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Tuesday 6 January 2026
China Mobile, CNBM anchor Huaxin Micro-Nano's 8-inch MEMS expansion
China's drive to localize high-value sensor manufacturing gained momentum this week, as China Mobile and China National Building Material (CNBM) Group became core shareholders of...
Tuesday 6 January 2026
SK Hynix says HBM3E to dominate memory in 2026 as HBM4 ramps up

SK hynix announced on Jan. 5 that it expects its fifth-generation high-bandwidth memory, HBM3E, to remain the dominant product in the...

Tuesday 6 January 2026
Qualcomm, Google bet big on RISC-V for AI dominance
As AI drives demand for advanced computing infrastructure, chip architectures are at a crossroads. While proprietary instruction set architectures (ISAs) like x86 and Arm dominate...
Tuesday 6 January 2026
HKC reportedly eyes OLED debut as industry pivots to bigger panels
HKC, a major Chinese display manufacturer, is weighing a potential entry into organic light-emitting diode production through a proposed sixth-generation facility. The move would...
Tuesday 6 January 2026
Chinese chipmakers confront yield challenges despite localization push
China is speeding up efforts to localize its semiconductor supply chain to overcome US restrictions on high-end technology exports. Supply chain sources acknowledge that while Chinese...
Tuesday 6 January 2026
Acer Gaming scales global agency and outsourcing play
Acer Group is accelerating the build-out of its listed subsidiaries, with its fast-growing gaming arm, Acer Gaming (AGM), securing board approval to list on Taiwan's Innovation Board...
Tuesday 6 January 2026
Chang Wah interview: strong lead frame growth despite precious metals shortage
Post-pandemic inventory digestion for mature semiconductor processes has come to an end. Market conditions have rebounded amid tariff-hedging and precautionary stocking, driving Taiwan's...
Monday 5 January 2026
Qualcomm cloud AI ASIC business strategy
Qualcomm advances from edge to cloud AI ASIC, challenging the existing cloud computing power supply chain landscape.
Monday 5 January 2026
Black Sesame's Huashan A2000 clears US Commerce, Defense reviews, secures global sales approval
Black Sesame Technologies has secured a rare regulatory breakthrough for a China-based automotive AI chip developer. On January 4, 2025, the company said its high-performance Huashan...
Monday 5 January 2026
Inpaq CEO Pei-Jen Chen launches resource realignment plan
Inpaq Technology, a passive components maker under the Walsin Technology Group, has launched an internal resource realignment plan. Newly appointed CEO and president Pei-Jen Chen...
Monday 5 January 2026
Lee Jae-myung's first China visit signals warming South Korea-China ties
According to Bloomberg and The Korea Economic Daily, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung made a four-day trip from January 4-7, 2026, to Beijing and Shanghai, including...
Monday 5 January 2026
China pulls ahead of the US in humanoid robot commercialization
Once confined to research labs, humanoid robots moved decisively into public view across China in 2025. Viral footage showed robots dancing at the Spring Festival gala, operating...
Monday 5 January 2026
China memory makers' IPO line up: CXMT seeks US$4.2 billion, YMTC prepares filing
Strong AI demand has pushed the memory sector into a rare upcycle. China's leading DRAM maker CXMT is advancing an IPO application on the STAR Market, targeting CNY29.5 billion (US$4.21...
Monday 5 January 2026
Kawasaki banned by Japanese defense ministry over submarine engine fraud, raising export trust concerns
Japan's Ministry of Defense announced in December 2025 that it had suspended Kawasaki Heavy Industries from bidding on defense contracts until March 11, 2026, a 2.5-month ban following...
Monday 5 January 2026
Exclusive: Ahead of CES, Foxconn bets on certified vehicles to break into autonomous driving
On the eve of CES 2026, Foxconn Technology Group quietly completed a consequential move: its electric-vehicle subsidiary, Foxtron, finalized the acquisition of 100% of the Taiwanese...