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Monday 30 March 2026
NeurIPS rule barring OFAC-listed institutions raises global collaboration concerns
NeurIPS' new rule barring institutions on the US Treasury Department's OFAC entity list from submitting papers, reviewing, or editing risks fracturing global AI collaboration, excluding...
Monday 30 March 2026
AI compression won't ease memory crunch, NAND shortage set to persist
AI-driven demand is tightening global memory supply, pushing NAND flash and server DRAM into shortages, price hikes, and capacity constraints. Server memory demand is expected to grow...
Monday 30 March 2026
China foundry SMIC moves to capture growth beyond AI-led supply squeeze

SMIC on March 26 outlined an action plan to strengthen core operations and identify new growth drivers in 2026, targeting revenue growth...

Monday 30 March 2026
SMIC accused of supplying chipmaking tools to Iran military, US officials say
SMIC, China's largest chipmaker, is accused by senior Trump administration officials of supplying chipmaking equipment to Iran's military, escalating tensions linked to the ongoing...
Sunday 29 March 2026
Samsung's 2026 strike poses bigger challenges despite economic shift and tripled scale
Samsung Electronics is facing a looming labor strike in May as its memory and foundry businesses take off, marking a more complex challenge than the initial 2024 walkout. The upcoming...
Sunday 29 March 2026
A race to the bottom: China’s auto boom turns brutally competitive
The global auto industry is entering a turning phase of structural transformation, and nowhere is the upheaval more intense than in China, where a fierce competitive shakeout is un...
Sunday 29 March 2026
Semicon China 2026: AI spending nears US$800 billion, IBS flags 2028 chip cycle risk

SEMICON China 2026 spotlighted the scale of the AI investment boom, with Handel Jones, CEO of International Business Strategies (IBS),...

Sunday 29 March 2026
AMD, Meta reportedly audit Samsung HBM4 lines as supply shifts from pledges to validation

Samsung Electronics' next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) program is entering a customer validation phase, according to...

Saturday 28 March 2026
OmniVision invests US$145 million in wafer foundry to secure chip supply

OmniVision Group said on March 20 it will invest CNY1 billion (US$145 million) in Rong Semiconductor (Ningbo) Co. (RongSemi) via a capital...

Saturday 28 March 2026
Samsung bets on turnkey strategy as non-memory strength becomes critical
Samsung Electronics is aggressively pushing its semiconductor "super-gap" core strategy centered on a turnkey solution model. However, the success of this approach hinges on restoring...
Friday 27 March 2026
SK Hynix CEO expected to meet Microsoft executive on memory supply

SK Hynix CEO Kwak Noh-jung is expected to meet Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of Cloud and AI at Microsoft, in Seoul this week...

Friday 27 March 2026
Nexchip revenue rises 17.7% to US$1.58bn, foundry capacity stays tight

Nexchip reported 2025 revenue of CNY10.89 billion (approx. US$1.58 billion), up 17.69% year-over-year, with net profit rising 32.16% to...

Friday 27 March 2026
CXMT revenue doubles on AI-driven memory boom ahead of major China IPO

ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) more than doubled revenue to about US$8 billion in 2025, as surging demand from artificial intelligence...

Friday 27 March 2026
Taiwan weighs response as China expands 'long-arm jurisdiction' reach
More than a decade after Taiwanese display makers were swept up in a global antitrust crackdown, officials in Taipei are again warning of the risks posed by expanding legal reach across...
Friday 27 March 2026
Mitsubishi Electric, Toshiba, Rohm open power semiconductor merger talks

Japan's power semiconductor sector is moving toward consolidation, with Rohm, Toshiba, and Mitsubishi Electric entering negotiations to...