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Tuesday 17 March 2026
Memory supply chain defies seasonality with contract price hikes in 1Q26
Despite a short-term market adjustment and price softening before the Lunar New Year holidays, the memory sector saw contract price increases significantly reflected in first quarter...
Tuesday 17 March 2026
SK Hynix dethrones Samsung as South Korea's most desired employer
South Korea's largest job platform Saramin has named SK Hynix the top "most desired large company" for the first time, displacing perennial leader Samsung Electronics. The shift reflects...
Tuesday 17 March 2026
Intel joins GTC, eyes debut of co-developed x86 CPU with Nvidia
Intel has confirmed its participation in Nvidia's GTC conference starting on March 16, signaling a deepening collaboration between the two chip giants to co-develop custom x86 CPUs...
Tuesday 17 March 2026
Middle East conflict and Section 301 put manufacturers in a double bind
Escalating conflict in the Middle East and a newly launched Section 301 investigation by the US are together creating a combination of pressures for global industries, including rising...
Tuesday 17 March 2026
Inter Battery 2026: Global battery market still centered on LFP
Rapid growth in global electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage demand is accelerating shifts in the battery industry landscape. South Korea's three major battery makers, LG Energy...
Tuesday 17 March 2026
WPG expects memory shortage to ease by 2027 as AI drives nearly half of computing products
As AI boosts demand for computing power, IC distributor WPG Holdings reports a significant rise in the share of computing products, which have become its main revenue driver. However,...
Tuesday 17 March 2026
China's Hua Hong reportedly develops 7nm process — breakthrough or bottleneck?
Chinese foundry Hua Hong Semiconductor is reportedly preparing a 7nm chip manufacturing process, a development that could mark a significant shift for China's second-largest contract...
Tuesday 17 March 2026
Nvidia's US$1 trillion sales projection sparks debate over AI demand outlook
Views from analysts and media on Nvidia's outlook for US$1 trillion in cumulative revenue by 2027 are mixed, with some seeing the projection as evidence of sustained demand for artificial...
Monday 16 March 2026
Global smartphone AP industry, 4Q 2025
Memory price increases force downward revision of smartphone shipments with first-quarter 2026 global smartphone AP shipments estimated to decrease by 8.7% year-on-year, and full-year...
Monday 16 March 2026
ByteDance pauses global launch of AI video model under copyright clash

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has put the worldwide rollout of its latest AI video-generation model, Seedance 2.0, on hold...

Monday 16 March 2026
DRAM prices surge 180% as HBM competition shifts to profitability
DRAM and NAND flash prices have soared by as much as 180% since the Lunar New Year, amid worsening memory chip supply shortages that are expected to persist at least until late 2027...
Monday 16 March 2026
IC design houses push 12-inch chips as 8-inch process price hikes loom
The chip market is facing a wave of price increases, with IDM companies issuing hike notices and foundries preparing to raise prices for the 8-inch wafer process amid current supply-demand...
Monday 16 March 2026
Solar wafer supplier Sino-American Silicon advances MWT BC cells for space power
Sino-American Silicon Products Inc. (SAS) outlined its strategy for the emerging space solar market during an investor conference on March 11. Chairwoman Doris Hsu said the company...
Monday 16 March 2026
Analysis: Alibaba Qwen talent exit highlights ByteDance's push in multimodal AI
A core researcher behind Alibaba's Qwen large language model has left the company and is reportedly joining ByteDance's AI research unit Seed, Chinese media reported. The move underscores...
Monday 16 March 2026
Analysis: OpenClaw sparks China's AI agent wave, economists see new compute boom
AI agent technology is gaining momentum in China's tech sector, driven by the open-source platform OpenClaw and a trend known locally as "raising lobsters". The phenomenon is drawing...