TSMC Senior VP Jeffrey Hou said at SEMICON Taiwan 2026 that AI demand nearly doubled equipment procurement forecasts within six months, prompting TSMC to build 13 fabs in Taiwan and 5-6 overseas simul…
The memory market is projected to grow nearly four-fold to over $837 billion by 2026, driven by AI demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM), according to a Gartner forecast cited in EE Times Japan. Japa…
Japan's Nikkei share average wavered on Monday, with AI-related stocks under pressure ahead of Nvidia's earnings on Wednesday, after Bloomberg reported that Nvidia has notified some customers of AI se…
South Korea's Kospi index jumped 13.1% to 6,330.59 on Friday, led by a surge in AI-related stocks after a sharp sell-off earlier in the week. Samsung Electronics shares rose 19.3% and SK Hynix soared …
Oil prices slipped and world shares were mixed on Thursday as investors sold artificial intelligence-related stocks in Asia, with South Korea's Kospi falling 1.2% after losing more than 16% over the p…
Oil prices slipped and Asian shares traded mostly lower Wednesday, with South Korea's Kospi extending losses after falling more than 16% over the past two days, as investors sold chipmaker stocks amid…
Japan's Nikkei share average fell 3.95% to 62,364.92 on Tuesday, its lowest close since May 21, as chip-related stocks followed US peers lower ahead of big tech earnings. The broader Topix fell 2.52% …
Asian equities fell on Tuesday, with MSCI's Asia-Pacific gauge dropping 1.9%, as renewed concerns over artificial intelligence spending triggered a sell-off in chipmakers. South Korea's Kospi Index tu…
Teradyne now generates roughly 70% of its revenue from AI-related demand, up from 40-50% two quarters ago, ahead of its Q2 2026 earnings report expected between July 28-29. The chip-testing giant's Q1…
Asian shares mostly gained on Tuesday, with South Korea's Kospi jumping 4.7% and Japan's Nikkei 225 adding 2.8%, recovering some losses from recent AI stock sell-offs. The Kospi surged as Samsung Elec…
ASML, the Dutch semiconductor equipment maker, is offering eligible employees a one-time conditional share award worth €20,000 as a retention grant through 2030, targeting roughly 45,000 workers world…
Japan's Nikkei 225 plunged 4% to 64,141 on Friday, entering correction territory more than 10% below its June 25 peak, as a Wall Street sell-off in AI and semiconductor stocks spread across Asian mark…
Japan's Nikkei 225 plunged 5% in its steepest single-day decline in months as investors aggressively sold chipmaker and AI-related stocks, erasing weeks of gains. SoftBank Group fell nearly 7%, Tokyo …
Oil prices fell early Thursday, with Brent crude dropping 0.4% to $84.55 a barrel and US crude down 0.2% to $79.34, despite intensified US strikes against Iran and ongoing tensions in the Persian Gulf…
Asian shares mostly declined Thursday, with South Korea's Kospi plunging 6.6% after the Bank of Korea raised interest rates for the first time since 2023 to curb inflation from the Iran war, while sel…
Nvidia announced a partnership with Japanese robotics firms Fanuc and Yaskawa Electric to advance AI and robotics development, CEO Jensen Huang said at a Tokyo media event. The collaboration aims to m…
Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang hosted a dinner in Tokyo's Kanda district on Wednesday night with the chiefs of key Japanese suppliers including Kioxia Holdings Corp., Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Tokyo Elec…
Taiwan's Intellectual Property and Commercial Court sentenced former TSMC engineer Chen Li-ming to 10 years in prison on April 27, 2026, for leaking 2-nanometer chip secrets to Tokyo Electron's Taiwan…
Asian shares retreated Tuesday, with South Korea's Kospi slumping nearly 5% despite a rebound for AI stocks on Wall Street, as Samsung Electronics shares fell 7.7% even after reporting a 19-fold surge…
Asian markets fell sharply on Tuesday, with South Korea's Kospi dropping 7.6%, despite a rebound in AI stocks that lifted the S&P 500 to near a record. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix slumped 8.7% ev…