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On June 24, Micron Technology reported record fiscal third-quarter results and issued a fourth-quarter forecast that significantly exceeded market expectations, reinforcing investor confidence in the AI infrastructure boom. Analysts said the company's expanding portfolio of multi-year customer agreements could help reduce the memory industry's traditional volatility, while persistent supply constr
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Qualcomm Technologies is expanding its partnership with Hugging Face to bring open AI tools from devices to cloud infrastructure, a move that could affect developers and enterprises worldwide. The collaboration aims to simplify AI deployment across the compute continuum while enabling faster, more flexible, and more scalable hybrid AI applications.
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Techzone Technology Materials, a provider of one of Taiwan's few integrated waste treatment, renewable energy, and recycling solutions, is actively addressing the waste treatment demand driven by semiconductor capacity expansion. Together with its subsidiaries Han-Yang Technology Renewable Energy and Sunlight Environment, the company has a combined annual treatment capacity of 239,000 tons.
2026-06-25
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National Silicon Industry Group, China's leading 12-inch silicon wafer maker, has announced a CNY11.45 billion (US$1.6 billion) capital injection into its core subsidiary Shanghai Xinsheng Semiconductor Technology, in a restructuring aimed at easing losses in its wafer business.
2026-06-25
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Nvidia and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are expanding tools that could make it easier for companies worldwide to build and run large-scale AI systems. The changes aim to improve speed, lower costs, and reduce operational complexity across inference, search, and training, which could influence how global enterprises deploy production AI.
2026-06-25
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MediaTek is reportedly strengthening its partnership with Google in ASICs, a move that could increase the scale of future orders and carry implications for AI infrastructure worldwide. Market talk suggests the company may build an upgraded triggerfish product for Google, underscoring how global chipmakers are vying for influence in TPU development.
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
Qualcomm used its June 24 investor day to unveil a data center chip portfolio and a multi-generation CPU agreement with Meta, a strategic bid to diversify beyond a shrinking smartphone business and challenge Nvidia's dominance — while courting Chinese demand and leaning on manufacturing partner TSMC.
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
OpenAI on June 24 unveiled "Jalapeño," its first in-house AI accelerator, co-developed with Broadcom and manufactured by TSMC — the clearest sign yet that leading model developers want to design their own chips and broaden a supply chain long dominated by Nvidia.
2026-06-25
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SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won is planning to meet Tesla and SpaceX leadership in the US at the end of June 2026 to advance cooperation on next-generation AI infrastructure, memory supply, and data-center projects, South Korean outlet Ddailyreported, citing industry sources. The meeting is expected to cover specific business collaboration plans with Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, though the exact date wa
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2026-06-25
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Can engineers trust AI to get everything right in semiconductor design and verification?
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
At Nvidia's June 25 annual shareholder meeting, CEO Jensen Huang declared that national security "comes first" wherever it conflicts with commercial opportunity, pledging full compliance with US export controls while casting the chipmaker as a core pillar of America's AI and semiconductor industrial base.
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
IC design firms are scrambling to expand their partner networks as tight packaging and testing capacity remain the most pressing bottleneck in the supply chain. Companies in Taiwan, Europe, and the US say the shortage is worse than expected, pushing packaging, testing, and related materials into broader supply constraints.
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
ByteDance's reported plan to purchase at least 50,000 AI inference chips from Shanghai-based GPU developer Iluvatar CoreX could become one of the most significant commercial wins yet for China's domestic AI chip industry.
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
As demand for AI chips surges, the battle for foundry orders is heating up. South Korean industry sources say the next 2-3 years will be a critical period for Samsung Electronics' foundry business, with its 2028 turnaround target hinging on stable operations at the Taylor plant and landing major orders.
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
Optical lens manufacturer Calin Technology stated at its shareholders' meeting on June 24 that global market growth has been weakened by economic volatility and US tariff policies. It reported consolidated revenue of NT$1.02 billion (approx. US$32 million) in 2025 and a net loss after tax of NT$261 million. Although profitability fell short of expectations due to production volumes remaining below
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
Rising demand for AI server builds is tightening the global supply of high-end MLCCs, driving steep price increases in China's electronics distribution market and exposing how quickly infrastructure demand can affect component costs worldwide. The rally underscores a structural mismatch that could keep pressure on buyers across technology supply chains for years, according to industry sources.
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
ADATA Technology is stepping up discussions in Thailand amid rising global demand for AI computing centers. Chairman Simon Chen's visit highlights how Southeast Asia could benefit from expanding AI infrastructure, supporting industrial policy, and strengthening regional cooperation. The company sees Thailand as a possible hub for future growth and technology investment.
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
The global semiconductor packaging and testing race is heating up as TSMC recently signed a 10-year agreement with Amkor to expand advanced packaging collaboration in Arizona, drawing close market attention to how the rivalry with ASE and Amkor will reshape market share. ASE Chief Operating Officer Tien Wu said he is "optimistic," stating that strong demand from US customers and the need to divers
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
AI chipmaker SambaNova could raise between US$800 million and US$1 billion in a new funding round, according to its executive chairman and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan. This would raise SambaNova's value to US$10 billion as increasing inferential AI workloads spur a search for alternatives to Nvidia's expensive GPUs.
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
Co-packaged optics (CPO) is rapidly emerging as a foundational architecture for next-generation AI infrastructure. With Nvidia's latest Scale-Up CPO switch roadmap now taking shape, bandwidth per AI rack is set to increase from approximately 130 TB/s in the Blackwell generation to more than 1 PB/s in the Feynman era, spanning Blackwell, Rubin, Rubin Ultra, and Feynman platforms. As a result, the g