Washington is opening a new front in its technology contest with China, moving beyond chips and artificial intelligence models to target humanoid robots and other autonomous systems over national security and data privacy concerns.
Rapidus is expanding the semiconductor development and production network around its Chitose, Hokkaido foundry, adding chip analysis and advanced packaging capabilities alongside a front-end pilot line for 2nm logic chips.
Surging AI server demand is reshaping supply and demand across the global memory market. With DRAM prices rising sharply over the past year, the resulting cost pressure is beginning to spill into the automotive industry.
NAN GreenMet Pvt. Ltd. has launched NAN MagneTech Pvt. Ltd. to develop what it says will be India's first fully integrated manufacturing facility for high-performance Neodymium-Iron-Boron (NdFeB) rare earth magnets. The company plans to invest INR12.5 billion (US$130 million) in the project, which will be located at the Naidupeta Industrial Park in Andhra Pradesh, with commercial production targeted for the first quarter of 2028.
China's 12-inch silicon wafer maker Xi'an Eswin Material Technology said monthly output and sales of its 12-inch electronic-grade silicon wafers have both exceeded 1 million units, marking a further increase in its mass-production scale.
India's central government has approved two Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMCs) in Tamil Nadu, at Manallur and Pillapaikkam, with a combined project cost of INR10.12 billion (US$104.75 million), in a move aimed at strengthening the state's electronics ecosystem and advancing the country's self-reliance drive. Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw announced the approvals in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on July 22, 2026, according to Project Monitor and Trade Brains.
Realme has stopped producing smartphones for China and will launch no new models there, ending its domestic expansion as parent company Oppo consolidates overlapping brands and redirects resources overseas.
China's AI infrastructure build-out is rapidly lifting demand for domestic accelerators, giving Huawei, Alibaba's T-Head Semiconductor, Cambricon and Hygon a larger role in a market once dominated by Nvidia.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's whirlwind visit to Japan in mid-July extended well beyond product announcements and public appearances. Alongside a joint event with gaming giant Sega Corporation, Huang used the trip to promote what he has repeatedly described as Nvidia's next major AI frontier—physical AI—sparking renewed discussion across Japan's industrial sector about the country's role in the emerging technology.
AI-driven memory demand is raising smartphone and PC costs, weakening mass-market sales and widening the gap between premium brands and manufacturers reliant on lower-priced devices.
Mitsubishi Electric is seeking an agreement with Toshiba and ROHM by September on combining semiconductor operations centered on power devices, as the three Japanese suppliers negotiate product scope and corporate control while seeking government support.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government has approved a sweeping economic strategy that relaxes long-standing fiscal constraints to fund JPY370 trillion (approx. US$2.3 trillion) in public and private investments across artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and other strategic industries through fiscal 2040.
