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Wednesday 29 April 2026

China memory chip designer Montage lifts profit on DDR5, AI server demand

China-based memory interface chip supplier Montage Technology reported solid first-quarter 2026 results, supported by rising demand for AI servers and accelerating adoption of next-generation...

Wednesday 29 April 2026

Automotive and networking chips move directly to 2nm as AI demand tightens capacity

Demand for advanced chips at TSMC is tightening amid the AI boom, with its 3nm process becoming increasingly congested as major customers...

Wednesday 29 April 2026

China's GPU IPO wave meets its hardest test: cluster stability

China's GPU startups, including Moore Threads, MetaX, and Biren, are gaining ground in the AI accelerator market. But as demand shifts from training to inference, cluster stability,...

Wednesday 29 April 2026

Commentary: China's chip-model strategy pressures Nvidia's AI economics

The global AI industry is shifting into an inference cost war in 2026, with DeepSeek V4 accelerating changes across China's semiconductor supply chain. By positioning Huawei's Ascend...

Wednesday 29 April 2026

Nvidia launches Nemotron 3 Nano Omni to power unified multimodal AI agents

On April 28, Nvidia introduced Nemotron 3 Nano Omni, a new open multimodal AI model designed to simplify the development of agent-based systems by combining vision, audio, and language...

Wednesday 29 April 2026

NXP signals structural growth as automotive and industrial drive momentum

NXP Semiconductors outlined a strengthening business outlook, with management pointing to clearer demand visibility and improving operational indicators across its end markets. CEO...

Wednesday 29 April 2026

Taiwan logs record chip exports, AI demand outpaces geopolitical risk

As the conflict involving the US, Israel, and Iran enters its second month, a fragile ceasefire has tempered immediate market shocks, yet economists warn that prolonged tensions could...

Wednesday 29 April 2026

NXP advances VSMC and ESMC projects with ramp timelines on track

NXP Semiconductors and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) are making steady progress on the VSMC manufacturing project, with execution now entering a more advanced stage as...

Wednesday 29 April 2026

Faraday Technology posts profit decline in the first quarter as gross margin hits 13-quarter high

Faraday Technology reported consolidated revenue of NT$2.59 billion (US$82.4 million) in the first quarter, with net income after tax of NT$100 million and earnings per share of NT$0.40,...

Wednesday 29 April 2026

NXP beats expectations and lifts outlook on improving chip demand

NXP Semiconductors reported first-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue of US$3.18 billion, rising 12.2% year on year but down 4.6% sequentially, according to company data. Gross profit increased...

Wednesday 29 April 2026

Analysis: Taiwan's two major panel makers enter semiconductor packaging; CPO and FOPLP become key

Optical communication technology is shifting from traditional pluggable optics toward co-packaged optics (CPO) architectures. Advanced packaging technologies are extending from wafer-level...

Wednesday 29 April 2026

PCB industry urges four policy moves in Thailand expansion

Amid global supply chain restructuring, Asia's PCB industry is moving toward closer regional collaboration. Industry experts say that as southbound expansion in the PCB sector takes...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Nvidia signs record Bengaluru office lease as India AI push accelerates

Nvidia has signed a 10-year lease for approximately 760,000 square feet of office space in Bengaluru, marking the largest single-tenant office commitment in India to date. The space,...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Empyrean draws retail inflows while profit falls, testing China EDA valuations

China's domestic EDA software developer Empyrean Technology is attracting a growing base of retail investors even as its earnings weaken, underscoring a widening gap between market...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Chinese GPU maker Lisuan secures Microsoft WHQL certification for 6nm chip

China-based GPU designer Lisuan Tech has secured Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certification from Microsoft, becoming the first Chinese...

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