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Main News DRAM Prices Soar "Parabolic" on AI Demand, Memory Shortage Grows Serious DRAM prices are surging uncontrollably on the back of strong demand for AI servers, leading to what has been dubbed "RAMmageddon". The price increase is a...

Main News Taiwan's January Exports Surge Nearly 70% on AI Server Traction Taiwan's January 2026 exports surged nearly 70% y/y on the back of the AI server boom. This tremendous growth is a major boost to expectations for economic growth ...

The artificial intelligence sector experienced multiple significant announcements and market upheavals this week, and the series of events that unfolded between February 8 and 14 suggest a tipping point in the evolution of AI technology ...

Main News U.S. and Taiwan to Reduce Tariffs and Enhance Technology Collaboration in New Trade Agreement The United States and Taiwan have signed a new trade agreement that will reduce mutual tariffs from 20 percent to 15 percent. Under t...

Main News Global Semiconductor Sales to Reach $1 Trillion for the First Time in 2026 Global semiconductor sales are expected to show a strong recovery in 2025 with a 26% increase over the previous year, reaching the $1 trillion mark in 2...

Main News Rapidus to Launch 2nm Process in FY2027, Quadrupling Manufacturing Capacity Japan's Rapidus has announced plans to quadruple its manufacturing capacity to meet the rapidly growing demand for advanced semiconductors for AI and H...

Main News U. S. Considers Tariff Exemption on TSMC Chips for Tech Giants The U.S. government is reportedly considering a tariff exemption on TSMC chips imported by U.S. technology giants such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft in exchange ...

Main News Intel and SoftBank Promote "ZAM" Technology to Replace HBM Intel and SoftBank are focusing on promoting a new memory architecture, ZAM (Z-Alignment Memory), to replace HBM (High Bandwidth Memory), which is the current mainstrea...

Main News Global Semiconductor Revenue to Reach $1 Trillion in 2026 for First Time in History Several market research organizations and media outlets are forecasting that total global semiconductor industry revenue will reach the $1 tril...

As the global AI competition accelerates, the first week of February 2026 saw a series of important innovations and business developments that will shape the future of manufacturing. What became clear during the week was the fact that AI...