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Wednesday 22 April 2026

Commentary: Apple CEO change sounds alarm for China suppliers

Apple has named hardware engineering chief John Ternus as chief executive, replacing Tim Cook after 15 years — a move that signals a strategic shift. While succession talk had long circulated, the board's decision to elevate a product-focused leader points to a deliberate recalibration away from operations-led management

Wednesday 22 April 2026

Chinese carmakers face delays as global cybersecurity rules tighten

China has moved faster than any other country in rolling out smart, connected vehicles. But as its automakers push aggressively into overseas markets, they are running up against an increasingly stringent web of global cybersecurity regulations

Wednesday 22 April 2026

Gangwon's expanding semiconductor cluster comes with global implications

South Korea's Gangwon Province is accelerating the development of a semiconductor cluster centered on Wonju, Chuncheon, and Gangneung, aiming to build a full ecosystem. Global supply chains could gain a new hub built on strengths in smart medical semiconductors, geographic proximity to major fabs, and growing Taiwan partnerships that may diversify sourcing and innovation

Wednesday 22 April 2026

Naver, TCS partner on AI and cloud in India during Korea-India summit

Naver has signed a strategic partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to jointly develop artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services in India, marking one of the cooperation deals concluded during a Korea-India summit visit

Wednesday 22 April 2026

CXMT fills LPDDR4X gap as non-China CSPs seek capacity

Memory giant ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is stepping in to fill the consumer market shortfall left by Samsung Electronics' planned phase-out of LPDDR4X production. With memory costs soaring and supply tightening, roughly 40% of CXMT's capacity will reportedly be reserved for LPDDR4X, while the remaining 60% is dedicated to advanced DDR5 and LPDDR5 products

Wednesday 22 April 2026

CXMT HBM3 timeline slips, mass production unlikely in 2026

China's leading memory chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is facing fresh uncertainty over the commercialization timeline of its fourth-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM3), according to Korean media reports

Wednesday 22 April 2026

China's humanoid robot makers eye RISC-V over Nvidia Jetson

At the second humanoid robot half-marathon held in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (E-Town), several "Linglong 2.0" humanoid robots powered by a RISC-V AI CPU — the K3 chip — completed the race, standing out as one of the event's key technical highlights

Wednesday 22 April 2026

SJSemi's blockbuster IPO reorders China's chip packaging landscape

Shares of SJSemi surged on their trading debut on Shanghai's SSE STAR Market on Monday, underscoring investor enthusiasm for advanced chip packaging technologies as demand for artificial intelligence continues to accelerate

Wednesday 22 April 2026

China's Nvidia targets IPO, pivots to Fuxi GPUs for AI and edge computing

China's domestic GPU push has gained a new contender in the capital markets race. Xiangdi Xian Computing Technology (Chongqing) Co., also known as XDXCT, has formally launched pre-IPO preparations after signing a financial advisory agreement with CSC Financial Co., marking a strategic shift from survival mode to expansion

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Enflame tests IPO path with fast growth, Tencent reliance, and rising losses

Enflame is moving closer to a STAR Market listing, highlighting a central tension in China's AI chip sector: strong demand and rapid revenue growth have yet to translate into a sustainable business model

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Samsung plans NAND expansion at P5 on AI-driven price gains

Surging demand for NAND flash, fuelled by artificial intelligence workloads and data centre expansion, is pushing memory makers into a new investment cycle, with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix accelerating capacity plans after years of restraint

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Commentary: Honor's smartphone engineering enters robotics, testing Unitree's lead

At a humanoid robot half-marathon in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (BDA or E-Town), Honor swept the top three positions with its in-house robot "Lightning," placing six units in the top ranks

Tuesday 21 April 2026

China unveils 10 measures for Taiwan; Taiwan's MOEA affirms independent economic goals

Chinese authorities announced 10 new policies related to Taiwan following the meeting between China's president Xi Jinping and the chairperson of the Kuomintang political party in Taiwan, Cheng Li-Wun

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Beijing acts on memory price surge, AI demand reshapes device costs

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is stepping in to steady the memory supply chain after a sharp rise in DRAM and mobile memory prices began feeding into smartphones and other consumer electronics

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Huawei flags smartphone price pressure, broadens AI device portfolio

Huawei used its latest product launch to deliver a dual message: rising component costs are tightening smartphone pricing margins, even as the company accelerates its push across AI-driven devices — from flagship phones to PCs and wearables — built around its in-house chips and HarmonyOS ecosystem

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