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Tuesday 28 July 2026
Magnitude 7.1 quake strikes Japan's Kumamoto; TSMC says JASM staff safe, recovery underway
A powerful earthquake struck Japan's Kyushu region at 4:27 p.m. on July 28. The Japan Meteorological Agency initially estimated the quake at magnitude 7.1 with a depth of 6.2 miles...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Panel makers reject 10% polarizer price increase as China suppliers retreat
Rising upstream material prices are continuing to pressure the polarizer industry. During the second quarter, polarizer suppliers in China and Taiwan sought price increases of about...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
CXMT's record IPO and Apple talks collide with US curbs as DRAM tightens

AI-driven demand is tightening the global memory market just as China's leading DRAM producer, ChangXin Memory Technologies, or CXMT,...

Tuesday 28 July 2026
SK Hynix enters LPDDR6 production race with Xiaomi first in line
SK Hynix reportedly plans to begin mass production and shipments of LPDDR6 in the second half of 2026, with Xiaomi expected to become its first customer for mobile devices. Industry...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
AI memory demand lifts WF6 prices as PERIC Special Gases adopts market-based pricing
Surging demand for AI servers and advanced memory devices is tightening the global supply of tungsten hexafluoride (WF6), drawing increased attention to one of the semiconductor industry's...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
China speeds up 4 new cars a day, intensifying shakeout

China's blistering pace of new-car launches — expected to average four new vehicles a day in the first half of 2026 — is...

Tuesday 28 July 2026
Samsung eyes Chinese DRAM sourcing to cut costs, expand budget-phone share in China
Samsung Electronics is evaluating the use of lower-cost Chinese DRAM in some smartphones as it seeks to offset rising component costs and regain momentum in China's highly competitive...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
SK Hynix's HBM paradox: DDR5 surge builds leverage for HBM4 price hikes

AI spending is broadening the memory upcycle beyond high-bandwidth memory, lifting prices for conventional DRAM, NAND flash and enterprise...

Tuesday 28 July 2026
LG wins Nvidia certification for 600kW CDU and lands North America data center project
LG Electronics said on July 27 that its 600kW coolant distribution unit has received Nvidia certification after passing more than 100 standardized AI factory technology validations...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Smart glasses ignite AI device battle as China nears 80% global brand share
Smart glasses are emerging as a major next-generation consumer device as breakthroughs in generative AI and large language models (LLMs) reshape the wearable market. Once constrained...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Anthropic seeks SK Hynix supply for AI chips, SK chair says

Anthropic has asked SK Hynix to help supply chips for its own in-house AI chip production, SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won said. He...

Tuesday 28 July 2026
China reportedly starts making homegrown DUV chipmaking tools; threatens ASML's stranglehold on semiconductor equipment
China has begun manufacturing domestically developed immersion deep ultraviolet lithography machines, a potential turning point in its effort to build a self-sufficient semiconductor...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix race to secure chipmaking tools before equipment lead times hit one year
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are considering placing semiconductor equipment orders earlier as a global wave of fab investment stretches delivery times for key chipmaking tools...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
China display giant BOE rejects low-price race, turns to innovation to lift panel value
BOE, the world's largest display-panel maker and one of China's leading technology companies, is moving away from low-price competition and plans to raise the value of Chinese display...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Moonshot AI opens Kimi K3 weights, challenging US closed-model economics

Moonshot AI officially released the model weights for its Kimi K3 large language model on July 27, allowing developers to download,...