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Tuesday 7 July 2026
AI's bottleneck has shifted from chips to infrastructure — China plans it centrally, US fights it out locally

The cancellation of Blackstone-owned QTS' planned Digital Gateway data center project in Virginia underscores a new challenge for the...

Tuesday 7 July 2026
SK data center bet sets sights on intelligence exports

South Korea is moving to position itself as an exporter of "intelligence" rather than just the chips and equipment that go into building...

Tuesday 7 July 2026
Ingenic says DRAM foundry capacity strain won't ease until 2H27
China memory makers are diverging in their outlook as AI demand keeps the global memory market tight. After GigaDevice recently issued an unusual risk warning, Beijing-based special...
Monday 6 July 2026
Samsung Foundry eyes comeback after Tesla chip win
Samsung Electronics is trying to turn its foundry business into a bigger supplier of custom chips after securing a Tesla order, as the company looks to rebuild a contract chipmaking...
Monday 6 July 2026
Longsys forecasts sharp 1H26 profit growth on stronger memory market, AI demand
Longsys Electronics expects a sharp rise in first-half profit as global memory supply stays tight and demand from artificial intelligence-related devices strengthens. The outlook points...
Monday 6 July 2026
Apple price hikes spur brisk used-device trading

Apple's recent price increases for Mac and iPad products are rapidly spilling into the used-device market, as consumers turn to refurbished...

Monday 6 July 2026
Foreign automakers turn China plants into export hubs as Toyota takes slower path
Foreign automakers are rapidly reshaping their China operations into export platforms as local electric-vehicle (EV) makers continue to erode demand for gasoline cars. For global consumers...
Monday 6 July 2026
China's IC design boom nears CNY1 trillion, but Nvidia CUDA gap exposes limits

China's IC design industry is nearing CNY1 trillion (approx. US$150 billion) ahead of schedule, but AI is exposing deeper gaps in computing...

Monday 6 July 2026
South Korea lines up US$204 billion Yeongnam manufacturing push

South Korean conglomerates will invest a combined KRW312 trillion (approx. US$203.6 billion) in the Yeongnam region, as the government...

Monday 6 July 2026
China advanced packaging maker SJ Semiconductor starts US$1.5bn 3DIC project for AI chips

SJ Semiconductor has started construction of a CNY10 billion (approx. US$1.47 billion) 3DIC manufacturing project in Shanghai's Lingang...

Monday 6 July 2026
Huawei HarmonyOS misses China government OS shortlist despite top security rating

Huawei's HarmonyOS missed one of China's largest annual government desktop operating system (OS) procurement shortlists, showing that...

Monday 6 July 2026
China's chip equipment makers ramp up expansion as AI and memory boom fuel domestic demand

China's leading semiconductor equipment manufacturers are accelerating expansion through acquisitions and fundraising, as surging AI...

Monday 6 July 2026
Samsung said to seek up to 20% DRAM price hike as AI demand tightens supply

Samsung Electronics is negotiating with customers to raise average selling prices for commodity DRAM by as much as 20% in the third...

Monday 6 July 2026
Huawei chip chief proposes Tau Law V2 centered on time-based scaling
Huawei's semiconductor chief is promoting a post-Moore roadmap that shifts industry focus from shrinking transistors to reducing time across the computing stack, a framework backed...
Monday 6 July 2026
Micron breaks ground on Hiroshima expansion to boost AI memory chip production
Micron Technology has begun construction on an expansion of its existing semiconductor plant in Higashi-Hiroshima, western Japan, as part of a JPY1.5 trillion (approx. US$9.3 billion)...