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    Friday 22 May 2026
    Analysis: Samsung deal prevents walkout but deepens internal rifts over compensation
    Samsung Electronics and its union signed a provisional agreement late at night, about an hour before a scheduled May 21 strike, averting an industry estimate of more than KRW100 trillion (approx. US$66.8 billion) in supply chain disruption. The deal eases an immediate labor crisis but leaves unresolved structural conflicts and rising personnel costs
    China's tech grip forces India's renewable energy ambitions into structural dependence on Beijing's battery supply chains
    Friday 22 May 2026
    Japan, South Korea deepen energy ties: LNG, supply chains and AI security top summit agenda
    Friday 22 May 2026
    Xiaomi expands YU7 lineup with new GT model and entry-level variant
    Friday 22 May 2026
    BOE, Corning target glass substrates for AI chip packaging
    Friday 22 May 2026
    LATEST STORIES
    Monday 25 May 2026
    Nvidia's Vera CPU push lifts LPDDR outlook for Samsung, SK Hynix
    Nvidia's decision to sell its Vera CPU as a standalone chip could create a new source of demand for low-power DRAM, adding another pressure point to the already tight memory supply chain
    Monday 25 May 2026
    China launches OpenHarmony robot OS for humanoids and AI robotics
    China has unveiled what developers describe as the country's first robot operating system built on OpenHarmony, underscoring Beijing's broader push to establish a domestic software and hardware ecosystem for humanoid robots, industrial automation, and embodied AI systems
    Monday 25 May 2026
    Interview: Low-cost Chinese AI servers are redrawing the global infrastructure map
    Geopolitics and price are reshaping who builds the world's AI infrastructure. Across emerging markets in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America, governments and enterprises are increasingly turning to Chinese server makers as an affordable alternative to US-dominated tech ecosystems — driven partly by budget constraints and partly by a deliberate push to avoid dependence on any single power
    Monday 25 May 2026
    Huawei bypasses 3D NAND limits with 122TB AI SSD packaging breakthrough

    Huawei is using self-developed packaging technology to build ultra-high-capacity enterprise SSDs, underscoring how Chinese technology companies are increasingly turning to advanced packaging and system-level engineering to navigate US semiconductor restrictions

    Monday 25 May 2026
    DeepSeek makes 75% API discount permanent, intensifying global AI price war

    Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has permanently reduced the API pricing of its flagship DeepSeek-V4-Pro model to one-quarter of its original rates, escalating competition in the global AI model market

    Monday 25 May 2026
    Exclusive: G2 Lithium battery rivalry heats up—US taps 4th-gen LFP to crack China's patent wall
    The US is shifting from ternary batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs) toward lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for both energy storage and automotive applications. This is one tactic the US is using to circumvent Chinese patents. However, fourth-generation LFP technology is also subject to China's lithium battery export restrictions
    Monday 25 May 2026
    Analysis: Lisa Su moves on China — and Nvidia's CUDA moat
    For AMD CEO Lisa Su, the current moment presents an opening that Nvidia does not have. Nvidia's high-end chips have repeatedly faced scrutiny and export restrictions in China, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang only recently confirmed in May that Nvidia once held as much as 95% market share there. That dominance has since been reset, with the bulk of that share ceding to domestic rival Huawei
    Monday 25 May 2026
    Weekly news roundup: TSMC faces its first real rivals; Agibot claims 100% success rate in factory deployment
    Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of May 18-24, 2026
    Monday 25 May 2026
    Huawei targets AI optical networking with InP chip startup investment
    Huawei is expanding deeper into AI optical networking and silicon photonics (SiPh) through a new investment in an indium phosphide (InP) optical chip startup, as rising AI data center demand accelerates upgrades across the global optical communications industry
    Monday 25 May 2026
    Manus eyes US$1 billion buyback after Beijing blocks Meta deal
    Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup Manus is reportedly evaluating a US$1 billion fundraising round to buy back control of the company from Meta Platforms, in response to Chinese authorities ordering the company to withdraw from Meta's more than US$2 billion acquisition deal
    Monday 25 May 2026
    Samsung Electro-Mechanics secures large silicon capacitor supply contract
    Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco)'s KRW1.5 trillion (approx. US$990 million) silicon capacitor supply contract with a major global company could reshape component supply for AI servers, GPUs, and HBM worldwide, promising denser integration and more stable power delivery in data centers, autonomous vehicles, and mobile devices as demand for high-performance computing grows and supply chains
    Monday 25 May 2026
    China's EV price war gives way to rising costs
    China's electric-vehicle market is entering an unfamiliar phase: cars are getting more expensive
    Monday 25 May 2026
    Samsung's China exit shows Korean brands under pressure

    Samsung Electronics' retreat from China's TV and home-appliance market is raising broader questions for South Korean industry, as Chinese companies gain ground in consumer electronics, autos and memory chips

    Monday 25 May 2026
    AI server boom lifts memory interface chip leader, but DDR5 risks linger
    Montage Technology, a company that does not manufacture memory chips itself but instead supplies the interface chips linking CPUs and memory, has quietly emerged as one of the semiconductor sector's most valuable players during the current memory upcycle
    Sunday 24 May 2026
    China smartphone sales plunge 16% around May Day holidays as memory price hikes squeeze demand
    China's smartphone sales fell 16% year‑over‑year during the two weeks surrounding the 2026 May Day holiday, a drop that signals wider implications for global supply chains and consumer demand as rising memory prices push up device costs and curb upgrades, according to Counterpoint Research's China Weekly Smartphone Sell‑Out Tracker data
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    AI anti-fraud solution wins virtual asset security hackathon
    Monday 27 April 2026
    SK hynix receives 2026 IEEE Corporate Innovation Award
    Monday 27 April 2026
    Anti-fraud hackathon winner showcases multi-dimensional tech-nology framework
    Friday 24 April 2026
    NewPower Named HPE 2026 Partner of the Year
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    RESEARCH INSIGHTS
    Weekly research roundup: Qualcomm's AI strategy, memory giants and updated 2026 smartphone outlook