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Friday 31 July 2026
Elon Musk denies rumored Tesla China contingency plans; discussions on supply chain localization shifts persist
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has denied a Wall Street Journal report on an internal plan within Tesla to prepare for a possible separation of its China operations. Despite his rebuttal,...
Friday 31 July 2026
Exclusive: Asian chipmakers' shift to US helium raises concentration risk
Chipmakers in Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan have avoided broad helium-related production disruptions so far, but their rapid shift toward US supply is creating a new concentration...
Friday 31 July 2026
ByteDance merges Lark with Doubao after AI revenue hits US$4B run rate
ByteDance is reorganising Doubao, Lark and Volcengine around a more unified enterprise AI strategy, combining product development, cloud commercialisation and workplace software as...
Friday 31 July 2026
Samsung chip engineers eye SK hynix as AI-driven bonus gap fuels talent war
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently appeared alongside SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong at a high-profile AI gathering in San Francisco,...
Friday 31 July 2026
Shanghai rises as China's lithography hub, powered by SMEE, Huawei and rising DUV rivals

China's lithography equipment sector has returned to the global semiconductor spotlight following reports that a domestically developed...

Friday 31 July 2026
Kioxia begins sampling 1TB 3D flash memory for AI devices
Kioxia has begun shipping samples of 1TB triple-level cell memory devices built with its 9th-generation BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory technology. The move signals faster, lower-cost storage...
Friday 31 July 2026
AI server boom reshapes MLCC pricing as capacity shifts upmarket

The rapid expansion of AI infrastructure is reshaping one of the semiconductor industry's most overlooked component markets. Soaring...

Thursday 30 July 2026
Samsung signs five-year memory deals as chip shortage stretches to 2028
Samsung Electronics has signed five-year memory supply agreements with five leading global data center customers and is in the final stages of talks with five more, tying a growing...
Thursday 30 July 2026
South Korean chip exports increasingly flow to Taiwan for TSMC packaging amid rising AI demand

Growing demand for AI chips is sending a larger share of South Korea's semiconductor exports to Taiwan, where Korean-made high-bandwidth...

Thursday 30 July 2026
China's DUV shock: the secretive Aishengna rattles ASML with US$1B state backing

China's immersion DUV lithography programme has brought a little-known state-backed company into focus. Shanghai Aishengna Electronic...

Thursday 30 July 2026
South Korean suppliers win HBM4 tester orders from SK Hynix
South Korean test-equipment suppliers Digital Frontier and UniTest have secured four orders for HBM4 wafer testers from SK Hynix worth a combined KRW247.84 billion (approx. US$172...
Thursday 30 July 2026
China's 28nm DUV lithography enters fab validation, reportedly guided by State Council-level experts
China's 28nm DUV lithography programme has entered a new phase after Shanghai Aishengna Electronic Technology delivered its first five immersion deep ultraviolet lithography system...
Thursday 30 July 2026
China rejects 'overcapacity' claims in new policy paper, defends industrial strategy
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has released a policy paper rejecting allegations that the country's manufacturing sector suffers from "overcapacity," arguing that the concept...
Thursday 30 July 2026
Samsung memory sales up 471% in 2Q26; foundry targets double-digit second-half growth

Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions (DS) division posted the most profitable quarter in its history in 2Q26, generating operating...

Thursday 30 July 2026
Nvidia invests US$1B in Naver's sovereign AI push
Nvidia plans to invest in South Korean internet and cloud giant Naver through a US$1 billion third-party share issue for about a 4.5% stake, a move that could make it Naver's third-largest...