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Monday 29 June 2026
Samsung chair backs Korea's southwest chip cluster, maps nationwide investment
Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong said Gwangju is being considered as a candidate site for Samsung's next semiconductor complex, lending corporate backing to South Korea's plan to build a second chip production base in Gwangju and the broader Jeolla region in the country's southwest.
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Tuesday 30 June 2026
DRAM price surge tests South Korean memory makers' HBM4 push

Reports in South Korea that SK Hynix is slowing the pace of converting production lines to sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory, or HBM4, and shifting more capacity toward commodity DRAM have drawn market attention.

Tuesday 30 June 2026
Nvidia, Firmus partner on Indonesia AI infrastructure project

A new partnership between Nvidia and Firmus aims to expand access to advanced AI computing for customers worldwide, including AI-native companies, enterprises, and independent software vendors. The deal underscores how demand for large-scale AI infrastructure is reshaping global technology markets, especially in the Asia-Pacific region.

Tuesday 30 June 2026
Riken and Taiwan academia join forces on next-gen compound semiconductors
Japan's world-renowned Riken institute announced in late March 2026 that its homegrown superconducting quantum computer, "Ei-II," jointly developed with the University of Osaka, had officially gone online with 144 qubits and 99.9% fidelity. Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) said Riken will next work with Taiwan's academic community on research, including next-generation compound semiconductors.
Tuesday 30 June 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix step up CO₂ buying as supplies tighten
South Korea's inventories of high-purity carbon dioxide, a critical material used in advanced semiconductor manufacturing, have fallen below normal buffer levels, raising procurement concerns across the chip industry, according to The Elec.
Tuesday 30 June 2026
China's LineShine puts Beijing back on top of supercomputer race

A name largely absent from the global supercomputing stage for years returned to the spotlight at ISC 2026 in Hamburg, Germany.

Tuesday 30 June 2026
China's SiC race shifts from EVs to AI data centers as SICC overtakes Wolfspeed

China's silicon carbide (SiC) supply chain is finding a new growth engine as AI strains data-center power systems, extending a market long driven by electric vehicles.

Tuesday 30 June 2026
Hyundai says one year of output beats Tesla's 10-year sales; manufacturing capacity crucial in physical AI race
Amid the ongoing AI race between the US and China, industry players in South Korea are now focusing on physical AI as a competitive factor, with manufacturing momentum as a core advantage, according to Park Min-woo, head of Hyundai Motor's Advanced Vehicle Platform (AVP) division and CEO of 42dot.
Monday 29 June 2026
China memory makers fuel local chip equipment push as CXMT lands Tencent deal

ChangXin Memory Technologies has signed a long-term DRAM supply agreement with Tencent Holdings valued at more than CNY20 billion (approx. US$2.94 billion), three people with knowledge of the deal told Reuters, as the Hefei-based chipmaker prepares for one of China's largest stock listings in years.

Monday 29 June 2026
BOE's military designation hands South Korean panel makers a strategic opening

The US government's move to add Chinese panel makers BOE and Tianma to a military-related list is raising concerns that Washington's tech restrictions are spilling beyond semiconductors into the display supply chain. South Korean panel makers are now watching to see whether tighter curbs on China could create a new opening for them.

Monday 29 June 2026
China's first diamond semiconductor supply chain project lands in Zhengzhou

China is accelerating its push into fourth-generation semiconductors, with the country's first fully integrated industrial project for ultra-wide-bandgap semiconductor materials set to be built in Zhengzhou. The project aims to strengthen domestic capabilities in diamond-based semiconductor materials for AI chips, advanced communications and electric vehicles, while expanding China's presence beyond silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN).

Monday 29 June 2026
BYD's in-house smart driving chip reportedly faces long road to production vehicles despite vertical integration push
BYD's newly unveiled Xuanji A3 autonomous driving chip may represent a major milestone in the company's semiconductor ambitions, but industry experts say bringing the processor into production vehicles will take considerably longer than its public debut.
Monday 29 June 2026
Orbbec builds Vietnam factory to broaden global reach

Chinese 3D vision sensor maker Orbbec is expanding its global manufacturing network with a new production base in Vietnam, as robotics suppliers increase overseas capacity to strengthen supply chain resilience and serve international customers.

Monday 29 June 2026
China adds 40 Japanese entities to export control and watch lists

China has imposed new export control measures on 40 Japanese entities, placing 20 organizations on its export control list and another 20 on a separate watchlist, citing national security concerns and the need to strengthen oversight of exports of dual-use items.

Monday 29 June 2026
China makes AI power a national priority in new five-year energy plan

Generative AI is driving a sharp rise in electricity demand from data centers and AI computing infrastructure, prompting China to release its 15th Five-Year Plan for the Construction of a New Energy System (2026–2030). The plan incorporates AI power demand into China's national energy strategy for the first time, calling for closer coordination between electricity supply and computing capacity to support AI, advanced manufacturing, and other strategic industries.

Monday 29 June 2026
Johor's power grid faces mounting strain as data centre pipeline expands
Malaysia's southern state of Johor could see data centers account for about 40% of its electricity demand by 2035, highlighting mounting pressure on power infrastructure as the region emerges as one of Southeast Asia's fastest-growing digital infrastructure hubs, according to a report by energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie.