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Samsung Electronics reported a record operating profit of 89.5 trillion won ($62 billion) for the April-June period, a 19-fold increase from a year earlier, driven by AI chip demand. Despite the record, Samsung's shares …
Samsung reported record second-quarter earnings from its semiconductor division, driven by surging global demand for AI server memory chips, but the AI boom is also exposing weaknesses in its foundry business and raising…
The U.S. government awarded GlobalFoundries $300 million to accelerate development of its silicon photonics platform at Fab 8 in Malta, New York, aiming to improve bandwidth density, power efficiency, and reach for AI ch…
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced its third-generation DDR5 MRDIMM chipset solutions, delivering speeds up to 16,000 MT/s for AI data centers and cloud infrastructure. The new MRCD (RRG5013) and MDB (RRG5103) dev…
Innodisk, a global AI solution provider, introduced the DDR5 12800 MT/s MRDIMM, an advanced memory module that delivers 60% higher bandwidth than traditional DDR5 8000 MT/s RDIMMs, supporting generative AI, large languag…
Samsung expects the RAM supply crisis to worsen, with Jaejune Kim, head of sales and marketing for memory, saying supply limits will become "more severe in 2027 than 2026" and that no significant increase in incremental …
The European Commission opened tenders on July 30, 2026, for seven AI gigafactories backed by €10 billion in public funding, part of a broader €30 billion push under the InvestAI initiative targeting €200 billion by 2030…
Eliyan, a Santa Clara-based chip interconnect startup backed by Cisco, raised $145 million in an oversubscribed Series C round at a $1 billion valuation to develop advanced interconnects for AI systems.
Zhongji Innolight opened at HK$971, about 0.9% below its HK$980 offer price, after raising HK$53.41 billion ($6.81 billion) in Hong Kong's largest share sale since Alibaba's 2019 secondary listing. The AI data-center sup…
Meta's free cash flow collapsed 91% to $784 million in Q2 2026, driven by an AI infrastructure spending spree that CEO Mark Zuckerberg defends as essential for long-term dominance, causing the stock to drop 9% premarket.…
Atomarine proposes deploying small modular nuclear reactors on maritime vessels to power floating data centers, addressing energy bottlenecks for AI training clusters. A 4,000-GPU cluster requiring 40-50 MW could be serv…
SK hynix posted a record second-quarter operating profit of 60.54 trillion won, up 557% from a year earlier, on revenue of 79.32 trillion won, driven by tight memory supply and AI infrastructure demand. The company raise…
Eliyan, a Santa Clara startup, achieved unicorn status with a $1bn valuation after closing an oversubscribed $145m Series C round led by Seligman Ventures, with strategic investments from Cisco Investments and Lumentum. …
The European Commission has opened bidding to build up to seven AI gigafactories across the EU, aiming to mobilize over €30 billion in public and private investment, with up to €10 billion in European and national fundin…
Arm reported a 22% year-on-year revenue increase to $1.29 billion for Q1 FY27, driven by AI data center demand, but CFO Jason Child warned that royalty growth is slowing to the high teens due to weak smartphone sales. Th…
South Korea's KOSPI index lost approximately $2.18 trillion in market value over July 28-29, plunging nearly 40% from its peak in just over a month, as an AI-stock unwind crushed leveraged retail investors. Finance Minis…
Marvell Technology, the fabless semiconductor firm, plans to invest $250 million in India to expand its sites in Bangalore and Hyderabad and double its headcount over three years, focusing on AI, cloud, and data infrastr…
Samsung executives said the RAM shortage is expected to continue through 2028, with unmet demand from 2026 carrying over into 2027 and further constraining supply. Samsung's semiconductor division reported nearly $62 bil…
TrendForce forecasts that AI will remain the primary driver of memory demand in 2027, but DRAM and NAND Flash markets will diverge: DRAM supply will stay tight with rising prices due to HBM allocation and AI server deman…
A humanoid robot powered by Qualcomm's Dragonwing IQ10 AI chip collapsed on stage during a live demonstration at Computex 2026 in Taipei, sparking viral attention and raising questions about robotics reliability. Qualcom…