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Wednesday 10 June 2026
GEM Terminals cites AI-driven demand as May 2026 copper sales jump 72%
GEM Terminals reported consolidated revenue of about NT$428 million (US$13.6 million) in May 2026, up 71.83% year-over-year from NT$249 million, saying expanding global investment...
Wednesday 10 June 2026
AI use in PCB manufacturing has gone mainstream, but scaling remains lagging
AI adoption in PCB manufacturing is now widespread, yet fewer than 10% of companies have fully scaled deployments, underscoring a global gap between experimentation and factory-wide...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Amazon, Corning strike multibillion-dollar deal to expand US fiber optic output
Amazon has reached a multiyear, multibillion-dollar agreement with Corning to supply optical fiber, cable, and connectivity equipment for its US data centers, a move that stands to...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
AMD commits up to GBP2 billion to speed AI research in the UK
AMD said on June 8 it plans to invest up to GBP2 billion (approx. US$2.67 billion) in the UK over the next five years to accelerate AI innovation and research and broaden access to...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
AI chip race lifts semiconductor equipment sales to record US$36.55bn
Global semiconductor equipment sales hit a record first-quarter 2026 high, as the AI buildout lifted investment in leading-edge logic, DRAM and advanced packaging.
Tuesday 9 June 2026
LG Innotek expands Vietnam substrate plant as AI servers strain RF-SiP supply
LG Innotek is expanding semiconductor substrate production in Vietnam as rising demand for server components reshapes capacity across the substrate industry, fueling expectations that...
Monday 8 June 2026
Dreame under scrutiny for breakneck expansion pace and state-owned funding
A city in China has begun investigating the connections between its local companies and Dreame Technology, a Chinese company known for its robot vacuum cleaners that has reportedly...
Monday 8 June 2026
NTT taps Korean, Taiwanese partners for JPY70 billion-plus IOWN fund

NTT plans to establish an investment fund of more than JPY70 billion (approx. US$440 million), with major South Korean and Taiwanese...

Monday 8 June 2026
France attracted over EUR110 billion in AI and data center pledges but delivery faces power and approval hurdles
France secured more than EUR110 billion (US$126.8 billion) in artificial intelligence and data center investment commitments at the recent Choose France summit, with the largest single...
Monday 8 June 2026
LG Innotek expands Vietnam operations for AI packaging boom
LG Innotek is accelerating its push into advanced semiconductor packaging, announcing plans to expand its substrate manufacturing operations in Vietnam as it seeks to transform the...
Friday 5 June 2026
South Korea finalizes US$520 million on-device AI chip budget amid industry doubts
South Korea has finalized the budget for a state-backed on-device AI chip development project at KRW800.23 billion (US$520 million), about KRW200 billion below an earlier proposal,...
Friday 5 June 2026
TSMC CEO says rising profits mean greater social responsibility, clarifies bonus considerations
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) held its shareholders meeting on June 4, during which CEO C.C. Wei addressed recent talk surrounding its employee bonus system. He...
Thursday 4 June 2026
TSMC chair says CoPoS could scale within years while downplaying risk from Terafab
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) told shareholders on June 4 that the AI surge is creating major opportunities, but also leaving TSMC with the bulk of the investment and...
Thursday 4 June 2026
Applied Materials to add 1,000 Southeast Asia jobs as Singapore role grows

Applied Materials plans to expand its Southeast Asia workforce by about 25% this year, adding at least 1,000 workers mainly in Singapore...

Wednesday 3 June 2026
Delta highlights power gap as AI expansion pressures data centers worldwide
Global AI growth is increasingly colliding with electricity limits, a shift that could slow data center buildouts and reshape infrastructure planning from the US to Asia. Delta Electronics...