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2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
Nvidia's dominance in AI is extending beyond model training and deeper into inference—the fast-growing segment of the AI market responsible for running deployed models and generating revenue.
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
NAND flash memory supplier Kioxia Holdings has surpassed Toyota Motor in market capitalisation, becoming Japan's most valuable company. The development highlights how the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom is reshaping Japan's corporate landscape.
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
Samsung Electronics' foundry business is reportedly expanding its strategic relationship with companies led by Elon Musk, with cooperation now spanning electric vehicles and emerging neurotechnology, according to Hankyungreporting.
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
South Korea has begun planning a large-scale research and development program for next-generation power semiconductors as part of its broader "Ultra-Innovation Economy Project," according to a report by the Seoul Economic Daily.
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
Qualcomm has been in talks to acquire Tenstorrent, an AI chip startup, The Informationreported, citing a person with direct knowledge of the deal. The two companies have discussed a price of US$8 billion to US$10 billion, the person said, a significant premium to Tenstorrent's last known valuation.
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
Shanghai Enflame Technology is nearing a STAR Market listing, bringing another Chinese AI chipmaker closer to public markets while losses, Tencent concentration, and a small share in Nvidia-led accelerators remain unresolved.
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
AI, high-performance computing, and early pull-ins from TV, PC, and notebook supply chains pushed the global foundry market to a record high in the first quarter of 2026. China's Nexchip Semiconductor delivered the key ranking shift, overtaking Taiwan's Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) for the first time to become the world's eighth-largest foundry.
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
China has achieved mass production of ultra-pure silicon, according to the state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) — an essential material for building silicon-based quantum computers. The breakthrough builds on a government push to sharpen its quantum research edge and reduce its reliance on foreign technology supply chains more broadly.
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
Researchers and chipmakers presented new logic, memory, and device architectures at the 2026 IEEE/JSAP VLSI Technology and Circuits Symposium in Honolulu, with several results pointing toward pilot production and mass manufacturing.
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
The AI data center buildout is driving demand for high-performance computing (HPC) and networking chips, sending the global IC substrate industry into a new growth cycle. Order visibility now extends two to three years, prompting Taiwan's three leading IC substrate suppliers,Unimicron,Kinsus, andNanya PCB, to restart capacity expansion targeting GPU, CPU, and ASIC customers.
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
Global semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales reached a record US$36.55 billion in the first quarter of 2026, driven by AI-related investment in advanced logic, DRAM, and advanced packaging capacity, according to the latest Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics report from SEMI.
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
Samsung Electronics has secured key technology for a 5nm-class magnetoresistive random-access memory cell, according to Korean financial daily Sedaily, moving ahead just four months after presenting what it described as the world's first 8nm-class MRAM at an international conference.
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
ASML, TSMC, and imec have demonstrated a major advance in the effort to bring two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor materials from research laboratories into high-volume semiconductor manufacturing. At the 2026 IEEE/JSAP Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits, the partners unveiled a 300mm wafer integration flow that produced both n-type and p-type 2D-material transistors at a 50nm contacted poly
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
Pablo Valerio
Researchers at the University of São Paulo use RISC-V to build the Internet of Trees, a real-time monitoring network for the Amazon rainforest.
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
Nvidia launched a sale of US$25 billion worth of high-grade bonds on June 15, ultimately garnering up to US$85 billion in orders, or more than triple the bond's original size. This is one of several debt offerings this year from tech giants, which are responding to investor excitement and a need for cash to capitalize on the AI boom.
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
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AIXTRON (XTRA:AIXA) Stock Valuation After ROHM GaN Partnership And Strong AI Power Demand
June 16, 2026
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ROHM Semiconductor’s decision to deploy AIXTRON (XTRA:AIXA) G10-GaN equipment for in-house gallium nitride epitaxy puts fresh attention on the stock, as investors weigh what this partnership could mean for growth-focused power elec
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
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By Saeed Azhar, Tatiana Bautzer and Zaheer Kachwala
June 15 (Reuters) – Nvidia will raise $25 billion through a U.S. bond issuance, more than initially planned, two sources told Reuters on Monday, as it taps the debt market to increase liquidity. Investor demand for the bond sale hit $85 billion, one of the sources familiar with the matter said, declining to be named as the plan was still pr
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
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Micron (MU) Shares Skyrocket, What You Need To Know
Adam Hejl
Mon, June 15, 2026 at 3:36 PM PDT 3 min read
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Shares of memory chips maker Micron (NASDAQ:MU) jumped 9.8% in the morning session after sentiment improved following a series of analyst price target increases, driven by strong demand for its memory chips in the artificial in
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2026-06-16
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June 15 (Reuters) – Qualcomm is in talks to acquire AI chip startup Tenstorrent for $8 billion to $10 billion, The Information reported on Monday citing a person with knowledge of the deal.
Shares of Qualcomm fell about 1% in extended trading.
The talks were ongoing and the price could change, or the discussions could fall apart, according to the report. It was not clear if the price will
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
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How Cadence’s Expanded Intel 14A AI Collaboration Will Impact Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Investors
June 16, 2026
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Earlier in June 2026, Cadence Design Systems announced an expanded multi-year collaboration with Intel Foundry to co-optimize Intel’s upcoming 14A process node, combining Cadence’s agentic