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Wednesday 25 March 2026
'China Speed': the new benchmark in global auto competition
Through highly centralized supply chains, a software-first development philosophy, and extensive state subsidies, Chinese automakers have compressed traditional vehicle development...
Wednesday 25 March 2026
China-South Korea panel war escalates: USPTO rejects Tianma patent challenge
The US Patent and Trademark Office has rejected an attempt by Tianma Microelectronics to challenge a patent held by LG Display, citing concerns that the Chinese company may be under...
Wednesday 25 March 2026
SoftBank-backed SAIMEMORY plans post-HBM shift with vertical memory tech
SAIMEMORY, a Japanese startup backed by SoftBank, is positioning its proprietary Z-Angle Memory (ZAM) as a potential successor to high-bandwidth memory (HBM) as physical limits begin...
Wednesday 25 March 2026
Samsung reportedly set to begin GaN foundry production, prepare SiC samples
Samsung Electronics is reportedly set to begin mass production at its gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductor foundry line as early as the second quarter, while also preparing silicon...
Wednesday 25 March 2026
CATL, BYD drive China's next energy frontier with sodium-ion and perovskite solar
As the rest of the world scrambles to catch up with China in lithium-ion batteries, Chinese companies are already pushing into new frontiers — racing to scale up sodium-ion batteries...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Sharp taps BD chief as CEO in post-restructuring shift
Sharp Corporation, a subsidiary of Foxconn, has named its Chief Business Development Officer, Tetsuji Kawamura, as its next president and CEO, placing an executive with deep overseas...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
WWDC26: Apple signals AI maturity and 'charm approach' to China amid Tim Cook's visit

Apple officially confirmed on Monday that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will return from June 8 to June 12, 2026. While the...

Tuesday 24 March 2026
Insta360 pushes back against DJI in escalating patent dispute
China's leading consumer drone maker, DJI, has formally filed suit against rival Insta360, alleging disputes over ownership of six patents. The case, which also implicates several...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Hanwha Semitech's SK Hynix TCB deal draws scrutiny over KRW100 billion guarantee
Hanwha Semitech's supply of thermal compression bonding (TCB) equipment for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) to SK Hynix is drawing scrutiny after the South Korean equipment maker maintained...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
SK Hynix reportedly advances M15X ramp, opens second cleanroom ahead of schedule

SK Hynix has brought forward the ramp-up of its M15X DRAM facility in Cheongju, opening a second cleanroom and beginning equipment move-in...

Tuesday 24 March 2026
China's AI GPUs face equipment and software constraints, but system-level design boosts self-reliance
Although it may appear that China's AI GPU development is behind the US by one or more generations, a recent Morgan Stanley report reveals the actual gap is smaller than widely per...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
OpenClaw lands in WeChat, signaling a new era of AI agents in messaging
Tencent has officially launched ClawBot, a plugin that integrates the popular open-source AI agent framework OpenClaw into its flagship messaging platform, WeChat, marking a significant...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Alibaba unveils XuanTie C950 and C925, advancing RISC-V into AI and edge computing

Alibaba's DAMO Academy has introduced two new RISC-V processors—the flagship XuanTie C950 and the energy-efficient C925—marking...

Tuesday 24 March 2026
DJI sues Insta360 in China, escalating patent dispute in sports imaging market
Competition in China's action camera and drone markets is intensifying, as DJI has filed a lawsuit against rival Insta360, marking a sharp escalation in a rivalry that had already...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
TSMC's Wei draws battle lines between US AI and China's hardware in robotics race
TSMC chairman C.C. Wei's recent remarks on the global robotics landscape have sparked an industry debate over whether the US or China holds the upper hand in the race to commercialize...