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AI is reshaping the global memory-chip market, according to Morgan Stanley, by pulling in more DRAM, HBM, and NAND, and turning once-cheap components into scarce resources. The shift is raising costs, tightening supply, and forcing priority allocation for cloud, server, and other high-value buyers worldwide across industries.
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Global semiconductor equipment sales hit a record first-quarter 2026 high, as the AI buildout lifted investment in leading-edge logic, DRAM and advanced packaging.
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LG Innotek is expanding semiconductor substrate production in Vietnam as rising demand for server components reshapes capacity across the substrate industry, fueling expectations that supply of RF-SiP substrates used in premium smartphones could tighten.
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Jensen Huang spent nearly two weeks in Taiwan for GTC Taipei and Computex 2026 before flying to Seoul on June 5 — and even on the streets of South Korea, he returned to the same four products he had unveiled in Taipei. "Nvidia introduced four new products this week," he told reporters in Seoul.
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ELAN Microelectronics is broadening beyond notebook PCs into agentic AI PCs, unmanned vehicles, and optical communication chips, moves that could influence technology supply chains across Asia, the US, and Europe. The company also disclosed a strategic investment in US-based PETA Optronics, signaling a deeper push into next-generation hardware markets worldwide.
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Computex 2026 closed last week with physical AI among its central themes, and robots emerging as one of the clearest ways to demonstrate it. Yet, unlike CES, where robot makers competed to showcase their hardware, Computex presented a different picture: AI computing platforms, edge inference, physical AI architectures, and the ecosystems behind robots took center stage.
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After concluding a meeting with SK Group on the morning of June 8, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang traveled to LG Group's headquarters, the LG Twin Towers in Seoul's Yeouido district, for a formal meeting with LG Chairman Koo Kwang-mo. The discussions underscored a widening strategic partnership between the two companies across robotics, AI infrastructure, mobility technologies, and advanced AI developmen
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Taiwan's Yesiang has started volume shipments of a newly certified recycled advanced micro-contamination (AMC) filter as semiconductor makers push deeper into 2nm and smaller nodes. The development could matter globally because tighter contamination control is becoming a critical yield factor for advanced chips, while cleaner manufacturing also aligns with lower-waste sourcing trends.
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Tencent is sharpening a dual-track AI chip strategy, combining self-developed semiconductors for its own business workloads with deeper partnerships across China's domestic AI computing supply chain.
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Nvidia's multiyear technology partnership with SK Hynix could reinforce the South Korean chipmaker's role in the AI memory supply chain, raising pressure on Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology as the memory market enters one of its strongest upcycles in years.
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Topco Scientific said strong demand from artificial intelligence and high-performance computing drove higher shipments of advanced-process materials, lifting consolidated revenue in May to NT$6.54 billion, up 18.6% year over year and the third-highest monthly level on record. For the first five months of 2026, consolidated revenue reached NT$31.85 billion, up 17.6% year over year, as semiconductor
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AMD said on June 8 it plans to invest up to GBP2 billion (approx. US$2.67 billion) in the UK over the next five years to accelerate AI innovation and research and broaden access to advanced computing resources. The company said the funding is intended to support long-term economic growth and scientific leadership nationwide.
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TSMC's AI capacity crunch is giving Intel its clearest opening in years to re-enter the most advanced chipmaking race, with Google and Nvidia exploring Intel as a potential backup manufacturing and packaging partner for next-generation AI processors.
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Onsemi has introduced an online design tool to help engineers match SiC MOSFETs and gate drivers more quickly. The company said the platform could reduce early-stage trial-and-error in power electronics, with potential implications for AI data centers, electric vehicles, industrial systems, and electrification infrastructure worldwide.
2026-06-09
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2026-06-09
Nvidia and Hyundai Motor Group have agreed to deepen their collaboration in artificial intelligence, robotics, and future mobility technologies as the two companies seek to accelerate the commercialization of physical AI and expand South Korea's role in next-generation AI infrastructure.
2026-06-09
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2026-06-09
SK Hynix has ordered new HBM4 production equipment from Hanmi Semiconductor, a clear signal that the South Korean memory maker is moving deeper into capacity expansion as Nvidia demand strains supplies of advanced memory chips.
2026-06-09
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Computex 2026 has ended, with the spotlight again firmly on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. From his arrival in Taiwan on May 23, Huang spent two weeks meeting key industry figures, attending Nvidia developer events, GTC Taipei, and a Computex tour, and once again hosting his "trillion-dollar banquet."
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Memory manufacturers have reported revenue gains in May 2026, with Adata Technology posting NT$12.94 billion (approx. US$410.88 million), setting a new record for the third consecutive month. Macronix International also reached a single-month record high of NT$6.26 billion.
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Optical communications maker PCL Technologies is expanding into high-power laser packaging, with its new Malaysia plant on track to pass customer certification by the end of 2026. Its earlier investment in US silicon photonics firm Skorpios and the acquisition of Pingood Enterprise also form part of the group's co-packaged optics (CPO) strategy.
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2026-06-09
COMPUTEX 2026 concluded this week after drawing the world's largest chipmakers and technology suppliers to Taiwan. Yet despite a crowded field of competitors, one company once again dominated the conversation: Nvidia.