Facing challenges from soaring memory prices, inflation, and geopolitical risks, the global smartphone demand is widely expected to decline by 2-3% in 2026. However, Samsung Electronics, as one of the world’s largest memory suppliers, holds an advantage this year in securing mobile memory supply and controlling costs compared to competitors.

According to The Economic Times, India’s Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) inaugurated its largest pre-silicon validation facility in Bengaluru on February 6, 2026. Named PRITVI-ACE (Platform for Reconfigurable Integrated Testing and Validation of IPs – Advanced Chip Evaluation), the facility offers large-scale, near-silicon-speed prototyping and validation of complex semiconductor designs before fabrication. It addresses a critical bottleneck in India’s chip design ecosystem.

Because of rising raw material costs, Taiwanese chip resistor manufacturers have begun increasing prices, with the wave spreading from major passive component makers such as Yageo and Walsin to smaller players like Ta-Yi Technology and Ever Ohms. After issuing a price increase notice to customers, Ever Ohms said that long-term competition in the Chinese market had kept chip resistor prices under pressure. However, recent surges in the costs of silver, palladium, ruthenium, tin, and copper have forced several Taiwanese and Chinese passive component suppliers to raise prices.