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Tuesday 9 June 2026
Alibaba puts CEO directly in charge of new unit as AI model race turns commercial

Alibaba Group Holding has created a new artificial intelligence unit called Token Foundry, putting it directly under CEO Eddie Wu as the...

Tuesday 9 June 2026
Samsung foundry profit rebound may come in 3Q26 as 2nm orders rise 130%
Samsung Electronics' foundry business may return to profit as early as the third quarter of 2026, ahead of its previous target of late 2026 to 2027, as improving yields, larger orders,...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Huawei tests AI agents at HDC 2026 after OpenClaw hype loses steam
Huawei Developer Conference (HDC) 2026 is set to open on June 12 at Songshan Lake in Dongguan, with HarmonyOS and frontier AI technologies taking center stage. Beyond updates to the...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
US Pentagon adds BYD, Alibaba to China military company list
The US Department of Defense has updated its list of companies identified as Chinese military companies operating in the US, adding a wide range of technology, telecom, semiconductor,...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Tencent takes dual-track AI chip route with Canghai V2 and domestic partnerships
Tencent is sharpening a dual-track AI chip strategy, combining self-developed semiconductors for its own business workloads with deeper partnerships across China's domestic AI computing...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Nvidia-SK Hynix pact sharpens memory race with Samsung, Micron
Nvidia's multiyear technology partnership with SK Hynix could reinforce the South Korean chipmaker's role in the AI memory supply chain, raising pressure on Samsung Electronics and...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Apple Intelligence expansion hits roadblocks in China and EU, raising fragmentation concerns
Apple unveiled a sweeping overhaul of its artificial intelligence offering at WWDC 2026 on June 8, but two of its most important markets — China and the EU — will not receive...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
YMTC returns to South Korea's consumer SSD market after four-year absence
Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) is bringing its consumer SSD brand ZHITAI back to South Korea after a four-year absence, as major memory makers devote more resources to high-bandwidth...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
HiSilicon chip price hikes put China's AI compute supply chain back in focus
Huawei's chip design arm HiSilicon Technologies has reportedly raised prices for some products, drawing market attention as China's semiconductor sector shows signs of recovery after...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
LG Innotek expands Vietnam substrate plant as AI servers strain RF-SiP supply
LG Innotek is expanding semiconductor substrate production in Vietnam as rising demand for server components reshapes capacity across the substrate industry, fueling expectations that...
Monday 8 June 2026
Beijing backs orbital computing in bid for AI leadership
China is accelerating its push into space-based computing, betting that the next frontier of artificial intelligence infrastructure may lie beyond Earth.
Monday 8 June 2026
China introduces energy standards to curb growing EV size and weight
China's electric vehicles have become larger, heavier, and increasingly luxurious over the past decade. Now, regulators are signaling that the industry's era of unchecked expansion...
Monday 8 June 2026
Nvidia-Microsoft AI PC alliance raises fears of South Korea being sidelined in next AI era
Nvidia and Microsoft have teamed up to launch RTX Spark, an AI PC superchip that could reshape personal computer architecture and intensify competition for AI leadership, according...
Monday 8 June 2026
Dreame under scrutiny for breakneck expansion pace and state-owned funding
A city in China has begun investigating the connections between its local companies and Dreame Technology, a Chinese company known for its robot vacuum cleaners that has reportedly...
Monday 8 June 2026
China analog IC maker Shanghai Belling raises prices by up to 30%, signaling chip market recovery
Shanghai Belling, a Chinese analog IC supplier, has announced price adjustments for some of its products starting June 9, 2026, with increases ranging from 10% to 30%. The move is...