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    Friday 21 August 2026
    Ubtech expands humanoid push as Nvidia executives quietly visit WRC booth
    As the first publicly listed humanoid robot company, Ubtech Robotics is often referred to in China as the sector's "first humanoid robot stock." At the 2026 World Robot Conference (WRC) in Beijing, the company found itself sharing the spotlight with recently listed Unitree Robotics, as both showcased their latest humanoid platforms.
    Huawei, China power giant Huaneng explore AI compute-power coordination
    Friday 21 August 2026
    Lee Jae-myung meets SK chief Chey Tae-won with US chip investment pressure in focus
    Friday 21 August 2026
    Alibaba guides AI cloud revenue toward US$10 billion run-rate next quarter
    Friday 21 August 2026
    Charts: TSMC's share of Taiwan chip manufacturing revenue falls to 81.8% as memory makers scale up
    Friday 21 August 2026
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    Monday 24 August 2026
    German auto industry hardens stance against Chinese competition
    Germany's top auto industry lobby, the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), is overhauling its strategy as it hardens its stance on China. The group has said China must put forward constructive proposals, quickly stop distorting competition, and avoid using export restrictions on technologies and materials to hinder free-world trade.
    Monday 24 August 2026
    Analysis: SK Hynix pushes beyond HBM with HBF and CPO
    SK Hynix is moving on several fronts as it pushes deeper into system-level memory competition. From high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and high-bandwidth flash (HBF) to a recently published roadmap proposing to extend co-packaged optics (CPO) to the memory interface, the company increasingly appears to be competing not just over the next generation of HBM, but over how future artificial intelligence (AI) systems organize and access memory.
    Monday 24 August 2026
    Rapidus 2nm ramp stays on track as Japan readies JPY150 billion investment

    Rapidus' plan to begin volume production of 2nm chips in the second half of FY2027 remains on schedule, with rising demand from AI chips and data centers providing a stronger-than-expected tailwind, CEO Atsuyoshi Koike told Reuters.

    Monday 24 August 2026
    Fujifilm opens new post-CMP cleaner plant at Oita to meet AI chip demand
    Fujifilm has completed a new production building at its Oita Factory in Japan to make post-CMP cleaners, expanding capacity for materials used in advanced semiconductors amid rising global demand for AI chips. For readers worldwide, the move underscores how chip supply chains are adapting to support data centers, connected devices, and next-generation computing.
    Monday 24 August 2026
    Notebook brands shift production back to China as Southeast Asia costs rise
    Notebook brands that rushed into Southeast Asia for manufacturing are moving production back to China, as the cost gap remains too wide and the impact of substitute tariffs has proved limited, according to supply chain sources. The shift is expected to affect Taiwan original device manufacturers (ODMs) serving new customer lines in Vietnam and Thailand.
    Monday 24 August 2026
    Shanghai accepts YMTC's STAR Market listing application
    China's largest NAND flash maker is moving toward a major Shanghai listing, but global investors will be watching more than the size of the deal. YMTC's IPO comes as chip demand rises, US export controls bite, and memory markets remain highly cyclical, raising questions about whether its rapid profit surge can last.
    Monday 24 August 2026
    Alibaba plans HKD80 billion share placement to fund AI expansion
    Alibaba Group Holding said it plans to raise HKD80 billion (US$10.2 billion) through the placement of newly issued shares to non-US investors outside the US, a move that could bolster its artificial intelligence ambitions and shape competition in global cloud and AI markets. The company said the proceeds would be used entirely to expand its AI capabilities and infrastructure.
    Monday 24 August 2026
    AI chip boom lifts South Korean semiconductor materials makers' profits in 2Q26
    The AI semiconductor investment boom is increasingly spilling over into the materials supply chain. South Korea's major semiconductor materials suppliers broadly improved profitability in the second quarter of 2026, as stronger demand for advanced materials drove sharp operating profit growth. With customers expected to expand capacity from 2027 onward, the sector could see another wave of revenue growth.
    Monday 24 August 2026
    Xiaomi unveils second-generation humanoid robot at Beijing conference

    Xiaomi unveiled its second-generation humanoid robot at the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing, where the machine made its first public appearance and performed gestures for attendees. The demonstration highlighted the company's latest push into humanoid robotics, with the robot able to follow live commands and recognize scenes through a large model.

    Monday 24 August 2026
    Galbot's fast rise marks new wave in China's humanoid robot race
    Beyond established players such as Unitree Robotics, AgiBot and UBTech Robotics, a new wave of challengers is emerging quickly in China's humanoid robot sector. Among them is Galbot, which, despite being only three years old, closed a CNY2.5 billion (approx. US$350 million) funding round in March 2026 that lifted its post-money valuation above CNY20 billion. It is also the only embodied AI company that investor CATL has backed twice, and has vaulted into the first tier of China's humanoid robot makers.
    Saturday 22 August 2026
    Automation Taipei 2026: If AI is advancing so fast, why is the factory floor still so hard to automate?
    For all the extraordinary progress made by artificial intelligence, the physical world remains stubbornly difficult to automate.
    Saturday 22 August 2026
    Column: Lessons in supply chain resilience from China Huadian's power-compute coordination model
    As AI develops rapidly, data centers are driving equally rapid growth in electricity demand. The stability of future energy supplies will directly determine whether AI computing capacity can continue to expand.
    Friday 21 August 2026
    China chip equipment maker Piotech posts 1,324% profit surge, advanced deposition scales up
    Piotech Inc. reported a sharp rise in first-half 2026 earnings, helped by stronger demand for semiconductor deposition equipment, wider adoption of new process tools and improving economies of scale.
    Friday 21 August 2026
    Cambricon advances sixth-gen AI silicon, broadens support for DeepSeek, Qwen and GLM
    Cambricon Technologies chairman and president Chen Tian-shi said the company's sixth-generation AI processor and instruction set remain under development, with the next-generation platform targeting large-model training and inference while improving programmability, ease of use, performance, power efficiency and chip area.
    Friday 21 August 2026
    Xiaomi's Xring O3 nears launch on TSMC N3P, testing its in-house chip strategy
    Xiaomi is preparing to take its in-house smartphone silicon further upmarket, with founder and chairman Lei Jun confirming that a new generation of its Xring chip is on the way. Supply-chain sources say the chip has already returned from fabrication, completed initial power-on testing and moved into the device integration stage.
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    Monday 24 August 2026
    iCometrue to Showcase Glass-Based AI Multichip Packaging Solutions at SEMICON Taiwan 2026
    Thursday 20 August 2026
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    Thursday 20 August 2026
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