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Monday 6 July 2026

Huawei HarmonyOS misses China government OS shortlist despite top security rating

Huawei's HarmonyOS missed one of China's largest annual government desktop operating system (OS) procurement shortlists, showing that...

Monday 6 July 2026

China's chip equipment makers ramp up expansion as AI and memory boom fuel domestic demand

China's leading semiconductor equipment manufacturers are accelerating expansion through acquisitions and fundraising, as surging AI...

Monday 6 July 2026

Samsung said to seek up to 20% DRAM price hike as AI demand tightens supply

Samsung Electronics is negotiating with customers to raise average selling prices for commodity DRAM by as much as 20% in the third...

Monday 6 July 2026

Huawei chip chief proposes Tau Law V2 centered on time-based scaling

Huawei's semiconductor chief is promoting a post-Moore roadmap that shifts industry focus from shrinking transistors to reducing time across the computing stack, a framework backed...

Monday 6 July 2026

Micron breaks ground on Hiroshima expansion to boost AI memory chip production

Micron Technology has begun construction on an expansion of its existing semiconductor plant in Higashi-Hiroshima, western Japan, as part of a JPY1.5 trillion (approx. US$9.3 billion)...

Monday 6 July 2026

Alibaba reportedly bans Claude Code for employees, citing security concerns as China shifts toward domestic AI coding tools

Alibaba has instructed employees to stop using Anthropic's Claude Code for work and remove Claude models from company computers, according to respective sources cited by Yicai,...

Monday 6 July 2026

China TPU chipmaker Zhonghao Xinying launches Xuyu AI processor to challenge GPU-based computing

Zhonghao Xinying (Hangzhou) Technology has launched its new self-developed high-performance TPU AI processor, Xuyu, alongside Taize...

Monday 6 July 2026

Asahi Kasei to expand Taiwan photoresist film capacity for AI chip packaging

Asahi Kasei, one of the notable suppliers of Sunfort dry film photoresist in Japan, has initiated a fab expansion project in Taiwan. The newly established plant is expected to further...

Monday 6 July 2026

Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Sumitomo Chemical to form glass-core venture for chip substrates

Samsung Electro-Mechanics signed a final agreement on July 2 with Sumitomo Chemical's Korean subsidiary Dongwoo Fine-Chem to form a...

Saturday 4 July 2026

China's CR Micro raises power chip prices as Chinese suppliers push fresh hikes

China Resources Microelectronics (CR Micro), a Chinese power semiconductor integrated device manufacturer, has notified customers and...

Saturday 4 July 2026

Samsung and SK Hynix seek substrate price cuts for the second half of 2026

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly pressing South Korean semiconductor substrate suppliers to lower prices for the second half of 2026, even as memory demand remains in...

Saturday 4 July 2026

Anthropic tightens controls as Chinese firms route around Claude restrictions

Anthropic is stepping up efforts to block unauthorized access to Claude after reports that Chinese companies, including Ant Group and ByteDance, have used overseas entities, cloud...

Saturday 4 July 2026

Commentary: Korea's KRW800tn chip bet risks US fab pressure while Apple profits from memory shock

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix have announced the country's largest-ever semiconductor expansion plan, while soaring memory prices have opened...

Friday 3 July 2026

Infineon China pushes back after GaN products removed at Shanghai electronics show

Infineon China said on July 3 that it is pursuing legal remedies after several gallium nitride (GaN) products became the subject of a removal...

Friday 3 July 2026

Ubtech's U1 companion robots test whether China is ready for AI intimacy

Ubtech has launched the U1 series, its first mass-produced full-size bionic humanoid robot line, under the U World sub-brand, testing China's...

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