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Wednesday 22 July 2026
Sumitomo Chemical eyes 2028 production of lower-cost solid-state battery electrolyte

Sumitomo Chemical plans to begin mass production of a halide-based solid electrolyte in Japan as early as fiscal 2028, positioning the...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Samsung sounds out suppliers on four new fabs by 2030, report says
Samsung Electronics is sounding out major suppliers about whether they can support four proposed new semiconductor fabrication plants through 2030, as South Korea's chipmakers prepare...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
China ends decade-old battery tax break, signaling a coordinated squeeze on clean-energy overcapacity

China is dismantling the tax shelter that helped build the world's largest battery industry, and the move looks less like a one-off...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
LG Display eyes tandem OLED for smartphones as AI drives demand for power-efficient screens
LG Display plans to expand tandem OLED technology beyond TVs, monitors and automotive displays into smartphones and wearables as on-device artificial intelligence (AI) raises power-efficiency...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
HKC invests US$590M in advanced chip packaging to escape the LCD cycle

HKC, the world's third-largest LCD panel supplier, plans to invest CNY4 billion (approx. US$590 million) in a 12-inch chip packaging and...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
US-China AI rivalry, part 1: September talks to confront frontier models, IP theft, open-source risks

The US and China are preparing to hold their first official artificial intelligence (AI) dialogue under President Donald Trump, a notable...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Nvidia's Huang to meet Samsung, SK and Naver chiefs in Silicon Valley, reports say
Samsung Electronics executive chairman Lee Jae-yong, SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won and Naver founder and board chairman Lee Hae-jin are reportedly preparing to meet Nvidia CEO Jensen...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
LG Electronics to halt production at Huizhou plant in China after three decades

LG Electronics plans to stop production at its Huizhou plant in China after October, ending manufacturing at the group's first production...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Samsung's next Galaxy phones may deepen Qualcomm reliance, underscoring the limits of Exynos revival
Samsung Electronics is expected to rely heavily on Qualcomm chips in its next Galaxy phones, according to market reports, a sign that the company is still prioritizing flagship performance...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
GigaDevice injects another CNY500M into DRAM subsidiary as memory market boom lifts performance

Chinese chip designer GigaDevice is investing another CNY500 million (approx. US$73.9 million) into its wholly owned subsidiary to support...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
LG Display posts narrower second quarter operating loss, swings to first-half operating profit
LG Display reported a second-quarter operating loss of KRW107.7 billion (approx. US$72.77 million) on revenue of KRW5.61 trillion, according to an interim, unaudited disclosure the...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
SK Hynix denies report it is pursuing deal for Intel's Ohio fab

SK Hynix said in a July 22 disclosure that it had neither pursued nor decided on an acquisition of Intel's under-construction semiconductor...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Chinese equipment makers win early production orders as TGV packaging moves beyond the lab

Chinese semiconductor equipment suppliers are beginning to secure production orders for through-glass via (TGV) manufacturing tools,...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
WAIC 2026: Enflame debuts China's first glass-based CoPoS AI chip sample

Chinese AI chip developer Enflame said at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2026 that it had jointly showcased an AI chip...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
WAIC 2026: Biren's 1,024-GPU NPO super node sharpens China's AI infrastructure race

Chinese GPU developer Biren Technology unveiled a next-generation near-packaged optics (NPO) super node at the World Artificial Intelligence...