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Wednesday 11 February 2026
Rapidus aims for 2nm ramp in FY2027 with fourfold capacity boost
Rapidus is expected to begin full-scale production in fiscal 2028. Mass production of 2nm-class chips is scheduled to commence in the second half of fiscal 2027, according to Kyoto...
Wednesday 11 February 2026
ByteDance reportedly in talks with Samsung on chip development amid US Nvidia curbs

China's ByteDance is developing an artificial intelligence (AI) chip and is in talks with Samsung Electronics to manufacture it, Reuters...

Wednesday 11 February 2026
TSMC supplier AblePrint sees January 2026 revenue jump 142% on AI chips packaging boom
Taiwan-based AblePrint Technology, a key supplier of advanced packaging defoaming equipment for major clients including TSMC, reported record-breaking performance despite earlier regulatory...
Wednesday 11 February 2026
Silan raises device prices about 10% from March, signaling wider cost pass-through
On February 9, 2026, Hangzhou Silan Microelectronics said that it will raise prices on certain device product categories by about 10% on average starting March 1, 2026, citing severe...
Wednesday 11 February 2026
South Korean IC designers face year-long packaging delays
Surging demand for artificial intelligence servers and high-performance computing (HPC) has tightened capacity across the semiconductor supply chain. For many small South Korean communications...
Wednesday 11 February 2026
Alibaba builds Google-class AI stack with 'golden triangle' chip, cloud and model integration
Alibaba has completed the final piece of its AI strategy. T-Head Semiconductor has launched the Zhenwu 810E AI chip, developed in-house by Alibaba across hardware and software. The...
Wednesday 11 February 2026
Amazon and STMicroelectronics expand collaboration on data center chips

Amazon is deepening its partnership with STMicroelectronics, expanding a multiyear, multibillion-dollar collaboration aimed at developing...

Tuesday 10 February 2026
Renesas turns to China and India for recovery after first net loss in six years
Renesas Electronics recorded its first net loss in six years in fiscal 2025, reflecting weak demand for automotive semiconductors and a limited contribution from AI-related products...
Tuesday 10 February 2026
US plans chip tariff breaks for tech giants tied to TSMC's US expansion
The Trump administration is preparing to spare major US technology companies from a new round of semiconductor tariffs as they expand data center capacity to support the artificial...
Tuesday 10 February 2026
Sony may influence TCL's SQD mini LED strategy as RGB mini LEDs rise
Global TV brands are competing in the high-end market with multiple technologies such as OLED, QLED, RGB Mini LED, and Micro LED, with RGB Mini LED backlighting becoming the focus...
Tuesday 10 February 2026
Anthropic's rumored data center push signals a new phase in the AI infrastructure race
Anthropic's quiet move to secure massive computing capacity marks a strategic escalation that could reshape competition among leading AI labs, intensifying pressure on rivals such...
Tuesday 10 February 2026
Japanese election landslide puts Korean spotlight on chips, Rapidus and TSMC
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a decisive victory in the February 8, 2026, lower house election after her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won 316 seats, surpassing the...
Monday 9 February 2026
Samsung boosts HBM4 DRAM investment to secure market leadership
Samsung Electronics is set to begin mass production of the world's first sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) chips later in February 2026, marking a major milestone in the...
Monday 9 February 2026
LG CNS partners with FuriosaAI, bringing South Korea's NPU to enterprise AI services
To promote the formal deployment of South Korea's domestic NPU and reduce reliance on Nvidia, LG Consulting & Solutions (CNS), the IT services arm of South Korea's LG Group, has...
Monday 9 February 2026
Musk predicts space computing shift in 36 months as terrestrial power limits bite
Elon Musk said artificial intelligence computing could become more cost-effective to deploy in space than on Earth within the next 30 to 36 months, arguing that power generation and...