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Thursday 28 May 2026

Wonik IPS secures Visionox XR display etcher order for Kunshan OLED line

Chinese display maker Visionox is moving ahead with a major extended reality display production project in Kunshan, strengthening China's push into high-pixel-density OLED panels for AR and VR devices

Thursday 28 May 2026

China's LLM price war puts DeepSeek, Xiaomi on a collision course with OpenAI

China's large language model (LLM) market is coming under mounting pricing pressure, as domestic AI model developers cut fees closer to cost, while the gap with international model pricing widens to dozens of times

Thursday 28 May 2026

China smartphone shipments rebound in April 2026 as Apple and foreign brands gain ground

China's smartphone market showed signs of stabilization in April 2026, with both overall handset shipments and smartphone shipments returning to year-over-year growth, according to new figures released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT)

Thursday 28 May 2026

ByteDance's chip ambition grows with US$70 billion capex plan

ByteDance is considering a sharp increase in capital spending this year as the TikTok owner pushes deeper into artificial intelligence infrastructure — a move that could make it one of China's most aggressive investors in data centers, servers, and custom chips

Thursday 28 May 2026

China tightens travel bans on private-sector AI to stem tech leaks

China has expanded its state travel controls into the private technology sector, deliberately blocking top AI talent from leaving the country without explicit government authorization

Thursday 28 May 2026

Samsung foundry targets robotics, auto AI chips with Cadence platform

Samsung Electronics is preparing to expand its foundry push into physical AI semiconductors through a chiplet platform developed with Cadence, targeting chips for robotics, automotive systems, drones, and industrial automation, ETNews reported, citing industry sources

Thursday 28 May 2026

QRT eyes aerospace, defense growth with portable chip radiation tester

South Korean semiconductor testing company QRT is expanding its equipment business with a portable chip radiation reliability testing system, aiming to build a larger presence in aerospace and defense markets

Wednesday 27 May 2026

Samsung reportedly to expand Vietnam footprint with new memory chip testing plant

Samsung Electronics plans to invest VND39 trillion (approx. US$1.5 billion) in a new semiconductor testing facility in northern Vietnam, according to documents reviewed by Reuters, marking the company's first chip testing plant in the country as global memory demand surges amid the AI boom

Wednesday 27 May 2026

Unitree sprints toward IPO as profits crumble under rising costs

Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree Robotics is moving quickly toward an initial public offering, but its latest prospectus points to the commercial challenges still facing the sector

Wednesday 27 May 2026

Facing Chinese rivals, Hyundai accelerates robotaxi plans and cost cuts

As Chinese automakers intensify a global price war, South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group is responding on two fronts at once: accelerating its push into autonomous mobility while pressing suppliers for sweeping cost cuts that could reshape its manufacturing ecosystem

Wednesday 27 May 2026

Qualcomm and ByteDance's rumored AI ASIC deal signals potential shift in China's data center chip supply

The agreement between Qualcomm and ByteDance positions the former for large-scale AI ASIC demand from the latter, as reported by Bloomberg, but market viability remains uncertain amid intense AI chip competition, evolving China procurement preferences, and regulatory pressures affecting cross-border semiconductor adoption

Wednesday 27 May 2026

China clears 9 domestic AI chips for state procurement

China has formally brought AI chips into its national security and reliability evaluation framework for the first time, marking a further expansion of the country's Information Technology Application Innovation procurement policy into AI computing infrastructure

Wednesday 27 May 2026

Samsung wage deal pushed through by chip workers, widening bonus divide

Samsung Electronics' tentative 2026 wage agreement has cleared a union vote with 73.7% approval, moving a months-long labor dispute closer to settlement while exposing a deeper divide between workers in the company's chip and consumer electronics businesses, according to Korean media reports

Wednesday 27 May 2026

VinFast names new chair to tackle global expansion

Vietnamese electric-vehicle maker VinFast has appointed a new chairman amid mounting challenges in its overseas expansion across Asia and the US, including delays to its planned US factory, rising losses, and intensifying competition in global EV markets

Wednesday 27 May 2026

Luxshare projects multi-year AI infrastructure surge while flagging energy and standards challenges

Luxshare Precision Industry said at its annual shareholders meeting on May 22 that it expects AI infrastructure to expand strongly over the next three to five years. Still, it warned that energy constraints and immature industry standards will pose significant hurdles. The Chinese electronics manufacturer compared the AI opportunity to the 2017 consumer electronics market and said it is accelerating AI infrastructure efforts through its communications business

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