2026 revenue despite memory shortages weighing on networking products. Wafer foundry and packaging capacity remain tight, with rush orders pushing standard lead times from 180 days to 270 days, according to supply chain sources.

Tuesday 7 July 2026
Rumored Kyber delay seen to have limited impact on Nvidia's long-term rack upgrade; Nvidia denies rumor
A reported delay in Nvidia's Kyber rack production is stirring market debate, but Taiwan-based supply chain sources say the issue is unlikely to alter Nvidia's chip roadmap, market dominance, or global server supply chains. For readers worldwide, the bigger signal is how hard it remains to scale next-generation AI infrastructure.
Tuesday 7 July 2026
Samsung's Q2 operating profit rockets 1,810% YoY, overtakes NVIDIA as tech's most profitable company for the quarter
Samsung Electronics' preliminary second-quarter results show operating profit of KRW89.4 trillion (about US$58.4 billion) — a record high that not only dwarfs the company's own year-ago performance but appears to surpass the most recent quarterly profit figures reported by NVIDIA and Apple, making Samsung the world's most profitable technology company for the period.
Monday 6 July 2026
Foxconn posts NT$821.8 billion June revenue as AI momentum stays strong
Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) reported consolidated revenue for June 2026 on July 5, with continued demand for AI servers and cloud networking products driving record performance. Revenue for June, the second quarter, and the first half of 2026 all reached record highs for the corresponding periods.
Monday 6 July 2026
Kingboard raises CCL prices again as AI demand tightens PCB material supply
Rising demand for AI servers and high-performance computing (HPC) continues to drive price increases across the upstream PCB materials supply chain.
Monday 6 July 2026
LandMark Optoelectronics posts record revenue in June, expands for post-2028 growth

LandMark Optoelectronics (LMOC) posted record-high single-month revenue in June 2026 and is stepping up its expansion plans to prepare for demand beyond 2028, as silicon photonics (SiPh) revenue is expected to triple in 2026. The optical communications epitaxial wafer (epi-wafer) maker said revenue rose for the eleventh consecutive month, reflecting tighter capacity and stronger data center demand.

Monday 6 July 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Sumitomo Chemical to form glass-core venture for chip substrates

Samsung Electro-Mechanics signed a final agreement on July 2 with Sumitomo Chemical's Korean subsidiary Dongwoo Fine-Chem to form a joint venture that will produce glass cores, a key material used in next-generation semiconductor package substrates, the companies said.

Sunday 5 July 2026
Applied Materials unveils integrated tools for HBM, chiplet, and 3D packaging scale-up
Applied Materials announced a new equipment platform aimed at addressing the memory bandwidth and energy-efficiency bottleneck confronting AI computing, unveiling tools across DRAM, advanced packaging, and process control to help chipmakers boost yields and accelerate mass production. The company said the platform combines materials engineering with process integration to support high-bandwidth memory (HBM), chiplet architectures, and multi-layer 3D stacking on advanced production lines.
Saturday 4 July 2026
Machvision's June revenue hits another record due to AI demand
Machvision posted another record monthly revenue in June 2026, as surging demand for AI servers, high-performance computing (HPC), and advanced packaging continued to lift orders for the semiconductor and PCB inspection equipment maker. The company said the biggest challenge has now shifted from winning orders to managing supply chains and expanding capacity.
Saturday 4 July 2026
China's CR Micro raises power chip prices as Chinese suppliers push fresh hikes

China Resources Microelectronics (CR Micro), a Chinese power semiconductor integrated device manufacturer, has notified customers and partners that it will raise prices across its entire product lineup starting July 1, with increases beginning at 15%.