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Monday 9 February 2026
LG CNS partners with FuriosaAI, bringing South Korea's NPU to enterprise AI services
To promote the formal deployment of South Korea's domestic NPU and reduce reliance on Nvidia, LG Consulting & Solutions (CNS), the IT services arm of South Korea's LG Group, has...
Monday 9 February 2026
EMS Watch: USI profit climbs 12% in 2025 as consumer electronics offset weak comms sales
Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) Co. (USI) posted higher earnings in 2025 despite a decline in revenue, reflecting improving profitability amid pricing pressure and uneven...
Monday 9 February 2026
TSMC supports Japan's advanced packaging plant construction
TSMC chairman C.C. Wei recently visited Japan and appeared alongside Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to jointly announce that Kumamoto Fab 2 will be upgraded from a 6nm to a 3nm process,...
Monday 9 February 2026
South Korea bets on AI and electric powertrains to shape cars of future

The South Korean government announced plans to invest KRW464.5 billion (approximately US$316 million) in the automotive sector in 2026,...

Monday 9 February 2026
China tightens regulations on EV battery recycling with digital ID system

As the global electric vehicle market grapples with mounting concerns over collapsing resale values, China—the world's largest and...

Monday 9 February 2026
China pulls the plug on EV door-handle futurism

A single regulatory notice issued recently by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has made the country the first in...

Sunday 8 February 2026
Record Japan blizzard threatens AI chip supply chains
A record-breaking blizzard driven by extreme weather has battered Japan's northern Aomori Prefecture, dumping snow at more than two and a half times the historical average. The storm...
Sunday 8 February 2026
Next-gen Ku/Ka metasurface antenna to launch through JDI-Kymeta collab
Japan Display Inc. (JDI) has entered a strategic master supply agreement with Kymeta, a global leader in mobile satellite communications powered by metamaterials technology, to develop...
Sunday 8 February 2026
Shanghai's AI chip boom powers China's homegrown computing future
In 2025, Shanghai's domestic AI chip sector surged alongside capital market activity. MetaX reported CNY740 million (US$106 million) in revenue in 2024, rising to CNY915 million in...
Saturday 7 February 2026
SK Hynix clears power hurdle in Yongin as Samsung faces site delays

South Korea is moving ahead with plans to develop what it bills as the world's largest semiconductor cluster in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province,...

Friday 6 February 2026
South Korean president meets conglomerate chiefs as Samsung, others pledge US$186b in regional investments

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung recently convened a meeting at the Blue House titled the "Corporate Roundtable on Youth Employment...

Friday 6 February 2026
Samsung foundry said to plan 10% price hike for 4nm, 8nm nodes
Samsung Electronics' foundry business is reportedly preparing price increases for certain process technologies, including 4nm and 8nm nodes, with hikes reportedly around 10%. Despite...
Friday 6 February 2026
TSMC’s 3nm bet in Japan signals a deeper Taiwan-Japan tech pact
To meet the surging demand driven by AI, TSMC is upgrading its second wafer fab under construction in Kumamoto, Japan, to use more advanced 3nm process technology. This development...
Friday 6 February 2026
PC makers reportedly eye China DRAM for the first time as global memory supply tightens
Global DRAM supply remains tight, pushing major PC makers, including HP, Dell, Acer, and Asus, to consider sourcing memory chips for the first time from Chinese suppliers such as ChangXin...
Friday 6 February 2026
Intel, AMD warn of extended server CPU delays in China
Intel and AMD are facing acute server CPU shortages in China, with delivery times for some Intel products stretching to as long as six months, driven by surging AI data center demand...