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Tuesday 17 February 2026

Global memory chip shortage reportedly forces Sony PlayStation and other tech launches to delay

A global shortage of memory chips is beginning to reshape product launch timelines across the tech industry, impacting everything from smartphones and laptops to gaming consoles and...

Monday 16 February 2026

China's GPU Four race to power large models, eye inference surge

China's leading domestic GPU makers Moore Threads, MetaX, Iluvatar CoreX, and Biren...

Sunday 15 February 2026

Power semiconductor cost pressures rise as 8-inch wafer foundries plan price hikes

Demand for AI servers' power management chips is surging, tightening supply and demand in the 8-inch wafer foundry market. Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC)...

Saturday 14 February 2026

ByteDance expands chip team to 1,000, advancing four major design lines

Chinese tech giant ByteDance is rapidly scaling its in-house chip development efforts, with its chip R&D team now exceeding 1,000 employees, signaling a strong push into AI hardware...

Friday 13 February 2026

Arm faces intensified competition in China as RISC-V rise reshapes AI and HPC chip markets

As China emerges as a major RISC-V hub shipping hundreds of billions of chips annually since 2024, Arm Holdings confronts heightened competition in a market where its architecture...

Friday 13 February 2026

Analysis: China's AI models and chips align on day one

China's leading large model developers are accelerating flagship releases, while domestic AI chipmakers are responding almost simultaneously,...

Friday 13 February 2026

Samsung's non-memory unit to turn profitable in 4Q26 as Exynos 2700 targets 50% share in Galaxy S27

Industry analysts indicate that Samsung Electronics' non-memory division is expected to return to profitability in the fourth quarter of 2026, with a full-year turnaround projected...

Friday 13 February 2026

Samsung said to gain 8nm orders in Europe as 2nm plan advances

Samsung Electronics is said to be expanding its 8nm foundry customer base into Europe following earlier contract wins in the US and Ja...

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...

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...

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...

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