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Apple's MacBook Neo is selling briskly, lifting the company's notebook brand shipments by more than 10% year on year in the second quarter of 2026, but supply shortages are emerging as a major risk. Supply-chain sources had expected MacBook Neo shipments to reach 10 million units in 2026, but a key component bottleneck could weigh on sales.

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SK Hynix CEO sees worst memory shortage in 2027, demand to outstrip supply beyond 2030 Heekyong Yang and Kenneth Li July 10, 2026 4 min read SKHY +13.75% By Heekyong Yang and Kenneth Li SEOUL/NEW YORK, July 10 (Reuters) - SK Hynix Chief Executive Kwak Noh-jung said the global memory industry is heading for its worst-ever supply shortage in 2027, forecasting that demand for memory will continue t

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AI demand in 2026 is no longer confined to GPUs, but is broadening into ASICs, networking, PMICs, and a wide range of peripheral ICs, tightening capacity across both 8-inch mature processes and 12-inch advanced nodes. CoWoS's advanced packaging and HBM capacity are also set for a prolonged supply shortage, effectively rewriting the foundry industry's business cycle.

Janus Henderson's Global Technology Leaders Fund plans to add SK Hynix, a memory chip giant with over 1,000% stock growth this year. SK Hynix's dominance in HBM chips is expected to drive significant earnings growth, with long-term contracts likely repricing upward due to tight supply. The fund manager prefers memory-focused companies like SK Hynix and Micron over diversified Samsung due to cost p

Winbond Chairman Arthur Chiao said market sentiment in the second half of 2026 would carry the strong momentum seen in the first half, with the overall market remaining in a supply shortage. He expects the current shortage will be difficult to ease in the near term, and said capacity constraints might not be resolved until the second half of 2027.

WinWay Technology's orders are already booked out five to six months in advance, says company Chairman Mark Wang. He expects new production capacity coming online at the company's Kaohsiung facilities to gradually ease supply shortages and help drive record monthly and quarterly revenue growth throughout the second half of 2026.

Following GlobalWafers' shareholders' meeting on May 25, Chairperson Doris Hsu stated that the company's core compound semiconductor business, gallium nitride (GaN), is addressing strong demand for high-efficiency power solutions in AI servers. The company is also beginning to see emerging demand from diversified applications such as AI robotics. As a result, production capacity in 2026 has alread