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Friday 6 March 2026
Commentary: Memory price surge and the Middle East conflict bring severe challenges to Transsion
Rising geopolitical risks in the Middle East threaten to directly impact Chinese smartphone brands deeply rooted in emerging markets. For Transsion, known as the "king of low-end phones"...
Friday 6 March 2026
Alibaba’s Qwen loses its architect, stirring questions about China’s AI drive
Alibaba's large language model ambitions have been jolted by an unexpected leadership departure. In the early hours of March 4, the head of Alibaba Group's Qwen artificial intelligence...
Friday 6 March 2026
Commentary: US-Israel conflict spotlights Grok's prediction vs. Claude's deployment
Ever since US and Israel joint forces launched attacks on Iran, widespread debate has erupted about the use of AI in warfare. On online platforms like Reddit, claims have surfaced...
Thursday 5 March 2026
Commentary: HBM hybrid bonding race heats up, but memory makers slow to adopt
Competition in the high bandwidth memory (HBM) market is intensifying, prompting equipment makers such as Hanwha Semitech and Semes to accelerate...
Wednesday 4 March 2026
Commentary: Nvidia, MediaTek bankroll optics shift that's reshaping AI data centers
A new trend is emerging in the AI infrastructure race. After MediaTek invested in US silicon photonics start-up Ayar Labs, Nvidia followed with US$2 billion investments in optical...
Tuesday 3 March 2026
Commentary: Merz at Unitree as China's humanoid robotics push unsettles Europe

During German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's visit to China, the most closely watched stop was Hangzhou-based Unitree Robotics. Footage showed...

Monday 2 March 2026
Commentary: German automotive price war in China threatens used car residual value system
Germany's automotive giants—Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi (collectively known as BBA)—have engaged in aggressive price cuts in China's auto market, sparking fierce competition...
Monday 2 March 2026
Commentary: Nvidia sparks silicon photonics race, yet copper still anchors data centers?
As data center computing demand expands, high-speed transmission architectures are under pressure to upgrade. Scaling high-performance computing platforms is exposing bandwidth and...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Commentary: How China's AI firms are mining Claude—and why it matters to supply chains and export controls
Anthropic has released a report accusing DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and MiniMax of systematically extracting capabilities from its Claude large language model through large-scale distillation...
Saturday 21 February 2026
Commentary: Samsung to reclaim the world's no.1 semiconductor position in 2026

Samsung Electronics and Intel have alternated for years as the world's largest semiconductor company. From 2011 to 2023, Samsung and Intel...

Wednesday 18 February 2026
Commentary: A robot-heavy Spring Festival Gala meets a sceptical youth audience

CCTV's 2026 Spring Festival Gala was the most robot-saturated edition in its history, turning a national broadcast into a showroom for...

Saturday 14 February 2026
Commentary: Foxtron targets 1,500 Bria deliveries by 1Q26 amid Luxgen acquisition
One of the biggest stories in Taiwan's auto market toward the end of 2025 is Foxtron's official announcement to acquire 100% of Luxgen, with the deal expected to close in the first...
Friday 13 February 2026
Commentary: US-Taiwan tariff deal combines US strengths, boosts Taiwan's outlook
The US-Taiwan reciprocal tariff negotiations officially concluded on February 12, 2026. Notably, tariffs on information and communication technology (ICT) and semiconductors remain...
Friday 13 February 2026
Display makers exit old LCD plants as chipmakers hunt cleanrooms
Due to low production efficiency and intense price competition, major panel makers like AUO, Innolux, and LG Display are selling older LCD factories. Semiconductor companies such as...
Friday 13 February 2026
Commentary: Stellantis pause on ACC gigafactories clouds EU plans for manufacturing sovereignty and risks thousands of jobs
The European Commission plans to unveil its "localization ratio" policy by late February 2026 to shape Europe's manufacturing sovereignty. Yet Stellantis's abrupt halt to construction...