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Saturday 25 July 2026
PlayNitride bets on Tantium architecture, chip scaling to cut MicroLED costs 75% by 2030
Taiwan-based PlayNitride aims to reduce MicroLED production costs by 75% by 2030 through smaller chip designs and its proprietary high-efficiency Tantium chip architecture, positioning...
Saturday 25 July 2026
US connected-car crackdown widens from Chinese tech to ownership ties

US efforts to restrict Chinese technology from connected vehicles are expanding beyond hardware and software sourcing, as proposed...

Saturday 25 July 2026
China folds data centers into 15th Five-Year renewable energy plan
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Energy Administration (NEA) on the 23rd released the 15th Five-Year Plan for Renewable Energy Development,...
Saturday 25 July 2026
South Korea unveils AI cooperation agenda as Nvidia partnerships expand
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung launched an AI-focused visit to Silicon Valley by announcing a "San Francisco AI Declaration" aimed at promoting international cooperation in artificial...
Friday 24 July 2026
SK Hynix seeks US engineers for 3D stacked DRAM push

SK Hynix is recruiting engineers in San Jose to co-design 3D stacked DRAM-on-logic with US customers, extending its custom memory strategy...

Friday 24 July 2026
Jensen Huang, Silicon Valley pushback against ban on Chinese open source AI models

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has taken an increasingly forceful position against possible sanctions from the Trump administration, arguing...

Friday 24 July 2026
German chip suppliers deepen ties with Samsung, SK Hynix

Germany's Merck KGaA, TRUMPF and ZEISS are deepening their ties with South Korea's semiconductor industry amid large-scale investment...

Friday 24 July 2026
Samsung, LG showcase AI-era displays for humanoid robots
Samsung Display (SDC) and LG Display (LGD) have unveiled a range of display concepts for next-generation AI applications at the 2026 Korea Display Exhibition (K-Display) in Seoul,...
Friday 24 July 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics wins US$200 million AI server capacitor order

Samsung Electro-Mechanics disclosed on July 23 that it signed a KRW295.12 billion (US$200 million) supply contract with a major global...

Friday 24 July 2026
US moves to curb Chinese humanoid robots, opening a new front in the AI rivalry

Washington is opening a new front in its technology contest with China, moving beyond chips and artificial intelligence models to target...

Friday 24 July 2026
Rapidus expands Hokkaido chip hub with packaging and analysis

Rapidus is expanding the semiconductor development and production network around its Chitose, Hokkaido foundry, adding chip analysis...

Friday 24 July 2026
AI-driven DRAM surge hits EV costs, forcing Chinese automakers to rethink pricing

Surging AI server demand is reshaping supply and demand across the global memory market. With DRAM prices rising sharply over the past year,...

Friday 24 July 2026
China's Xi'an Eswin tops 1 million monthly 12-inch wafer sales and output, targets 1.8 million capacity

China's 12-inch silicon wafer maker Xi'an Eswin Material Technology said monthly output and sales of its 12-inch electronic-grade silicon...

Friday 24 July 2026
Kimi K3 under fire, part 3: China's AI industry questions success story
Chinese officials have embraced Kimi K3 as evidence of indigenous innovation and a maturing open-model ecosystem. Some Chinese developers and technology commentators are far less c...
Friday 24 July 2026
Realme exits China smartphone market, Oppo hands domestic focus to OnePlus

Realme has stopped producing smartphones for China and will launch no new models there, ending its domestic expansion as parent company...