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Sunday 7 June 2026
South Korea data center market to hit KRW11T by 2029
South Korea's private data center market is set to expand rapidly as generative AI demand drives a global investment boom, with AI infrastructure, power supply, geographic dispersion,...
Sunday 7 June 2026
JCET opens 3D packaging plant to target AI power modules, CPO demand
JCET has opened a new advanced manufacturing facility at its Chengdong production base in Jiangyin, strengthening the Chinese OSAT provider's push into advanced packaging for AI computing,...
Sunday 7 June 2026
BOE says glass-based packaging substrate pilot line has yet to reach mass-production yield

BOE Technology Group's push into glass-based packaging substrates remains short of mass production, even as the Chinese display maker...

Sunday 7 June 2026
Japan injects JPY150B into Rapidus to push for 2nm production by 2027
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced on June 5, 2026, that the government completed an additional JPY150 billion (US$937.9 million) capital injection into Rapidus,...
Sunday 7 June 2026
China’s space-computing push draws chipmakers, satellite firms, and rocket companies

As artificial intelligence drives an insatiable demand for computing power, China is beginning to look beyond terrestrial data centers...

Saturday 6 June 2026
AI demand squeezes mainstream DRAM supply as DDR5, DDR4 prices rise

DRAM prices are climbing as Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron Technology prioritize high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, for AI applications,...

Friday 5 June 2026
OECD data show China-based semiconductor makers receive outsized industrial support
Industrial subsidies reached their highest level since the global financial crisis in 2023 and 2024, according to a June 2026 OECD release based on its new MAGIC database of industrial...
Friday 5 June 2026
Samsung's biggest union loses majority status after bonus talks
Samsung Electronics is facing a new shift in labor relations after the Samsung Electronics branch of the Samsung Group Super-Enterprise Union reportedly lost its status as a majority...
Friday 5 June 2026
FADU wins new contracts as AI workloads reshape data storage
As artificial intelligence (AI) workloads place unprecedented demands on data storage systems, South Korean SSD controller designer FADU is betting that next-generation storage architecture...
Friday 5 June 2026
Huawei's Tau Law stirs debate over China's post-Moore's Law chip path

Huawei has formally introduced its "Tau Law," proposing a shift from traditional process-node scaling to "time scaling," a model aimed...

Friday 5 June 2026
Alibaba opens Qwen to KFC, Luckin Coffee, and airlines in AI agent battle
Alibaba is opening its Qwen AI assistant to external brands and third-party agents, turning the consumer app from a chatbot into a transactional platform for food orders, travel planning,...
Friday 5 June 2026
Nexchip carves out BGBM assets to back Wuhu wafer project, refocuses on 12-inch foundry business
Nexchip Semiconductor plans to carve out its BGBM business by contributing specialised equipment assets to Anhui Ruijing Semiconductor, a newly established power device wafer-processing...
Friday 5 June 2026
US targets China's PCB grip as AI and defense supply risks mount
As demand for artificial intelligence (AI) computing expands rapidly, market attention has long centered on GPUs, high-bandwidth memory (HBM), and advanced packaging. However, printed...
Friday 5 June 2026
Nvidia's Jensen Huang to meet South Korean business leaders beyond HBM sector

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is visiting South Korea on June 5 for meetings with major Korean business leaders, as the company's cooperation...

Friday 5 June 2026
Nvidia deepens humanoid robotics role with Unitree and Cosmos 3, secures AI chips
Nvidia is moving deeper into humanoid robotics, combining robot hardware, secure computing, world models and developer platforms as AI shifts from digital workloads to physical AI.