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China's SMIC Lifts Prices as AI Demand Tightens Mature-Node Capacity

Semiconductor Manufacturing International shares climb on stronger-than-expected Q2 earnings and price increases, lifting the broader Asian chipmaking complex as AI-driven order books absorb legacy foundry supply.

SMIC posted robust second-quarter results and is raising prices amid surging AI-linked demand, a signal that pricing power is spreading beyond leading-edge logic into mature-node foundry capacity. Chip peers traded higher in sympathy, while a separate LG–Nvidia robotics and AI-factory partnership underscored the widening industrial reach of the AI capex cycle.

SPECIAL REPORTBULLISH14 Aug 2026

AI & Semiconductors Industrials & Materials AsiaNVDA 0981.HK TSM ASML.AS SOXRead report →

AI Infrastructure Demand Broadens Beyond Chips as Data Center, Observability Names Guide Higher

Equinix, Dynatrace and Fastly executives point to capacity constraints and AI-driven workload growth at Technology Leadership Forum 2026, while Monday.com's post-earnings momentum and a bullish ASML call underscore investor appetite for second-derivative AI plays.

A cluster of management commentary from the Technology Leadership Forum 2026 reinforces the view that AI monetization is migrating down the stack — into colocation capacity, observability software and edge delivery. Equinix flagged capacity as the binding constraint on growth, Dynatrace tied observability expansion directly to AI workload complexity, and Fastly said edge cloud adoption is gaining traction. Separately, Monday.com's 20%+ July advance and a prominent wealth manager's 50% upside call on ASML after a 5% monthly drawdown highlight rotation into quality compounders on weakness.

SPECIAL REPORTBULLISH10 Aug 2026

Earnings AI & SemiconductorsEQIX DT FSLY MNDY ASML.AS+1Read report →

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