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Friday 13 February 2026
Shihlin Electric expands in North America as orders extend to 2030

Shihlin Electric is entering 2026 with strong operating momentum, supported by accelerated contract releases under Taipower's grid resilience...

Friday 13 February 2026
Citi flags post-HBM shift as edge memory, HBF advance
A Citi analyst said the next phase of artificial intelligence (AI) memory demand will extend beyond high-bandwidth memory (HBM), pointing to emerging opportunities in physical AI devices...
Friday 13 February 2026
TSMC and memory makers boost capex to offset China export restrictions impact
TSMC raised its 2026 capital expenditure forecast to US$52-56 billion, driving strong demand in the global semiconductor supply chain amid AI growth. Memory giants SK Hynix, Micron,...
Friday 13 February 2026
Stellantis scraps two EU gigafactories after €2.1bn hit, pivots toward Asian batteries
Stellantis NV has officially abandoned plans to build two lithium battery gigafactories in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and Termoli, Italy, the company's CEO, Antonio Filosa, said, following...
Friday 13 February 2026
Quanta boosts Thailand investment to expand AI server capacity
Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT) said it will invest THB1.098 billion (approx. US$35.34 million) in electromechanical engineering and materials for its Thailand facility, reinforcing...
Friday 13 February 2026
SK Hynix reportedly begins equipment orders for Cheongju HBM packaging line amid AI-driven capacity race
SK Hynix has started placing initial equipment orders to convert an idle Cheongju fab into a high-bandwidth memory (HBM) packaging and testing line, according to ET News,...
Friday 13 February 2026
E-glass capacity cuts trigger production shifts for Taiwan CCL makers
The global AI data center boom is straining not only high-end computing chips but also adjacent industries such as memory and upstream glass fiber cloth, where significant capacity...
Friday 13 February 2026
Winbond's two-year sell-out signals memory cycle shift and US$1.35bn capex push

Winbond Electronics is entering a powerful demand cycle, with tight supply conditions across DRAM, NOR flash, and SLC NAND extending beyond...

Thursday 12 February 2026
Mistral to invest EUR1.2bn in Swedish AI data centres to expand European compute capacity
Mistral AI will invest EUR1.2 billion (US$1.43 billion) to build large-scale AI data centres in Sweden, marking its first infrastructure expansion outside France. The move positions...
Thursday 12 February 2026
Tower Semiconductor revamps strategy after Intel deal collapses
Intel's decision to walk away from its September 2023 agreement for Fab 11X in New Mexico has prompted Tower Semiconductor to revamp its manufacturing roadmap, scrap the facility from...
Thursday 12 February 2026
SMIC warns AI pull-forward is rewriting chip cycle, lifts mature-node pricing
The global foundry industry is undergoing a structural shift, and it is emerging first in mature process nodes once widely considered oversupplied. SMIC stated on February 11 that...
Thursday 12 February 2026
Global Mixed-Mode's DDR5 PMIC push signals tighter memory supply and margin focus
Global Mixed-Mode Technology said it is expanding its DDR5 power management IC (PMIC) portfolio and prioritizing production for high-bandwidth memory (HBM), while warning that rising...
Thursday 12 February 2026
China claims five places in 2025 global OSAT top 10
The latest global ranking of the top 10 outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) providers points to a shift in competitive balance. In 2025, five Chinese companies entered...
Thursday 12 February 2026
Micron begins high-volume HBM4 shipments as supply stays tight and capex rises
Micron Technology has begun high-volume production and customer shipments of its next-generation HBM4 memory, ramping volumes earlier than expected amid tight industry supply, CFO...
Thursday 12 February 2026
Taiwan's renewable backup mandate fuels energy storage growth
Taiwan's government has mandated that renewable energy power sellers and generators must maintain "backup power capacity" to address the issue of intermittency and its impact on grid...