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Friday 30 October 2026
Intel's AI PCs are selling, but the wider PC recovery is still missing
Intel's growing AI PC sales are coexisting with a shrinking PC market, as memory constraints weaken purchases and computer makers reduce processor inventories. The distinction matters...
Friday 30 October 2026
Taiwan semiconductor output to hit NT$9.1 trillion as TSIA urges stable power
The Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) expects its members' total output to exceed NT$9.1 trillion (US$279.5 billion) in 2026, a 40.9% year-over-year increase driven...
Friday 30 October 2026
AUO returns to a third-quarter loss as panel demand weakens
AUO reported a consolidated net loss attributable to its parent-company owners in the third quarter of 2026 as cautious panel purchasing and weaker consumer electronics demand reduced...
Friday 30 October 2026
Texas Instruments, NXP point to data centers and robots as industrial chips rebound
Texas Instruments (TI) and NXP Semiconductors both reported 40% to 50% year-over-year growth in their industrial businesses during their latest earnings calls for the third quarter...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Marvell reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Lumentum in AI optics deal
Marvell Technology is in advanced talks to acquire data-center optical component maker Lumentum Holdings, people familiar with the matter said, in what could become a major AI hardware...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Nvidia under probe by US justice officials over Hugging Face acquisition
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is reviewing how Nvidia's acquisition of Hugging Face could affect competition in the AI industry, while a years-long antitrust investigation continues...
Thursday 29 October 2026
NXP wins Volkswagen role in software-defined vehicle architecture
Volkswagen Group and NXP Semiconductors have agreed on a strategic partnership under which NXP's S32K5 microcontrollers (MCUs) are intended to serve as a building block of the carmaker's...
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...