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Friday 13 November 2026
Samsung weighs separating memory and mobile leadership
Samsung Electronics may appoint separate heads of its memory and mobile businesses in an upcoming executive reshuffle, as record semiconductor profits contrast with losses in its consumer...
Friday 13 November 2026
Chinese AI firms reportedly race for overseas compute, fear upcoming chip curbs amid Nvidia spy case
Chinese AI companies reportedly are racing to sign overseas compute deals as they fear the political fallout of the Nvidia spy scandal could push US lawmakers to restrict their remote...
Friday 13 November 2026
Korean labor minister hears chipmakers on 52-hour cap amid dragging special-zone talks
South Korea's labor minister met semiconductor companies on November 13 to hear how the 52-hour workweek cap affects their research and development staff, as unions, employers, and...
Friday 13 November 2026
Samsung reportedly in talks to acquire data center cooling firm Modine
Samsung Electronics is in talks to acquire US data center cooling equipment maker Modine Manufacturing, Bloomberg reported on November 12, as the South Korean company expands...
Friday 13 November 2026
China's eSSD order opens up US market opportunity for Samsung, SK Hynix
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are redirecting some enterprise solid-state drive (eSSD) supplies originally intended for Chinese customers to US cloud service providers (CSPs), following...
Friday 13 November 2026
Huawei spin-off xFusion seeks US$1.2 billion IPO, capitalizing on China's AI server boom
China's expanding AI computing infrastructure is prompting server manufacturers to accelerate their capital-raising plans. xFusion Digital Technologies, spun off from Huawei's x86...
Friday 13 November 2026
Samsung reportedly wins more AI chip orders from US cloud firms
Samsung Electronics has reportedly secured new AI chip manufacturing orders from major US cloud service providers for a second consecutive quarter, with commercial shipments expected...
Friday 13 November 2026
CXMT targets higher-value DRAM market with AI server memory, LPDDR6 breakthroughs
Chinese DRAM maker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is expanding into higher-value memory markets, introducing DDR5 server modules, mass-produced LPDDR6 chips, and automotive DRAM...
Friday 13 November 2026
SK Hynix, Intel explore shared memory to ease AI bottlenecks
SK Hynix is working with Intel and other industry partners to develop memory-centric computing architectures that would allow AI servers to share memory resources, as agentic AI drives...
Friday 13 November 2026
Dutch court further curbs Wingtech's control of Nexperia, widening China chip supply chain split
The battle for control of Dutch chipmaker Nexperia is intensifying after a Dutch court further restricted Chinese parent Wingtech Technology and related parties from interfering with...
Friday 13 November 2026
Reports emerge tying Alice Huang's business web to Huawei Cloud
CNBC reported that Alice Huang, with whom Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang allegedly had an extramarital relationship, may be connected to Huawei Cloud through a complex web of ownership...
Friday 13 November 2026
FICG returns to growth in 3Q26 as 1.6T enters mass production
FIC Global (FICG) returned to growth in the third quarter of 2026, driven by the gradual ramp-up of overseas capacity in its optical communications business and strong demand for high-speed...
Friday 13 November 2026
China's economy faces structural strain as supply outpaces demand
Taiwan is benefiting from the global AI infrastructure boom, with GDP...
Friday 13 November 2026
Samsung expands HBM packaging at Onyang as Cheonan runs short of space
Samsung Electronics is expanding its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) packaging operations in South Korea as its Cheonan campus runs short of space, prompting the company to develop nearby...
Friday 13 November 2026
Europe's AI ambitions hinge on power semiconductors, and on fending off Chinese rivals
AI has propelled the global semiconductor market to record highs, but growth remains concentrated in memory, advanced logic and advanced packaging, areas in which Europe has limited...