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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...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Transsion raises phone prices to offset memory-chip inflation and weaker shipments

Transsion Holdings, Africa's largest smartphone vendor, expects revenue and profit to rise sharply in the first half of 2026 after higher...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Samsung weighs Besi's Korean rivals for 50-bonder hybrid bonding line as pricing talks drag on

Samsung Electronics is preparing a die-to-wafer hybrid bonding production line with about 50 bonders at its Pyeongtaek campus for next-generation...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Mitsubishi Electric and Sony Semiconductor Solutions form AI factory automation venture
Mitsubishi Electric and Sony Group subsidiary Sony Semiconductor Solutions announced on July 22, 2026, that they have signed a partnership agreement to launch a joint venture focused...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Server CPUs are AI boom's next scarce commodity: Intel, AMD reportedly lock in Chinese buyers
The AI build-out has found its next pinch point. After spreading from Nvidia's accelerators to memory and networking gear, the scramble for capacity has now reached the once-plentiful...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Kimi K3 under fire, part 2: Why Beijing sees a US containment campaign
China is framing Washington's allegations against Moonshot AI as more than an intellectual property dispute. Chinese officials, state-backed media and policy commentators see the scrutiny...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Kimi K3 under fire, part 1: Inside Washington's case against Moonshot AI

The US government is investigating Chinese artificial intelligence developer Moonshot AI over allegations that its Kimi K3 model improperly...

Thursday 23 July 2026
LFP battery failures in 210,000 Chinese EVs throw wrench into automakers' plans to reduce reliance on CATL

A quality scandal is spreading around lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries made by China Aviation Lithium Battery (CALB). Ride-hailing...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Kyushu chip output jumps 60% amid TSMC expansion, but local suppliers see limited gains

Kyushu's semiconductor production, investment and hiring have risen sharply since TSMC announced its Kumamoto expansion, but local companies...

Thursday 23 July 2026
WAIC 2026: Lightelligence maps AI's optical future with CPO, NPO, photonic computing

Lightelligence is positioning optical interconnects, optical switching, and optical computing as the next foundation of AI infrastructure,...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Samsung reportedly in talks to invest about EUR1 billion in Mistral AI

Samsung is in talks to invest about EUR1 billion (approx. US$1.14 billion) in French AI startup Mistral as part of a wider fundraising...

Thursday 23 July 2026
SK Hynix speeds P&T7 cleanroom rollout, keeps overall budget at KRW19 trillion
SK Hynix's board approved approximately KRW 7.09 trillion (approx. US$4.83 billion) in facility investment on July 22 to accelerate construction of its P&T7 advanced packaging...
Thursday 23 July 2026
In-depth: Alibaba builds three-layer AI empire across chips, memory and models
Competition in China's AI industry is moving beyond large language models into chips, memory and computing infrastructure. CXMT's planned IPO on Shanghai's STAR Market has put renewed...
Thursday 23 July 2026
OpenAI faces backlash over Kimi K3 open source criticism
OpenAI's new strategy chief Dean Ball has drawn sharp criticism from Trump administration officials and advisers after posting a lengthy commentary on Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 model....