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2026-07-09
China's rumored tentative plan to allow a handful of its largest artificial intelligence (AI) companies to purchase a small number of Nvidia H200 chips has implications that extend well beyond a single procurement decision. The plan is possibly, though not only, for the shifting balance between US export leverage and Beijing's push to reduce its dependence on foreign silicon.
2026-07-09
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2026-07-09
GlobalWafers reported a rebound in second-quarter revenue as semiconductor demand improved across advanced and mature nodes, a sign that recovery trends in the global chip market could matter for manufacturers, cloud suppliers, automakers, and industrial users worldwide. The company said strong AI-related demand and high utilization supported the latest results.
2026-07-09
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Rising demand for AI chips is changing how foundries set prices, giving TSMC and Samsung Electronics more leverage while forcing new entrants such as Rapidus to compete carefully on cost.
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2026-07-09
Where will cloud AI's next wave of growth come from? Increasingly, the market is answering with two words: sovereign AI.
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Apple's decision to commit more than US$30 billion to Broadcom over the next several years carries implications that reach well beyond a single procurement contract — potentially reshaping, though not limited to, how the iPhone maker approaches custom-silicon design and how far it is willing to anchor critical chip production inside the US.
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2026-07-09
Samsung Electronics is reportedly set to expand use of its in-house mobile application processor, Exynos 2700, across the Galaxy S27 flagship series slated for 2027. Money Todayand KBench, citing industry sources, reported that Samsung plans to equip most Galaxy S27 standard, Plus, and Pro models in most markets with Exynos 2700, while using Qualcomm Snapdragon chips for the US market. The top-end
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2026-07-09
SK Group chairman Tae-Won Chey is reportedly set to travel to the US for SK Hynix's American depositary receipt (ADR) listing on Nasdaq, where he will personally attend the celebration in New York. The move is being seen as more than a capital market event, as it marks an important moment in SK Hynix's effort to reposition itself from a traditional memory maker into a core company in AI infrastruc
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2026-07-09
Edom Technology reported record first-half revenue for 2026, driven by rising demand for AI servers and networking equipment. The IC distributor said June consolidated revenue reached NT$12.573 billion, down 9.23% from May but up 60.10% from a year earlier, marking its third-highest monthly result on record.
2026-07-09
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2026-07-09
China's bid to replace Nvidia in AI chips faces a constraint more immediate than design capability: SMIC's limited 7nm-class manufacturing capacity.
2026-07-09
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2026-07-09
Arterytek, the microcontroller unit maker under Faraday Technology, said its unaudited June revenue rose to NT$370 million (US$11.53 million), up 20% from May and 114% from a year earlier. The company said second-quarter revenue reached NT$960 million, a record high, as customer demand recovered and key product shipments strengthened.
2026-07-09
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2026-07-09
Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group said its first-half earnings will rise sharply, reflecting stronger chip demand and a recovery in the sector that may matter to global electronics and industrial supply chains. The company also cited gains from product upgrades and an investment valuation boost.
2026-07-09
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2026-07-09
Ann Mutschler
As the semiconductor ecosystem pivots to AI, it is transforming how IP is created, veri...
2026-07-09
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2026-07-09
Aurona Industries said demand for its PCB process materials remains strong, with order intake rising year over year, and high-end products in particular are seeing robust traction. The company's update reflects continued momentum for global electronics supply chains, as AI-related upgrades and high-speed computing fuel broader demand across Asia.
2026-07-09
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2026-07-09
CXMT's STAR Market IPO suggests China's largest DRAM maker is prioritizing commodity memory over an aggressive near-term push into high-bandwidth memory (HBM). This eases concerns that Chinese suppliers are about to challenge the dominance of Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron in AI memory.
2026-07-09
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2026-07-09
Venture capitalists from Japan, Singapore, and Salesforce Ventures converged at the 2026 Asia VC Summit in Taipei to argue that Asian startups should prioritize regional expansion over jumping straight into the US market. They pointed to cross-border collaboration within Asia as a more viable path to building competitive tech companies.
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2026-07-09
Micron Technology said July 9 it is raising its planned US fab and technology investment to more than $250 billion through 2035, citing surging demand for memory driven by AI. The company said the increase supports its long-term goal of producing 40% of its DRAM output domestically.
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2026-07-09
Phison Electronics, a NAND controller maker, said first-half consolidated revenue in 2026 surpassed NT$100 billion (US$3.1 billion) for the first time. CEO Khein-Seng Pua said June mobile controller shipments rose 47% from a year earlier even as global smartphone shipments are expected to decline, while PCIe SSD boot drive shipments jumped 5,600% year-over-year and some AI project orders now exten