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Thursday 29 October 2026
Macronix halts NOR expansion, phases out ROM, bets NT$30B expansion on eMMC NAND
Macronix International posted record profits in the third quarter of 2026, surpassing $10 billion for the first time in company history. Chairman Miin-Chyou Wu announced that the company...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Unitree Robotics posts 56% revenue growth in first nine months of 2026
Chinese robotics maker Unitree Robotics reported a 55.71% year-over-year increase in revenue to CNY1.82 billion (US$273 million) for the first nine months of 2026, driven by product...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Google's cloud expansion strengthens AI business but strains cash generation
Google's parent, Alphabet, is turning demand for artificial intelligence into a larger cloud business. Still, its latest quarter shows that stronger operating performance does not...
Thursday 29 October 2026
ASM's earlier growth target puts supply chain execution in focus
ASM International's stronger outlook suggests that investment in advanced chipmaking is accelerating demand for its deposition equipment faster than the company had previously planned...
Thursday 29 October 2026
KLA's stronger outlook puts process control capacity in focus
KLA's latest results suggest that the expansion of AI chip manufacturing is increasing demand for inspection and measurement equipment, with its ability to deliver complex systems...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Research Insight: Kinsus Tech identifies three challenges for larger AI chip packages
Surging demand for AI computing is driving advanced packaging toward larger form factors, according to Ting-Hao Lin, R&D vice president at Kinsus Interconnect Technology, speaking...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Satellite industry faces major shake-up as data connectivity set to capture 68% of service revenue by 2035
Global satellite service revenue is projected to grow 44% over the next decade, reaching US$145 billion by 2035, according to the 33rd edition of Novaspace's Satellite Connectivity...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
UMC utilization tops 90% in 2H26 as AI demand drives expansion
United Microelectronics (UMC) saw operating momentum strengthen in the third quarter of 2026, as demand for artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), communications,...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
AI reshapes China wealth rankings as ByteDance's Wenfeng Liang debuts at No. 7
The Hurun Research Institute's 2026 Hurun China Rich List shows ByteDance founder Yiming Zhang reclaiming the title of China's richest person with CNY670 billion (US$99.7 billion),...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
SK Hynix looks beyond IPO to fund Solidigm's US expansion
SK Hynix is reassessing how to finance the US manufacturing expansion of its NAND flash subsidiary Solidigm after shelving a potential initial public offering (IPO), as the South Korean...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
Corning's AI fiber growth puts capacity delivery, customer funding in focus
Corning's third-quarter results show optical networking becoming a larger driver of the materials maker's business as AI infrastructure expands. Stronger sales and profitability support...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
CXMT reportedly prioritizes China demand, rejecting Apple's DRAM inquiry
China's CXMT has reportedly declined Apple's inquiry about purchasing DRAM, prioritizing supply to domestic customers instead. As global memory supplies tighten and prices rise, the...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Pat Gelsinger warns AI compute efficiency must jump 10,000x amid power, memory, and fab constraints
Silicon Valley venture capital firm Playground Global has returned to Taiwan alongside a cohort of portfolio companies specializing in memory, power management, optical communications,...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
SoftBank eyes US$50B Malaysia AI data-center expansion
SoftBank Group founder and CEO Masayoshi Son has selected investment sites in Malaysia and plans to invest US$50 billion in technology, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
AMD, Nvidia target substrate capacity amid 4x expansion constraints
AMD and Nvidia have separately invested in supply-chain capacity expansion, making substrates, packaging, and testing key priorities as AI demand diversifies. The moves show that chipmakers...