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Friday 17 July 2026

Moore Threads forecasts sharp first-half revenue growth on AI demand

Moore Threads, a Chinese GPU maker, said its first-half revenue likely more than doubled as demand for artificial intelligence (AI) chips and large-scale computing clusters accelerated...

Friday 17 July 2026

TSMC boosts US manufacturing as Taiwan chip designers wait on moving production

TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei formally announced on July 16 that the company will invest an additional US$100 billion in the US, funding several...

Friday 17 July 2026

TSMC's US$100 billion bet: AI growth, US pressure and the cost of staying ahead

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) posted record second-quarter earnings for 2026, issued third-quarter revenue guidance above market expectations, and raised its full-year...

Friday 17 July 2026

Capacity reservations and inventory buildup reshape component makers' 3Q26 outlook amid persistent shortages

Global investment in AI infrastructure continues to accelerate, yet component shortages across the supply chain have not eased as previously expected. Instead, tightening availability...

Thursday 16 July 2026

AI hardware boom lifts Taiwan's rail and CCL suppliers; optical module tells messier story

Taiwan's technology supply chain delivered another month of strong year-over-year revenue growth in June 2026, led by suppliers tied directly to AI server infrastructure, even as the...

Thursday 16 July 2026

Beyond AI: Resilient consumer demand widens semiconductor supply crunch

Reports of lengthening semiconductor lead times have become increasingly common in recent months, highlighting that the imbalance between chip supply and demand has not eased but is...

Thursday 16 July 2026

Groups urge EU interim measures against Broadcom amid VMware antitrust case

A European industry group, the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE), has joined four other trade organizations...

Thursday 16 July 2026

MCU lead times stretch, but industry holds the line against a pandemic-style order rush

Microcontrollers (MCUs), widely used across industrial automation, medical devices, and consumer electronics, are experiencing longer...

Thursday 16 July 2026

Cadence launches agentic AI platform for PCB and package design

Cadence has launched the AuraStack AI Super Agent on Allegro AI Studio, positioning it as the world's first agentic AI platform for printed circuit board (PCB) and advanced packaging...

Thursday 16 July 2026

Samsung turns to titanium to reduce screen creases in next foldables

Samsung Electronics unveiled a new titanium-based display structure on July 15, designed to reduce screen crease visibility while improving durability and preserving a slim profile...

Thursday 16 July 2026

India trims chip subsidies but widens their reach as it courts electronics supply chain away from China

India approved two large incentive packages on July 15 that together recast how New Delhi subsidizes electronics manufacturing: learner-per-project chip subsidies spread across a much...

Thursday 16 July 2026

China's TPU path gains traction with low-cost AI inference challenging GPU economics

Generative AI applications are expanding rapidly, making computing costs a growing bottleneck to commercial AI deployment. The AI accelerator...

Thursday 16 July 2026

Jensen refutes Vera Rubin's delay, continuing Nvidia's running rebuttal of the rumor mill

Nvidia co-founder and chief executive Jensen Huang used a developer event in Tokyo on July 15 to reject reports that manufacturing...

Thursday 16 July 2026

Commentary: Chip lead times extend as cloud AI squeezes capacity

Reports of longer chip lead times have been mounting. ADI has notified customers that, as recovering demand tightens supply, lead times for some analog chip products have stretched...

Thursday 16 July 2026

Apple reportedly explores AI chip acquisitions as it races to strengthen its infrastructure

Apple is exploring acquisitions of semiconductor companies to accelerate development of AI server chips, reflecting mounting pressure to improve the computing infrastructure behind...

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