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Monday 4 May 2026
China's auto sector pushes standards and exports while disposable-car concept gains traction
The 2026 Beijing Auto Show signaled a significant shift in China's new energy vehicle sector as automakers accelerated adoption of ultra-fast charging, intelligent powertrains, and...
Monday 4 May 2026
China automakers adopt disposable-car subscriptions to accelerate tech turnover
China's auto industry has begun rolling out a disposable-car model combining subscription plans and modular hardware to accelerate technology refresh cycles and cut the buildup of...
Monday 4 May 2026
Research Insight: Beijing auto show signals shift from vehicle launches to AI-driven supply chains
The 2026 Beijing Auto Show has emerged as a platform where the balance of competition is shifting from sheer vehicle counts to advanced self-driving systems, AI-powered cockpits, and...
Monday 4 May 2026
AI chip demand ignites embedded substrate race among Samsung, Ibiden, Unimicron
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) has moved early to commercialize embedded semiconductor substrates, but the window is rapidly closing as Japan's Ibiden and Taiwan's Unimicron prepare...
Monday 4 May 2026
China AI chip designer VeriSilicon books US$1.1bn orders, revenue doubles
China-based chip design service provider VeriSilicon Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co. is seeing a sharp acceleration in AI-driven demand, with record orders and surging revenue in the...
Sunday 3 May 2026
Profile: MIT physicist Yichen Shen leads photonics chipmaker to Hong Kong IPO

On the morning of April 28, 2026, 37-year-old Yichen Shen stood at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, striking the IPO gong with a wooden mal...

Saturday 2 May 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics tops US$2 billion quarterly sales, flags ABF substrate shortage
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) reported its first-ever quarterly revenue exceeding KRW3 trillion (approx. US$2.2 billion), driven by expanding AI infrastructure investment and rising...
Saturday 2 May 2026
Goertek boosts Vietnam camera output with US$20 million Bac Ninh expansion

China-based electronics manufacturer Goertek is deepening its manufacturing push in Vietnam, committing an additional US$20 million to...

Saturday 2 May 2026
China's memory makers post blockbuster gains as AI tightens supply and resets prices

China's memory sector is showing clear signs of recovery, with leading players including Shenzhen Longsys Electronics and Montage Technology...

Friday 1 May 2026
AI chip boom sends Korea exports to record highs, supply crunch deepens

South Korea's export surge is entering a new phase, with artificial intelligence-driven semiconductor demand powering record shipments even...

Friday 1 May 2026
China's US$1M Nvidia AI servers expose global chip squeeze

Prices for high-end AI servers in China are diverging sharply from global benchmarks, with systems built around Nvidia's B300 chips now...

Friday 1 May 2026
Advantest beats on AI chip testing, cautious outlook dents shares

Japan's Advantest closed its fiscal year with strong results, highlighting how AI-driven chip demand is reshaping semiconductor testing...

Friday 1 May 2026
China unveils CPU-only exascale supercomputer plan, targets 2 ExaFLOPS without GPUs
China's National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen has launched the LineShine supercomputer project, aiming to break into the exascale...
Friday 1 May 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics weighs MLCC price hike of 5–10% as supply tightens
Samsung Electro-Mechanics is considering raising prices for multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) by about 5% to 10% as demand from artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure tightens...
Friday 1 May 2026
Commentary: Honor's robot win highlights thermal edge in robotics
The Beijing Humanoid Robot Half Marathon has concluded, but its outcome has ignited a wider industry debate. Rather than a leading robotics specialist, smartphone maker Honor emerged...