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Wednesday 19 August 2026
Commentary: Tsinghua Unigroup distances itself from failed US$15 billion Dongguan chip-cloud project

Tsinghua Unigroup's former "chip-to-cloud" expansion strategy unraveled after a debt crisis in 2020 and subsequent bankruptcy restructuring...

Wednesday 19 August 2026
LG opens new Brazil appliance factory to deepen Latin America reach
LG Electronics has opened a major refrigerator plant in Paraná, Brazil. This move could improve supply, shorten delivery times, and bring more locally tailored appliances to...
Wednesday 19 August 2026
Taiwanese firms' China investment returns hit record high on AI boom

Driven by surging global demand for AI and high-performance computing (HPC), Taiwanese listed companies achieved record combined profits...

Wednesday 19 August 2026
Alibaba's Lingxi sale shows how AI is redrawing China's Big Tech priorities

As AI infrastructure increasingly absorbs both capital and management attention across China's technology sector, even profitable businesses...

Wednesday 19 August 2026
Baidu's AI cloud engine accelerates as advertising drag deepens

Baidu's second-quarter 2026 results confirm a business in the midst of a wrenching handover: an AI-powered core that is scaling faster...

Wednesday 19 August 2026
Merida sees full-year 2026 growth as Europe and China offset US weakness

Merida said its full-year 2026 business was still set to grow, supported by stable currency conditions, near-complete inventory reduction,...

Wednesday 19 August 2026
Airoha and MediaTek back IC Plus against Realtek in switches

Ethernet chipmaker IC Plus said on August 17 that its operations in 2026 have improved significantly after Airoha Technology took a...

Wednesday 19 August 2026
China's new automotive chip rules target the last mile to vehicle adoption

China has introduced five automotive chip certification and accreditation industry standards aimed at easing a key obstacle to domestic...

Wednesday 19 August 2026
Amber's Oppo deal signals India's shift from smartphone assembly to deeper electronics manufacturing

Amber Enterprises India's planned entry into smartphone manufacturing could mark a further step in India's effort to move beyond final...

Wednesday 19 August 2026
DDR4 shortages slow Wi-Fi 6 replacement as Wi-Fi 7 ramp continues

Tight DDR4 supply and rising memory costs are reshaping the timing of home and enterprise networking upgrades worldwide. While equipment...

Wednesday 19 August 2026
Hyundai closes in on Volkswagen as China dependence bites

Global auto sales in the first half of 2026 show Toyota still firmly in first place, while the gap between No. 2 Volkswagen and No...

Wednesday 19 August 2026
ams OSRAM sues distributor over alleged infringement by Refond automotive LEDs
ams OSRAM said it filed two patent infringement lawsuits in Germany against Shenzhen Refond Optoelectronics over automotive LED products. The move adds to a broader wave of intellectual...
Wednesday 19 August 2026
Tesla's Cybercab rollout tests whether purpose-built robotaxis can move beyond pilot scale

Tesla's push to deepen its presence in the autonomous vehicle market through a new phase of its Robotaxi deployment has drawn renewed...

Wednesday 19 August 2026
Charts: New capacity is starting to show up in Taiwan's packaging and test revenue
Ardentec credits a new fab entering volume production for the sharpest monthly jump in the sub-sector; ELASER's revenue nearly doubled year on year on customer demand.
Wednesday 19 August 2026
Z.ai says GLM-5.3 lifts coding and cyber tests, flags Cursor vulnerability

Z.ai has released GLM-5.3, a new AI model that it said delivers major gains in coding and cybersecurity through post-training alone...