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Thursday 5 February 2026
Arm pushes compute subsystems as chip design complexity grows
Arm Holdings executives highlighted a growing focus on integrated compute subsystems during the company's latest earnings call, as rising chip design complexity reshapes customer requirements across multiple end markets.
Thursday 5 February 2026
Memory shortage weighs on Qualcomm, Arm as smartphone chip sales slow

Arm Holdings reported fiscal third-quarter revenue growth of 26% from a year earlier, supported by gains in licensing and royalties, while memory supply constraints in the smartphone market continued to weigh on expectations for mobile-related royalty income.

Thursday 5 February 2026
Alphabet's US$185 billion hardware mandate: Breaking the AI supply bottleneck

Alphabet has signaled a transformative shift in its industrial strategy, unveiling a massive, sustained hardware build-out designed to break a persistent supply-side bottleneck.

Thursday 5 February 2026
Texas Instruments to reshore Silicon Labs production in US$7.5 billion wireless play
Texas Instruments (TI) has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire chip designer Silicon Laboratories for approximately US$7.5 billion, marking the largest deal for TI since its US$6.5 billion purchase of National Semiconductor in 2011. The acquisition underscores TI's strategy to strengthen its presence in wireless connectivity chips for industrial, consumer, and smart-device applications.
Thursday 5 February 2026
MediaTek projects strong growth in cloud ASIC market, aims for US$1 billion revenue by 2026
At its February 4 earnings call, MediaTek outlined a robust outlook for its application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) business, with CEO Rick Tsai Lixing projecting the cloud ASIC market to reach US$70 billion by 2028. The company aims for a 10–15% market share and expects ASIC revenue to constitute around 20% of total sales by 2025.
Thursday 5 February 2026
MediaTek charts data center ASIC expansion even as smartphone sales slow
MediaTek held its earnings briefing with investor focus centered on application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and the smartphone market outlook. CEO Rick Tsai said the company's data center ASIC business is expected to surpass US$1 billion in 2026 and reach several billion US dollars in 2027, with projects extending into 2028. Over the longer term, ASICs are projected to contribute around 20% of total revenue.
Thursday 5 February 2026
Arm faces investor scrutiny as licensing miss collides with smartphone cost pressures

Arm Holdings shares fell approximately 8% in extended trading on February 4 after the chip IP provider reported the third-quarter fiscal 2026 licensing revenue that trailed analyst expectations. The shortfall overshadowed record royalty results and an improved revenue outlook.

Thursday 5 February 2026
Infineon's Ams Osram sensor acquisition signals shift toward higher-value systems and AI-linked growth
Infineon's planned purchase of Ams Osram's non-optical sensor portfolio underscores a strategic move to deepen its systems capability, rebalance exposure away from cyclical automotive pressure, and reinforce long-term growth tied to artificial intelligence, industrial automation, and medical applications.
Thursday 5 February 2026
Infineon's fiscal 1Q26 resilience highlights AI-driven growth amid cyclical pressures
Infineon's first quarter of fiscal year 2026 showed that strong demand linked to artificial intelligence (AI) can cushion cyclical weakness in other markets, reinforcing the company's medium-term growth narrative while also bringing higher investment needs and cash flow pressure into focus.
Thursday 5 February 2026
Infineon pivots capacity to AI power as automotive recovery drags
Infineon's decision to accelerate investment to expand AI power capacity is set to lift fiscal 2026 capital spending and intensify fab loading management, even as the company maintains a cautious view of a gradual, uneven recovery in automotive and industrial demand.
Thursday 5 February 2026
Renesas reportedly to sell timing unit to SiTime in US$3 billion deal
According to Bloomberg and Nikkei, citing respective sources, Renesas Electronics is set to divest its clocks and timing device business to US chip design company SiTime for around US$3 billion, in a move aimed at sharpening its focus on microcontrollers for automotive and industrial applications. The potential sale comes amid slowing demand for automotive semiconductors and rising interest in high-speed data center components.
Thursday 5 February 2026
MediaTek beats revenue forecast as 2025 sales near US$20b record
MediaTek posted fourth-quarter 2025 revenue of NT$150.2 billion (US$4.75 billion), marking a 5.7% quarter-on-quarter increase and an 8.8% rise from a year earlier. Gross margin slipped to 46.1%, down 0.4pp sequentially and 2.4pp year on year. Operating profit came in at NT$21.85 billion, down 1.5% from the previous quarter but up 2% year on year, while operating margin fell to 14.5%, declining 1.1pp quarter on quarter and 1pp from a year earlier.
Thursday 5 February 2026
Taiwan companies navigate supply chain gaps as India emerges as key manufacturing market
The US move to lower reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods to 18% is reshaping Taiwan manufacturers' India strategies, creating fresh opportunities in localization and import substitution while highlighting persistent risks tied to supply chain gaps, currency volatility, and execution challenges for Taiwanese IC and electronics suppliers.
Wednesday 4 February 2026
TI and NXP report strong results as AI data center power management boosts semiconductor packaging demand
Texas Instruments (TI), Infineon Technologies AG, STMicroelectronics, and NXP Semiconductors are expanding their manufacturing footprint in Malaysia as global customers accelerate efforts to diversify production away from China. The shift is being reinforced by rising electricity consumption from AI data centers, which is driving demand for high-voltage, high-power power management components used in servers and related infrastructure.
Wednesday 4 February 2026
Jensen Huang clarifies collaboration with OpenAI on track, confirms participation in new funding round
Recent reports suggested a stall in investment between Nvidia and OpenAI, but Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has confirmed that their collaboration remains on track. Huang stated in a CNBC interview that Nvidia will participate in OpenAI's latest funding round and is interested in joining the company's planned initial public offering (IPO).
Wednesday 4 February 2026
Analysis: AMD prioritizes supply chain for second-half AI ramp
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) signaled a focus on operational execution and supply-chain readiness during its February 3, 2026, earnings call, positioning the first half of 2026 as a foundational period for a broader artificial intelligence (AI) platform rollout. Management framed the current phase as a transition toward a more significant ramp in the second half of the year, emphasizing deployment discipline over immediate revenue acceleration.
Wednesday 4 February 2026
AMD beats estimates, flags softer 1Q26 momentum

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) reported fourth-quarter results and a first-quarter revenue forecast that exceeded analyst estimates, but its stock price fell as management indicated that the most significant revenue contributions from its next-generation AI platforms would not materialize until the second half of the year. Despite the earnings beat, shares declined about 7% to 8% in after-hours trading following the company's February 3 conference call, as investors weighed the timing of AMD's AI ramp against market expectations.

Wednesday 4 February 2026
NXP abandons low-margin bets to chase the software-defined car
In an earnings call held on February 3, NXP Semiconductors NV reported fourth-quarter revenue of US$3.34 billion, representing a 7% increase year-on-year and a 5% sequential rise. Management characterized the 2025 fiscal year as two distinct halves: initial demand weakness, followed by an acceleration in the second half. The company indicated that its performance in the latter part of the year has allowed it to return to its long-term financial model, leading to an optimistic outlook for 2026.
Wednesday 4 February 2026
AMD delivered the numbers—just not the surprise the AI market wanted
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2025, reporting its highest annual revenue to date. While the company met or exceeded several financial targets, its share price decreased following the report, indicating that the results may not have met the heightened expectations currently set for companies in the artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor sectors.
Wednesday 4 February 2026
PC price hikes in 2026 challenge IC design houses to rely on spec upgrades
Major PC brands and chip suppliers have recently warned that price increases for PC products in 2026 are likely unavoidable. Rising costs of memory and many other components continue to surge, and if these cannot be passed on to consumers, the entire supply chain's profitability will face significant pressure.
Wednesday 4 February 2026
Taiwan's paper-counting academic culture is being challenged—here's why
Taiwan has long measured academic success through publication volume, a metric that has driven intense competition with China in research output. But National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Minister Cheng-wen Wu is now calling for a different approach—one focused on global impact and technological leadership rather than paper counts.
Tuesday 3 February 2026
Huawei-linked Hubble invests in automotive chipmaker Norelsys pre-IPO

Norelsys (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. has begun IPO counseling after filing registration for listing guidance with the Tianjin branch of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, according to regulatory disclosures.

Tuesday 3 February 2026
China's AI chip swarm hits mass scale, chipping away at Nvidia's China stronghold

US export controls are accelerating China's localization of data-center AI chips, with shipment data now pointing to rapid commercial scaling. Across more than a dozen domestic brands, at least nine Chinese AI chip vendors have shipped or secured orders exceeding 10,000 units, spanning platforms backed by major technology groups and a growing group of startups.

Tuesday 3 February 2026
Rising memory prices add cost pressures for IC design houses
Rising memory prices are creating fresh cost challenges for IC design firms, particularly those producing chips with embedded memory. While most chip designers feel the impact indirectly, vendors shipping system-on-chips (SoCs) with integrated memory face more immediate and significant cost pressures.
Tuesday 3 February 2026
NXP signals modest recovery despite automotive shortfall as shares dip on high market expectations
NXP Semiconductors reported a sequential recovery across most end markets in its fourth-quarter results, yet its core automotive business grew more slowly than anticipated. This performance highlights an uneven semiconductor rebound, where strength in the mobile and industrial sectors must offset persistent instability in the vital automotive segment.