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Thursday 9 July 2026
Apple's Broadcom deal extension shows wireless independence remains a distant dream

Apple's decision to extend its wireless transmission and RF chip supply agreement with Broadcom through 2031 signals that its shift...

Thursday 9 July 2026
Rebellions' IPO plan tests market appetite for inference chips
South Korean AI chip startup Rebellions is preparing for a domestic listing in the first half of 2027, offering a test of whether investor enthusiasm for inference chips can move from...
Thursday 9 July 2026
Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics forecasts sharp rise in 1H26 profit
Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group said its first-half earnings will rise sharply, reflecting stronger chip demand and a recovery in the sector that may matter to global electronics...
Thursday 9 July 2026
AI demand pushes TSMC, Samsung to raise foundry prices — Rapidus aims to undercut 2nm

Rising demand for AI chips is changing how foundries set prices, giving TSMC and Samsung Electronics more leverage while forcing new...

Thursday 9 July 2026
Commentary: China's AI chip race leaves 15 chipmakers chasing SMIC's 7nm capacity
China's bid to replace Nvidia in AI chips faces a constraint more immediate than design capability: SMIC's limited 7nm-class manufacturing capacity.
Thursday 9 July 2026
What China's rumored limited reopening to Nvidia's H200 implies for US-China chip contest and Beijing's drive for self-reliance
China's rumored tentative plan to allow a handful of its largest artificial intelligence (AI) companies to purchase a small number of Nvidia H200 chips has implications that extend...
Thursday 9 July 2026
Analysis: Sovereign AI is chipmaking's next growth driver — but not everyone gets a seat

Where will cloud AI's next wave of growth come from? Increasingly, the market is answering with two words: sovereign AI.

Thursday 9 July 2026
China's AI chip buyers turn from Nvidia to local suppliers in H20 squeeze

Chinese companies are shifting more AI accelerator spending away from Nvidia and toward domestic suppliers, a sign that US-China technology...

Thursday 9 July 2026
Interview: UK courts Taiwan suppliers for AI hardware buildout

The UK is pitching itself as a new base and technology partner for Taiwanese electronics suppliers as AI demand shifts from models to...

Wednesday 8 July 2026
Apple reportedly broadens iPad OLED driver supply, chipping at Samsung's grip as foldables enlarge the pie
Apple's supply chain for OLED display driver ICs (DDI) — the chips that control how a screen's pixels light up — is diversifying, loosening Samsung's exclusive hold on...
Wednesday 8 July 2026
Enterprise SSD shortage lifts DDR4 8Gb 3Q26 contract prices

Memory prices are rising faster than expected as global AI demand strains DRAM and flash supply, with knock-on effects for PCs, data...

Wednesday 8 July 2026
China eyes AI model curbs as tech rivalry moves beyond chips

For years, Washington and Beijing focused much of their tech rivalry on silicon. Now the front line may be moving to the AI models the...

Wednesday 8 July 2026
China's AI labs race to build custom AI chips while ASICs threaten Nvidia's dominance
China's leading AI model developers are moving deeper into custom chip design, a shift that could reshape the country's AI hardware market as inference demand rises, US export controls...
Tuesday 7 July 2026
Exec pleads no guilty in Singapore over alleged smuggling of Nvidia chips to China

Alan Wei Zhaolun, an executive at Aperia Group, pleaded not guilty in a fraud case alleging that he and three others illegally misrepresented...

Tuesday 7 July 2026
Japanese startup completes AI chip validation with Oppstar and UMC support, moves toward mass production

Tokyo Artisan Intelligence said it has finished validating its Sting Ray test chip, a step that could broaden access to lower-power...