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October 20, 2026
Toshiba plans to double its production capacity for hard disk drives (HDDs) used in AI data centres within fiscal 2027, compared with 2025 levels, Nikkei reports. The company will invest around JPY 60 billion (about USD 380 million) in expanding its plant in the Philippines.

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October 08, 2026
Next year, the biggest challenge for the notebook market is no longer getting hold of components but whether consumers are willing to pay for them, according to TrendForce. Global shipments are projected to decline, and the drop could be considerably steeper if brands pass on the full cost increase.

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October 02, 2026
Contract prices for conventional DRAM are expected to rise by 10–15% QoQ in the fourth quarter of 2026, and NAND flash prices by 15–20%, according to TrendForce. AI servers continue to drive the market, while consumer electronics are increasingly struggling to absorb higher costs.

MLCCs

September 29, 2026
Japanese and Korean MLCC makers are cutting supply to the consumer market to prioritise capacity for AI applications. The shift is opening doors for Chinese suppliers, several of which are now undergoing qualification with global brands such as Dell, HP, ASUS and Acer, according to market research firm TrendForce.

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September 23, 2026
TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, will ‌build two buildings at the Baipu Industrial Park, including a technology validation laboratory and a talent training centre.

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September 22, 2026
The global DRAM module market generated USD 21.2 billion in revenue in 2025, up 59% YoY, according to TrendForce — a sharp acceleration from the 7% growth recorded in 2024.

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September 10, 2026
SMIC posted the strongest growth among the top three foundries in Q2 2026, with revenue surging 20% QoQ to more than USD 3 billion and market share edging up to 5.4% – closing in on Samsung Foundry's 5.9%. Combined revenue for the world's top ten foundries rose 11.5% to nearly USD 53.49 billion, a new record, according to TrendForce.

DRAM5-products

September 07, 2026
Total DRAM industry revenue rose 59.5% QoQ in Q2 2026, reaching nearly USD 154.73 billion, driven by sharp increases in contract prices and sustained AI server demand. Supply expansion continues to lag demand growth, with supplier inventories at historic lows, according to TrendForce.

MLCC

August 27, 2026
South Korean MLCC manufacturer SEMCO has raised prices for OEM and ODM customers for Q4 2026, marking a departure from its previous practice of limiting price adjustments to distributors. The move signals that the MLCC industry has officially entered an upcycle, according to TrendForce.

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August 26, 2026
DRAM and NAND Flash combined will account for 47% of major cloud service providers' total capital expenditure in 2026, rising to 68% in 2027, according to TrendForce. The shift reflects both soaring memory contract prices and surging procurement demand for AI infrastructure.

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August 18, 2026
Combined revenue for the top five publicly listed NAND Flash brands rose 77% QoQ in Q2 2026 to USD 68.87 billion, driven by sustained AI server demand for enterprise SSDs and significant contract price increases. Micron posted the strongest growth of the group and moved up to third place, according to TrendForce.

geralt_AI

August 05, 2026
TrendForce estimates that the combined 2026 CapEx of Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, ByteDance, Tencent, Alibaba, and Baidu will exceed USD 886.7 billion, with the five North American hyperscalers accounting for nearly 90%.

SLC_NAND

July 16, 2026
Meanwhile, demand for SLC NAND continues to grow in AI edge computing, data centers, and automotive electronics, causing the supply-demand gap to widen quickly, TrendForce notes.

June 09, 2026
US semiconductor manufacturer Onsemi is reportedly planning to cut between 200 and 300 jobs at its plant in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm in the Czech Republic, according to Czech media outlet e15. The cuts follow an earlier round of approximately 170 layoffs at the same facility in 2025.

DRAM5-products

June 08, 2026
The DRAM industry posted revenue of USD 97 billion in the first quarter of 2026, up 81% quarter-on-quarter, driven by a rapid surge in contract prices for conventional DRAM. Contract prices rose approximately 93 to 98 percent compared to the previous quarter, according to TrendForce.

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May 26, 2026
The combined revenue of the world's five largest NAND Flash suppliers jumped 83.7% quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of 2026, surpassing USD 38.9 billion. Surging demand for enterprise SSDs from AI infrastructure buildout, combined with constrained supply, pushed prices well above expectations, according to TrendForce.

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May 07, 2026
A structural shift in the global mature-node foundry market is underway, according to research from TrendForce. Capacity cuts, surging demand for AI power components, and TSMC's planned reallocation are combining to push utilisation rates toward 90% — and set the stage for price increases.

Data-center

May 06, 2026
Rising demand for AI infrastructure is driving a sharp increase in capital expenditure among the world’s largest cloud service providers (CSPs), according to new data from TrendForce.

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April 15, 2026
Extended lead times for key semiconductor and hardware components are increasingly shaping supply conditions in the server market, according to TrendForce.

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April 08, 2026
Tightening supply conditions and ongoing product transitions are driving a sharp increase in consumer DRAM prices, according to new data from TrendForce.

PCB-world_2

April 02, 2026
The semiconductor market has been sending mixed signals for some time now. Headline numbers suggest a return to growth, and in some segments even a strong rebound. At the same time, when looking more closely at how this growth is distributed, it becomes increasingly difficult to describe it as broad-based or evenly shared across the industry.

Liquide_semiconductors

March 27, 2026
In December, Claus Aasholm, an analyst at Semiconductor Business Intelligence, raised an uncomfortable question in Evertiq: does the traditional semiconductor cycle still exist? His argument was straightforward — AI-driven growth is pulling the market into parallel trajectories that are increasingly difficult to reconcile within a single top-line number.

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March 12, 2026
Strong demand tied to AI infrastructure and new smartphone launches helped push revenue for the world’s ten largest semiconductor foundries up in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to new research from TrendForce.

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March 10, 2026
Rising memory and CPU prices could significantly increase the retail price of mainstream notebook computers, according to new analysis from TrendForce.

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March 04, 2026
The global NAND Flash market extended its recovery in the fourth quarter of 2025, supported by accelerating AI infrastructure deployments, according to new figures from TrendForce. Combined revenue for the top five NAND Flash suppliers rose 23.8% QoQ to USD 21.17 billion in 4Q25.

DRAM5-products

February 26, 2026
A sharp upswing in DRAM contract prices drove global industry revenue to USD 53.58 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025, up 29.4% sequentially, according to the latest analysis from TrendForce.

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February 23, 2026
Phison, a major manufacturer of controller chips for SSDs and other flash memory devices, has warned that the ongoing global RAM shortage could impact the entire industry in 2026.

February 13, 2026
Sharp plans to halt production at its Kameyama K2 facility, a Gen 8 LCD plant in Japan, from August 2026 and is seeking a potential buyer for the site, according to TrendForce. The decision could lead to short-term supply disruptions for Apple IT panels and e-paper applications.

v40-smartphone

February 11, 2026
Global smartphone production is expected to decline sharply in 2026 as rising memory prices increase retail costs and weigh on end demand, according to research from TrendForce. Total output is forecast to fall 10% year-on-year to approximately 1.135 billion units.

memory-wafer-foundry-revenue-trends

February 09, 2026
The ongoing AI-driven investment cycle is expected to lift global semiconductor revenues to new highs by 2026, with the memory market growing to more than twice the size of the wafer foundry industry, according to new data from market research firm TrendForce.

DRAM5-products

February 02, 2026
The global memory market is heading toward historically sharp price increases in the first quarter of 2026, according to a new forecast from market research firm TrendForce.

January 20, 2026
Micron Technology’s planned acquisition of Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp.’s (PSMC) Tongluo fab in Taiwan could help strengthen global DRAM supply from 2027, according to market analyst TrendForce.

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