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Thursday 2 July 2026
China ICT vendor H3C enters new AI server chapter after Unisplendour leadership reset

Unisplendour has reset its leadership as H3C, its core ICT subsidiary, enters a tougher phase in China's AI infrastructure buildout...

Thursday 2 July 2026
Samsung courts AI chipmakers with 2nm roadmap amid firming foundry demand

Samsung Electronics used its annual foundry ecosystem event on July 1 to signal that its contract chipmaking business is regaining momentum,...

Thursday 2 July 2026
LG Electronics moves into ASIC design services as TSMC ties draw attention
LG Electronics has begun offering application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) design services to outside chip companies, drawing on system-on-chip (SoC) development work the company...
Thursday 2 July 2026
China power chip makers raise prices, exposing AI server squeeze on mature-node supply

China's power semiconductor makers are entering a broader price-hike cycle, as AI server demand, raw material inflation, and tight...

Thursday 2 July 2026
Socionext to develop TSMC A14 chiplet for AI data center SoCs

Socionext announced that it would develop a high-performance compute chiplet using TSMC's A14 process technology, positioning the project...

Thursday 2 July 2026
BOE, Chinese panel makers' chip push tightens the squeeze on South Korea

China's display makers, led by BOE Technology (BOE), are pushing deeper into semiconductors, with BOE advancing glass substrates, and...

Thursday 2 July 2026
South Korea plans CIA-style fund to build its own Palantir

South Korea plans to set up a government-backed venture fund modeled on the CIA's In-Q-Tel, betting that direct state investment can...

Thursday 2 July 2026
SoftBank leads Japan's sovereign AI push, with Foxconn eyeing the compute backbone

Japan's sovereign AI push is moving from policy ambition to industrial buildout, with SoftBank-backed Noetra at the center, and Foxconn...

Thursday 2 July 2026
Huawei raises prices despite China smartphone gains, exposing AI cost squeeze
Huawei's planned July price increase shows that China's smartphone cost crunch has moved from supplier negotiations to consumer pricing, even for a domestic brand gaining market sh...
Thursday 2 July 2026
Sovereign connectivity race accelerates: Japan readies subsidy for Rakuten-led satellite network

Japan is preparing to support a Rakuten-led low-Earth orbit satellite communications project, as the country looks to reduce reliance...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix southwest fab plans put Gwangju's silicon photonics ambitions in focus
Samsung Electronics' and SK Hynix's planned memory investments in South Korea's southwest have mostly been viewed as a push to balance regional development and tap into local renewable...
Wednesday 1 July 2026
China's humanoid robot boom turns physical AI from prototype to production

China's humanoid robot sector is moving faster than expected, with new unicorns, policy support and maturing supply chains pushing physical...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
China's price war cuts humanoid robot hand costs in half — but precision parts resist

Competition in China's humanoid robot market is driving down prices for dexterous hands and other key parts, with implications for...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
China's chip material makers riding the AI boom close in on Japan

Chinese semiconductor material manufacturers are accelerating investments in advanced products as Beijing pushes for greater self-sufficiency,...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
AI chip startup Rebellions' acquisition of SqueezeBits signals push beyond hardware

South Korean AI chip designer Rebellions said on June 30 that it is acquiring AI inference optimization company SqueezeBits, as part...