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Thursday 29 October 2026
Analysis: Google opens its AI chips to rivals but won't say if it makes money
Google is now supplying its tensor processing units (TPUs) to companies it competes with, including Anthropic and Apple. On Alphabet's third-quarter earnings call, management gave...
Thursday 29 October 2026
AI, semiconductors drive foreign investor gains, weakening Taiwan dollar
Taiwan's AI and semiconductor stocks have delivered substantial gains for foreign investors, who have recently taken profits, converted the proceeds into US dollars, and repatriated...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Parade Technologies faces near-term revenue pressure as notebook demand weakens
Parade Technologies expects fourth-quarter revenue to fall as notebook inventory digestion continues, underscoring pressure on the chipmaker's near-term results. The company is relying...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Niche memory price rally lifts Ingenic's third-quarter profit 2,595%
The global memory shortage is no longer lifting only the commodity DRAM giants. Ingenic Semiconductor, a Beijing-based fabless chip designer whose memory chips go mainly into cars,...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Samsung's AI memory boom drives record profit as device division stays in loss
Samsung Electronics' latest results show AI infrastructure demand increasingly determining the group's earnings, with soaring semiconductor profit offsetting continued losses in its...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Apple ends its touchscreen holdout with OLED MacBook Pro, with Samsung Display reported as sole panel supplier
Apple's first touchscreen Mac reverses a design stance the company defended for more than a decade and is a premium-priced test of whether touch and tandem OLED can lift Mac demand...
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
Microsoft's cloud growth outpaces infrastructure spending delays
Microsoft's latest results suggest that enterprise demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence is supporting stronger operating earnings even as some infrastructure capacity...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Onsemi reportedly in talks to buy AI power-chip startup Ferric for close to US$1 billion
Onsemi has been discussing an acquisition of Ferric, a New York-based maker of integrated voltage regulators for AI chips, for close to US$1 billion, The Information reported...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Powertech shifts to advanced packaging as AI demand drives growth
Rising demand for high-end AI chips is accelerating Powertech's transformation into an advanced packaging strategic partner. Powertech said its utilization rate exceeded 90% in the...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
Ex-TSMC CTO says Taiwan's research institutes get too much funding and train too little talent
Taiwan directs too much public research and development (R&D) funding to its national research institutes, according to Chenming Hu, a former chief technology officer of Taiwan...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
Transformation in focus as display supply chain kicks off investor briefings
The panel display supply chain's transformation marathon continues as companies begin a week of investor briefings centered on new businesses. CoreIntelligence (CiHC), AUO, Radiant,...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
Oracle accelerates AI chip diversification with Cerebras, Google, and SambaNova deals
Oracle has signed partnerships with Cerebras and other chipmakers to host their chips in its cloud infrastructure. The Cerebras deal gives the chipmaker a new large customer to anchor...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
AMD to invest US$1 billion in Meta's stock sale as Helios racks enter testing
AMD is backing one of its largest AI customers with capital and chips. Alongside an update on its hardware work with Meta, the chipmaker said on October 27 that it will invest US$1...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
Google TPUs land Oracle, with OpenAI reportedly next
Google's tensor processing unit (TPU) business has gained one confirmed and one reported major customer within a week, adding pressure on Nvidia, whose graphics processors still dominate...