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Tuesday 24 February 2026
AI devours DRAM supply, SK’s Chey expands “monster chip” push

Artificial intelligence infrastructure spending is tightening global memory supply and reshaping the semiconductor cycle. Speaking at...

Tuesday 24 February 2026
Billions in cash, trillions in tokens: China's AI model showdown
Around the 2026 Lunar New Year, China's large model market entered its most concentrated launch cycle to date. Z.ai, MiniMax, Alibaba, and ByteDance released or upgraded models across...
Tuesday 24 February 2026
US Supreme Court ruling eases Apple's tariff burden but supply chain diversification continues
The US Supreme Court overturned President Donald Trump's Section 301 tariffs on January 20, a move that immediately promised relief to companies that had been paying the levies, including...
Tuesday 24 February 2026
China adds Subaru, Mitsubishi, TDK and 17 other Japanese entities to export-control watchlist
Amid intensifying China–Japan bilateral tensions, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce has placed 20 Japanese companies and institutions on a heightened export-control watchlist,...
Tuesday 24 February 2026
Anthropic warns of rising AI 'distillation' attacks, accuses Chinese firms of data siphoning

Anthropic has sounded the alarm over a surge in so-called "distillation" attacks, accusing several Chinese AI companies of improperly...

Tuesday 24 February 2026
Gemini 3.1 Pro raises the bar; when will DeepSeek respond?
After the Lunar New Year holidays, the global AI large model race accelerated again. Google DeepMind released Gemini 3.1 Pro, its new flagship model, posting record results across...
Monday 23 February 2026
SenseTime's risks run deeper than consensus forecasts

SenseTime faces sustained financial and geopolitical pressure, and a recent Bloomberg Intelligence note says the market may still...

Monday 23 February 2026
Samsung regains DRAM lead with 40% revenue jump in 4Q25, eyes HBM4 to strengthen edge
Samsung Electronics reclaimed the global DRAM market crown in 4Q25, just one year after losing it to SK Hynix. Industry watchers are closely monitoring whether Samsung can further...
Monday 23 February 2026
Kioxia sells out 2026 NAND capacity as AI demand tightens global memory supply
As the global memory market tightens under the weight of artificial intelligence (AI) demand, Japanese NAND flash maker Kioxia Holdings has emerged as one of the clearest beneficiaries...
Monday 23 February 2026
Samsung Foundry rebounds with utilization above 80% in 1Q26
Samsung Electronics' foundry utilization exceeded 80% in the first quarter of 2026, its highest level in over a year, increasing the probability of a quarterly profit turnaround this...
Monday 23 February 2026
SoftBank leads US-Japan alliance investing US$33.3B in Trump gas power plant
SoftBank Group (SBG) is spearheading an investment alliance to develop a US-based natural gas-fired power plant project valued at US$33.3 billion, aiming to support infrastructure...
Monday 23 February 2026
Samsung brings forward P5 cleanroom timeline under 'Shell First' strategy
Samsung Electronics has accelerated cleanroom construction at its Pyeongtaek Fab 5 (P5), pushing forward capacity expansion for high-bandwidth memory and advanced-node semiconductor...
Monday 23 February 2026
Jensen Huang's missed India summit and Valentine's dinner in Korea spotlight Nvidia's shifting priorities
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's absence from India's AI Impact Summit and his appearance at a late-night engineer gathering in California have drawn attention to the chipmaker's strategic...
Sunday 22 February 2026
Analysis: Trump's curtailed tariff powers strengthen Beijing's leverage and rattle Asian allies
In a dramatic escalation of global trade tensions, President Donald Trump abruptly raised his newly announced global tariff to 15% on Saturday, effective immediately.
Saturday 21 February 2026
Commentary: Samsung to reclaim the world's no.1 semiconductor position in 2026

Samsung Electronics and Intel have alternated for years as the world's largest semiconductor company. From 2011 to 2023, Samsung and Intel...