Taiwan manufacturers raise prices as procurement costs climb, survey finds
WIN Semiconductors sees optical communications ramp accelerate AI revenue contribution
Gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry WIN Semiconductors (WIN) expects infrastructure revenue to continue growing in the third quarter of 2026, driven by demand from low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites and other aerospace applications, while shipments of smartphone power amplifiers (PAs) and Wi-Fi products are expected to remain broadly flat or post modest growth.
India’s Paras Defense semiconductor unit to invest in Madhya Pradesh OSAT facility
Stalled drone law aside, Taiwan’s industry wants Taiwan’s own DARPA
Taiwan’s proposed legislation governing unmanned systems remains stalled as competing political parties continue to debate multiple versions of the bill. For the drone industry, however, prolonged uncertainty over the regulatory framework poses a greater challenge than the legislation itself.
India’s NIELIT and SCL expand access to indigenous semiconductor design kit through eChipHub
Nvidia weighs US$250B backstop for OpenAI’s Ohio data center
Nvidia is in talks to provide a financial backstop of roughly US$250 billion that would help OpenAI lease and finance a massive AI data center campus in southern Ohio, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Qualcomm tells customers chip prices will rise by double digits from September
Qualcomm plans to raise chip prices by a double-digit percentage from September 1, passing higher supplier costs into a smartphone market already strained by memory shortages and AI-related competition for semiconductor capacity.