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Tuesday 25 August 2026
From podium to production line: China's robots ace the sprint, but stumble on the real test
The 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games put China's rapid advances in robotics on full display — but beyond the record-breaking sprints and human-robot sports demonstrations, the...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
China foundry Nexchip breaks beyond display chips: CIS reaches 25% of revenue
Nexchip Semiconductor reported higher first-half 2026 revenue as broadening demand for CMOS image sensors, power management chips and display drivers diversified its product mix, even...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
Samsung Foundry sees higher 4nm volumes as Nvidia ramps Groq 3
Nvidia's Groq 3 ramp is adding meaningful 4nm volume to Samsung Electronics' foundry business, with monthly wafer input estimated at about 10,000 and expected to rise above 15,000...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
China power chip makers CRM, Silan post sharp 1H profit gains
China Resources Microelectronics (CRM) and Hangzhou Silan Microelectronics (Silan), two of China's leading integrated device manufacturers, reported strong first-half 2026 results...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
AI boom drives Foxconn past 40% of Taiwan-listed firms' China returns, with FII leading the way
Global demand for AI and high-performance computing (HPC) has lifted investment returns for Taiwan-listed companies in China, with Foxconn continuing to lead the pack. According to...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
US voices first complaint over South Korea's KRW800 trillion chip cluster as investment pressure mounts
The US has informally expressed dissatisfaction with the South Korean government's KRW800 trillion (US$578.5 billion) plan to build a semiconductor cluster in the country's southwest...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
Energy law amendments lift AI data center storage demand in Taiwan
AI data centers will increasingly rely on energy storage because of its fast response and grid impact mitigation capabilities, according to Recharge Power, a Taiwan-based battery energy...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
OmniVision's CIS business slips, but machine vision and robotics surge 71%
OmniVision Group reported a sharp drop in first-half 2026 profit as weakness in consumer electronics and automotive electronics weighed on its core image sensor business, even as machine...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
China opens satellite IoT to private players as Geespace wins two-year commercial trial

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has approved Geely-backed Zhejiang Geespace Technology to conduct a two-year...

Tuesday 25 August 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix step up China NAND upgrades as US tool risks grow

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are stepping up equipment spending at their NAND flash plants in China through 2027, upgrading existing...

Tuesday 25 August 2026
Novosense encoder launch highlights China's push into robot joint sensing
Chinese analog and mixed-signal chipmaker Novosense Microelectronics has introduced the NSM350x series, a Hall-based magnetic encoder designed for high-precision angular measurement...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
China launches record auto recall over electronic door safety
China has launched its largest-ever auto recall, involving about 4.27 million vehicles over risks tied to electronic door emergency unlocking. The action is led by Tesla and a group...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
Zhongji Innolight's 1.6T surge shows AI networking is becoming next hyperscaler bottleneck
The AI infrastructure boom has long been defined by a race to secure GPUs, memory and power. Yet as cluster sizes continue expanding, another layer of the system is beginning to emerge...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
SK Hynix and Alibaba tackle the next AI bottleneck: getting more value per chip
The AI infrastructure race has been marked by a near-fixated drive to expand AI-powered buildouts, as demand for increasingly complex chip configurations pushes against the physical...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
Samsung Display resumes A7 construction as foldable demand rebounds

Samsung Display has resumed construction at its second campus in Asan, South Chungcheong Province, reviving a long-dormant OLED project...