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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...

Friday 24 July 2026
China's AI chip share tops 50%, but Nvidia still rules frontier training

China's AI infrastructure build-out is rapidly lifting demand for domestic accelerators, giving Huawei, Alibaba's T-Head Semiconductor,...

Friday 24 July 2026
DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng says China trails US AI by up to 18 months, with compute the decisive gap
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng says China's AI industry trails the US by six to 18 months mainly because of limited computing power, not talent.
Friday 24 July 2026
South Korea's mandatory ESG disclosures loom: How Samsung Display and LG Display are preparing
South Korea has finalized plans to bring climate-related information under statutory disclosure requirements beginning in 2028, advancing the timetable and widening the scope compared...
Friday 24 July 2026
Analysis: Why Nvidia is betting Japan's manufacturing data will power physical AI

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's whirlwind visit to Japan in mid-July extended well beyond product announcements and public appearances. Alongside...

Friday 24 July 2026
AI memory crunch hits smartphones and PCs, splitting winners from losers

AI-driven memory demand is raising smartphone and PC costs, weakening mass-market sales and widening the gap between premium brands and...

Friday 24 July 2026
Mitsubishi Electric seeks September deal on power-chip merger with Toshiba, ROHM

Mitsubishi Electric is seeking an agreement with Toshiba and ROHM by September on combining semiconductor operations centered on power...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Samsung creates CEO-led robotics unit to speed commercialization

Samsung Electronics has created a robotics business unit reporting directly to its chief executive, bringing strategy, technology development,...

Thursday 23 July 2026
South Korean president to meet Nvidia and OpenAI CEOs on US trip

South Korean president Jae-Myung Lee will launch an economic diplomacy tour centered on AI, advanced industries, and supply chain cooperation,...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Japan loosens fiscal reins for JPY370 trillion AI, semiconductor strategy

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government has approved a sweeping economic strategy that relaxes long-standing fiscal constraints...