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Thursday 3 September 2026
SK Hynix weighs Kioxia production tie-up in Japan
SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won has raised the possibility of jointly producing semiconductors with Japan's Kioxia, taking SK Hynix's exploration of a Japanese manufacturing base a...
Thursday 3 September 2026
China packaging specialist SJSemi reaches 3.3-reticle 2.5D scale for AI, HBM integration
Chinese advanced packaging provider SJ Semiconductor (SJSemi) has expanded its silicon-interposer-based 2.5D packaging platform to 3.3 times the standard reticle size, enabling denser...
Thursday 3 September 2026
UniVista expands China EDA stack with AI agents, native 3DIC tools
Shanghai UniVista Industrial Software Group has launched an Agentic EDA framework, a native 3DIC physical-design tool and an advanced-process closure platform, expanding China's domestic...
Thursday 3 September 2026
ChangXin Memory's 'Hefei Project' exposed in Samsung DRAM theft case
South Korean prosecutors allege that Chinese memory maker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) set up an internal "Hefei Project" in 2016 to obtain Samsung Electronics' core DRAM technology...
Thursday 3 September 2026
BYD Semiconductor scales 4D radar chip for L2-L4 driving, deepening its in-house automotive sensing stack
BYD Semiconductor has begun mass production of a new automotive-grade 4D millimetre-wave radar chip built around its Xuanji A3 intelligent-driving architecture, expanding its in-house...
Thursday 3 September 2026
China optical module makers ride AI boom as 800G, 1.6T orders stretch into 2027
AI infrastructure expansion is accelerating demand for 800G and 1.6T optical modules, lifting first-half 2026 results across major Chinese suppliers and extending order visibility...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics eyes 30% MLCC price hikes, ABF up too
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (SEMCO) is set to expand the scope of its price increases, with market reports saying the company will raise direct-supply prices for multilayer ceramic capacitors...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Macronix boosts sustainability spending to NT$780 million
Macronix (MXIC) said in its latest sustainability report for 2025 that greenhouse gas emissions fell 19.8% from 2024 and 32% from the business-as-usual (BAU) baseline, beating its...
Thursday 3 September 2026
MiniMax, Z.ai revenues surge on API demand but adjusted losses widen
Two of China's first listed foundation-model developers are showing that demand for their technology can translate into rapidly growing revenue. Turning that demand into profit remains...
Thursday 3 September 2026
TIME AI 100 spotlights China's new AI guard, from Moonshot, Z.ai to AgiBot, Manus
TIME recently unveiled its 2026 list of the 100 most influential people in AI. Alongside leaders of major technology companies, the list includes a new generation of Chinese...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix inventories surge as valuation reserves fall
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix ended the first half of 2026 holding sharply more inventory than six months earlier, an unusual development in a memory market where demand continues...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
World's first legged robot standard sets global benchmark for humanoids, robot dogs
China-led experts have released what CCTV described as the world's first international standard for legged robots, creating a common framework for evaluating humanoid robots,...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
China's Galactic Energy puts PALLAS-1 in orbit, raising stakes in reusable rocket race
Chinese private launch company Galactic Energy Space Technology Co. has successfully flown PALLAS-1, its medium-to-large reusable liquid-fuel rocket, marking its expansion into a dual...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Meta reportedly taps SeeYA for Phoenix OLEDoS panels as BOE fails to qualify

Meta has reportedly tapped Chinese microdisplay maker SeeYA Technology to supply OLED-on-silicon (OLEDoS) panels for its next-generation...

Wednesday 2 September 2026
Manus resumes independent operations after Meta deal collapses
Manus has resumed independent operations under its founding team, closing a turbulent chapter that began with Meta Platforms' multibillion-dollar acquisition of the AI agent startup...