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Thursday 12 February 2026

HBM4 first-mover fog: Samsung and Micron duel for supremacy amid Nvidia supply tension

Samsung Electronics has officially commenced the mass production and commercial shipment of its HBM4 memory, marking a pivotal moment in the global semiconductor landscape.

Thursday 12 February 2026

China's Lenovo profit drops 21% even as revenue climbs 18%, flags memory shortage pressure

Lenovo Group reported a 21% decline in third-quarter profit but exceeded analyst expectations as strong revenue growth, driven by artificial intelligence (AI) demand, helped offset...

Thursday 12 February 2026

Cisco revenue beats expectations, but margin outlook pressured by rising memory costs

Cisco Systems forecast quarterly gross margins below market expectations, citing higher memory chip costs. The weaker margin outlook overshadowed...

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

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...

Wednesday 11 February 2026

Taiwan breaks ground on 12-inch semiconductor R&D base at ITRI, backed by TSMC equipment donations

Taiwan has launched construction of a new 12-inch semiconductor pilot production platform at the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), aiming to strengthen the island's...

Wednesday 11 February 2026

Memory squeeze from AI demand threatens industrial PC margins and delivery timelines

The expansion of computing power driven by generative AI has repositioned memory as a critical resource, with data centers and AI servers redefining its value and leaving industrial...

Wednesday 11 February 2026

Taiwan exports exceed NT$2 trillion in January, memory shortage escalates

Taiwan's Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced on February 9, 2026, that Taiwan's exports in January 2026 hit a record high, surpassing NT$2 trillion (US$63.4 billion) for the first...

Tuesday 10 February 2026

SK Hynix set to ship HBM4 for Nvidia's Vera Rubin this month

SK Hynix is expected to begin shipments this month of its sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory, HBM4, a high-performance, low-power...

Tuesday 10 February 2026

China reportedly enters HBM3 mass production as South Korea pushes into HBM4

China is preparing to initiate large-scale production of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), narrowing a technology gap with South Korea in a...

Tuesday 10 February 2026

Phison CEO meets India's Modi to boost NAND, edge AI strategies

Phison Electronics CEO Khein-seng Pua met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 8, 2026, to discuss leveraging their respective strengths to advance the deployment of...

Tuesday 10 February 2026

Behind Nvidia’s fried-chicken diplomacy

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reportedly hosted a "fried chicken and beer" meeting in Silicon Valley on February 5, 2026, with SK Group chairman Tony Choi, according to industry sources...

Tuesday 10 February 2026

Memory cost pressures lead ODMs to adopt cautious 2026 outlook for notebook shipments

Notebook ODMs reported mixed January 2026 shipment results, with Quanta declining year-over-year while Wistron and Inventec showed growth. The industry expects a first quarter seasonal...

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...

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