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Tuesday 2 June 2026
China's underwhelming holiday season shows memory hikes still weigh on consumer demand
After sharp swings in the memory spot market in April and May 2026, the industry's tight supply-demand balance has not changed. Spot prices through the end of May have recovered modestly...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
YMTC SSDs target Asia-Pacific consumer market from Taiwan
Yangtze Memory Technology is moving its retail SSD brand into the Asia-Pacific consumer market, beginning with Taiwan and later expanding to Singapore and South Korea. The shift comes...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Nvidia's Vera CPU is built for agents, not humans; Jensen Huang says it opens a market that never existed before
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced at GTC Taipei on June 1st that the company is launching Vera, a new CPU designed specifically for agentic AI workloads. The announcement reframes...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
China bars AI as official reason for layoffs, pushing firms to hide cuts and retrain staff
China moved in late 2025 to prohibit companies from citing AI adoption as a reason for layoffs, directing employers to justify any workforce reductions as unrelated to AI, executives...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Honor launches entry-level X6d 5G in Taiwan as low-end competition heats up
Honor expanded its Taiwan lineup with the launch of the Honor X6d 5G after entering the market in April 2026 with a flagship model, the company announced, seeking to capitalize on...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Naver launches defense AI unit to pursue military data and decision-making market
South Korean internet giant Naver said it has formed a dedicated defense AI organization to pursue military AI transformation, deploy field engineers to client sites, and develop defense-specific...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
China's weak property market, soft domestic demand and sluggish factory investment keep growth under pressure
China's economy remained under pressure in 2026 as a weak property sector, sluggish domestic demand, and slow manufacturing investment outweighed resilient trade, according to research...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Qualcomm CEO says AI agent era has arrived with Dragonfly data center platform
At his Copmutex 2026 keynote, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said the presentation was not about Qualcomm itself, but about all the companies driving technological progress, including...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Broadcom, Samsung launch Wi-Fi 8, 5G platform to bring fiber-grade FWA to mass market
Broadcom and Samsung Electronics have announced a broadband-optimized reference platform for the global fixed wireless access (FWA) market, integrating Broadcom's BCM6776 Wi-Fi 8 system-on-chip...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
AI Inference Revolution: Wallace Kou on Memory Shifts

The global semiconductor landscape is undergoing a fundamental shift, moving from a focus on raw training power to the practical complexities of large-scale deployment...

Tuesday 2 June 2026
DeepSeek's pricing move could redistribute value across AI hardware market
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek said it will permanently cut the API price of its flagship model by 75% from June 1, prompting debate across the global AI industry. Amazon AWS said the...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Pixverse AI exhibits fast, affordable AI video generation; ethical concerns persist
During Global Connect Show (GCS) 2026 in Shenzhen, China, Pixverse AI presented and demoed its AI video platform, reflecting the exceptional rate at which AI video is transforming...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Asus broadens its AI push as servers, AI PCs, and robots become strategic bets
Asus chairman Jonney Shih said the company is extending its AI strategy beyond servers into agentic AI, edge AI, and physical AI, while treating humanoid robots as a major future market...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Huawei's Tau Law faces its hardest test: chip yield, not theory
Huawei has introduced Tau Law, a semiconductor design framework built around LogicFolding, as a potential route for China to improve chip performance under US technology restrictions...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
Chinese brands fight for global trust amidst geopolitical turbulence
Chinese consumer electronics and tech brands have made significant strides in quality and innovation over the past few years, yet trust remains a persistent challenge in Western markets...