Chinese chip designer GigaDevice Semiconductor is pressing ahead with plans to list its shares in Hong Kong, seeking to raise as much as HK$4.68 billion (approx. US$601.4 million) in what would be one of the latest semiconductor offerings amid a renewed IPO push by Chinese technology firms

Samsung Electronics plans to boost its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) production capacity by approximately 50% through late 2026, according to South Korean media outlet ET News, as the company secures key technical milestones with major AI customers

According to South Korean media reports and industry sources, TSMC is moving to pull forward the production schedule at its second Arizona facility, a shift that could reshape supply planning for major chip designers and weaken the long-running narrative that Samsung Electronics stands as the default alternative when TSMC capacity tightens

China is requiring semiconductor manufacturers to source at least 50% of their equipment from domestic suppliers when adding new production capacity, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter

ByteDance is planning to procure a mix of Nvidia H200 accelerators and Huawei Technologies Ascend chips to meet its growing artificial intelligence needs while adhering to China's push for localized hardware. The move underscores the challenge facing Chinese technology companies that must preserve high-performance training capacity while signaling compliance with domestic industrial policy