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Thursday 13 August 2026

Lenovo Capital backs Niobium Optoelectronics in Series B funding for TFLN chips

Jiangsu Niobium Optoelectronics Technology, a Chinese maker of thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic chips, has closed a Series B funding round worth several hundred million yuan...

Thursday 13 August 2026

TSMC-Sony image sensor venture pushes Japan chip investment to JPY6 trillion

TSMC said on August 11 that it will invest in CMOS image sensor development and mass production with Sony Group in Kumamoto Prefecture,...

Thursday 13 August 2026

Yangtze Memory-backed capital expands into FD-SOI specialty process investment

Changcun Capital, the investment arm backed by Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., has completed a strategic investment in RuiLiPingxin...

Thursday 13 August 2026

South Korea widens chip strategy beyond Samsung and SK Hynix with KRW5 trillion ecosystem fund

As market momentum spirals into an intensifying race over AI infrastructure buildouts, the global landscape has entered a more aggressive round of AI-centered investment, with national-scale...

Thursday 13 August 2026

Longsys profit soars 715-fold on AI memory boom, enterprise storage, 5nm chips

Chinese memory supplier Longsys reported a dramatic earnings rebound for the first half of 2026, benefiting from rising memory prices, stronger AI data center demand, and a shift toward...

Thursday 13 August 2026

AgiBot overtakes Unitree as China expands its lead in humanoid robots

Global humanoid robot shipments nearly quadrupled in the first half of 2026, with Chinese suppliers accounting for more than 97% of the market and AgiBot moving ahead of Unitree Robotics,...

Thursday 13 August 2026

Hengs revenue surges 178% as solar EPC projects reach recognition peak

Solar and energy storage systems provider Hengs Technology reported a strong rebound in the first half of 2026, with revenue rising as large engineering, procurement, and construction...

Thursday 13 August 2026

Taoyuan plans AI manufacturing park in Guanyin to support server supply chain

Taoyuan is moving to develop Guanyin into an AI computing park as demand for AI servers drives heavier power requirements and a new round of factory expansion. The city said it had...

Thursday 13 August 2026

Anli-KY lifts July revenue on AI server and drone product shipments

Anli International reported its first-half results on August 11 after announcing the previous day that increased shipments of AI server and drone-related products had pushed July consolidated...

Thursday 13 August 2026

Inventec posts record second-quarter profit as notebook margins narrow

Inventec reported record net profit and earnings per share in 2Q26, even as gross margin declined and supply constraints intensified. The Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer said...

Wednesday 12 August 2026

Manus breaks from Meta, returns to independence after China blocks US$2B AI deal

Chinese AI agent startup Manus is returning to independent operations, marking a concrete break from Meta months after Chinese regulators...

Wednesday 12 August 2026

Tesla emerges as biggest winner from Germany's EV subsidies, while China-made models gain ground

Whether Germany's renewed electric vehicle (EV) subsidies are inadvertently helping Chinese brands accelerate their push into Europe has become a closely watched issue across the global...

Wednesday 12 August 2026

CXMT DDR5 yield tops 90%, narrowing gap with Samsung

China's leading DRAM maker CXMT has reportedly raised its DDR5 production yield above 90%, narrowing the gap with Samsung Electronics...

Wednesday 12 August 2026

FocalTech expects demand to improve in the second half of 2026

Touch controller and display driver IC maker FocalTech Systems said it saw revenue regain quarter-on-quarter momentum in the second quarter of 2026 as the 618 shopping festival, new...

Wednesday 12 August 2026

Japan's US$430B 2040 chip plan hinges on Rapidus 2nm

Japan has drawn up a plan for more than JPY370 trillion (approx. US$2.33 trillion) in combined public and private investment across 17 strategic...

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