Luxshare Precision's highly anticipated Hong Kong debut got off to a shaky start despite securing the city's largest IPO of 2026, underscoring investor skepticism over the Apple supplier's long-term transformation strategy.
Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology are taking different manufacturing paths for the logic base die in HBM4, opening a new front in the competition over advanced memory performance, yield and supply.
GigaDevice Semiconductor expects first-half 2026 net profit to reach about CNY6.9 billion (US$960 million), a 1,099% increase from a year earlier, after tight memory chip supply lifted both shipment volumes and prices.
High-bandwidth memory (HBM) prices could more than double in 2027 as Nvidia's Rubin platform drives demand, HBM4 raises production costs, and long-term agreements lock up an increasing share of global DRAM capacity, according to memory industry sources.
BOE Technology expects first-half 2026 net profit to rise sharply as China's largest display panel maker benefits from a stronger LCD cycle, higher-end AMOLED shipments, and the start of mass production at its 8.6-generation OLED line for medium-sized panels.
When the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) opens on July 17, its exhibition halls will double as a statement: China now fields a domestic AI stack running from silicon to agentic devices, at a moment when US export controls are tightening around the country's access to the most advanced foreign chips and models.
Mitsubishi Chemical and Japan Steel Works are preparing a fresh capacity expansion in gallium nitride (GaN) substrates, aiming to capture growing demand from next-generation power semiconductors used in EVs, inverters and data center power systems.
Xiaomi Auto has unveiled a new brand aimed at long-range SUVs, a move that could broaden its appeal beyond China and intensify competition in a global electric-vehicle market still shaped by range, charging access, and family-use demand. The startup also reported another month of strong deliveries, while continuing to expand production capacity in Beijing to support growth.
China's AI model race is moving beyond parameter size, benchmark rankings and user buzz. Investors are now asking which companies can turn model spending into durable revenue, pricing power and enterprise workflows.
CXMT has launched a CNY29.5 billion (approx. US$4.1 billion) STAR Market IPO, giving China's top DRAM maker fresh capital to upgrade 17nm production, expand DDR5, and develop HBM for AI servers and high-performance computing.
CXMT's STAR Market IPO suggests China's largest DRAM maker is prioritizing commodity memory over an aggressive near-term push into high-bandwidth memory (HBM). This eases concerns that Chinese suppliers are about to challenge the dominance of Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron in AI memory.
