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Monday 8 June 2026
NTT taps Korean, Taiwanese partners for JPY70 billion-plus IOWN fund

NTT plans to establish an investment fund of more than JPY70 billion (approx. US$440 million), with major South Korean and Taiwanese...

Monday 8 June 2026
Huawei Cloud targets Agentic AI race with Ascend 950DT, smart driving compute, secure hybrid cloud

Huawei Cloud is tying its next phase of cloud growth to Agentic AI, domestic computing power, and industry-specific deployment, launching...

Monday 8 June 2026
Nvidia and LG Group team up on AI factory, robotics, and autonomous driving in expansive Korea partnership
Nvidia and LG Group announced a wide-ranging partnership on June 7 covering AI factory infrastructure, home robotics, autonomous driving components, and sovereign AI model development,...
Monday 8 June 2026
Wingtech sues Nexperia's Dutch entities as cross-border control dispute deepens
Wingtech has launched a lawsuit in China against Nexperia's Dutch entities and related parties, intensifying a dispute that could affect semiconductor supply chains, corporate governance,...
Monday 8 June 2026
Naver to build gigawatt-scale AI factories on Nvidia platform as Korea's sovereign AI push accelerates
Naver and Nvidia announced on June 7 that the South Korean internet company will expand its AI infrastructure using Nvidia's DSX platform, starting at 55 megawatts and targeting gigawatt-scale...
Monday 8 June 2026
Nvidia and SK Hynix announce multiyear memory partnership covering AI servers, PCs, and robotics
Nvidia and SK Hynix formally announced a multiyear technology partnership on June 7 at SK's Seorin Building in Seoul, during Jensen Huang's third public meeting with SK Group chairman...
Monday 8 June 2026
Nvidia and Doosan expand ties to target robotics and AI factory infrastructure
Nvidia and Doosan Group are widening their collaboration to develop physical AI, robotics, and AI factory infrastructure that could shape industrial automation worldwide. The effort...
Monday 8 June 2026
Nvidia, SK Telecom plan gigawatt-scale AI cloud in Korea
According to Nvidia's press release, SK Telecom plans to build a gigawatt-scale AI cloud in Korea, with the first AI factory set to go online in 2027. The project signals how telecom...
Monday 8 June 2026
KT Cloud speeds AI data center builds with modular construction and digital twin ops
KT Cloud is accelerating its artificial intelligence data center rollout in South Korea with modular construction, alternative power sourcing, and a digital twin operations platform...
Sunday 7 June 2026
South Korea data center market to hit KRW11T by 2029
South Korea's private data center market is set to expand rapidly as generative AI demand drives a global investment boom, with AI infrastructure, power supply, geographic dispersion,...
Sunday 7 June 2026
JCET opens 3D packaging plant to target AI power modules, CPO demand
JCET has opened a new advanced manufacturing facility at its Chengdong production base in Jiangyin, strengthening the Chinese OSAT provider's push into advanced packaging for AI computing,...
Sunday 7 June 2026
BOE says glass-based packaging substrate pilot line has yet to reach mass-production yield

BOE Technology Group's push into glass-based packaging substrates remains short of mass production, even as the Chinese display maker...

Sunday 7 June 2026
Japan injects JPY150B into Rapidus to push for 2nm production by 2027
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced on June 5, 2026, that the government completed an additional JPY150 billion (US$937.9 million) capital injection into Rapidus,...
Sunday 7 June 2026
China’s space-computing push draws chipmakers, satellite firms, and rocket companies

As artificial intelligence drives an insatiable demand for computing power, China is beginning to look beyond terrestrial data centers...

Saturday 6 June 2026
AI demand squeezes mainstream DRAM supply as DDR5, DDR4 prices rise

DRAM prices are climbing as Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron Technology prioritize high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, for AI applications,...