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Monday 30 March 2026
China's chip equipment and supply chain scale up on AI demand, look overseas
SEMICON China 2026 opened in Shanghai, highlighting how AI demand is reshaping the global semiconductor industry and accelerating China's domestic supply chain.
Monday 30 March 2026
Microloops expands liquid cooling capacity in China and Vietnam to meet rising demand
Cooling module manufacturer Microloops announced plans to expand its liquid cooling plate production capacity in Vietnam and China to address growing demand for liquid cooling solutions...
Monday 30 March 2026
Commentary: US chip security act ends China's special AI chip supply
The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs passed the Chip Security Act, signaling a decisive move to restrict high-performance computing exports amid rising tech tensions with China...
Monday 30 March 2026
Huawei PanguLM lead exits, reviving model controversy

Huawei's AI leadership is facing renewed turnover. Wang Yunhe, director of Huawei Noah's Ark Lab and a key architect behind PanguLM, has...

Monday 30 March 2026
China builds open RISC-V chip platform with Xiangshan, Ruyi OS
China's Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) launched next-generation chip and operating system co-development alongside the debut of the Xiangshan open-source processor and Ruyi native...
Monday 30 March 2026
Samsung reportedly shifts Xi'an plant to 236-layer NAND

Samsung Electronics has reportedly begun mass production of 236-layer NAND flash at its Xi'an plant in China, marking a key step in...

Monday 30 March 2026
Phison and Intel go hybrid to keep China's AI lobster craze from burning out
The recent craze for OpenClaw "lobster raising" in China has sparked massive token consumption, with Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) calling it the first killer app of AI agents...
Monday 30 March 2026
Toshiba, Rohm, Mitsubishi Electric, and partners begin talks on integrating Japanese power device and semiconductor businesses
Toshiba, Rohm, Mitsubishi Electric, and partners begin talks on integrating Japanese power device and semiconductor businesses
Monday 30 March 2026
China's semiconductor capacity share to reach 32% by 2030
The global semiconductor industry is undergoing a structural transformation. SEMI estimates that in 2025, capital expenditures (CapEx) by the four largest US cloud service providers...
Monday 30 March 2026
Sony raises PlayStation 5 prices amid memory costs spike
Sony Group's gaming subsidiary, Sony Interactive Entertainment, announced on March 27 that it would raise the global retail price of its flagship home console, the PlayStation 5, effective...
Monday 30 March 2026
AI-driven memory market set to top US$600 billion on rising storage demand
The global semiconductor memory market is expected to surpass US$600 billion by 2026, as artificial intelligence accelerates a shift toward high-performance storage, according to industry...
Monday 30 March 2026
SEMICON China 2026: JCET CEO makes the case for atomic-level packaging to carry Moore's Law forward
Advanced wafer manufacturing is approaching physical limits near the 1nm node, according to Zheng Li, director and CEO of JCET Group.
Monday 30 March 2026
China launches probe into US green product trade barriers
China's Ministry of Commerce has launched an investigation into what it describes as US trade barriers affecting green products, citing domestic trade law provisions that allow authorities...
Monday 30 March 2026
Samsung invests in AI chip design startup to speed silicon and cut power use
Samsung Electronics has backed AI chip design startup Normal Computing in a US$50 million funding round, expanding its push into AI-driven electronic design automation and next-generation...
Monday 30 March 2026
Weekly news roundup: AI, supply chains, new entrants intensify global chip race
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of March 23-27, 2026: