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Tuesday 24 March 2026

DJI sues Insta360 in China, escalating patent dispute in sports imaging market

Competition in China's action camera and drone markets is intensifying, as DJI has filed a lawsuit against rival Insta360, marking a sharp escalation in a rivalry that had already been spilling across product lines

Sharp taps BD chief as CEO in post-restructuring shift

Tuesday 24 March 2026

India restores full export incentives to help exporters amid trade disruptions in West Asia

Tuesday 24 March 2026

SK Hynix reportedly advances M15X ramp, opens second cleanroom ahead of schedule

Tuesday 24 March 2026

OpenClaw lands in WeChat, signaling a new era of AI agents in messaging

Tuesday 24 March 2026

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Wednesday 25 March 2026

Tesla prepares to enter India's industrial energy storage market

Tesla is preparing to enter India's industrial energy storage market, according to a job advertisement posted on the company's careers website and reported by Reuters. The listing sought a business development lead in India to "develop and execute a comprehensive market expansion strategy for industrial energy storage solutions." It said the candidate would help shape Tesla's entry into "utility-scale energy storage." The posting did not elaborate on specific plans

Wednesday 25 March 2026

SoftBank-backed SAIMEMORY plans post-HBM shift with vertical memory tech

SAIMEMORY, a Japanese startup backed by SoftBank, is positioning its proprietary Z-Angle Memory (ZAM) as a potential successor to high-bandwidth memory (HBM) as physical limits begin to constrain current AI architectures, according to Nikkei and PC Watch

Wednesday 25 March 2026

Samsung reportedly set to begin GaN foundry production, prepare SiC samples

Samsung Electronics is reportedly set to begin mass production at its gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductor foundry line as early as the second quarter, while also preparing silicon carbide (SiC) samples for production later this year, according to reports from The Elec and ZDNet

Wednesday 25 March 2026

CATL, BYD drive China's next energy frontier with sodium-ion and perovskite solar

As the rest of the world scrambles to catch up with China in lithium-ion batteries, Chinese companies are already pushing into new frontiers — racing to scale up sodium-ion batteries while simultaneously betting big on next-generation solar technology

Tuesday 24 March 2026

Taipower activates response plan to secure power as US-Iran war disrupts energy

As the US-Iran military conflict enters its fourth week, global energy supply and electricity dispatch have drawn heightened attention. Taiwan's state-owned power provider, Taiwan Power Company (Taipower), said it is closely monitoring international developments and has formulated a comprehensive response plan — one that includes strengthening generator maintenance, flexibly managing hydropower resources, and promoting demand-side management to ensure a stable domestic power supply

Tuesday 24 March 2026

WWDC26: Apple signals AI maturity and 'charm approach' to China amid Tim Cook's visit

Apple officially confirmed on Monday that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will return from June 8 to June 12, 2026. While the core experience remains online and free for its 34-million-strong developer community, the company is doubling down on a hybrid strategy, hosting a marquee in-person event at Apple Park on opening day

Tuesday 24 March 2026

Insta360 pushes back against DJI in escalating patent dispute

China's leading consumer drone maker, DJI, has formally filed suit against rival Insta360, alleging disputes over ownership of six patents. The case, which also implicates several former core DJI research engineers, has been accepted by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court

Tuesday 24 March 2026

India outlines strategic roadmap to reach 1,121GW power capacity by fiscal 2035-2036

The Government of India, through the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), has released the National Generation Adequacy Plan (2026-27 to 2035-36), detailing a comprehensive roadmap to ensure a reliable and sustainable power supply for the next decade. The plan addresses the projected peak electricity demand of 459 GW and an annual energy requirement of 3,365 billion units (BU) by 2035-36

Tuesday 24 March 2026

DNP to open R&D base in Telangana, India, to advance mobility and medical healthcare research

Dai Nippon Printing (DNP)'s decision to open a research and development base in Telangana in April 2026 could accelerate collaborative innovation between the Japanese industry and Indian academia, with potential impacts on electric vehicle charging and pharmaceutical ingredient production for global markets

Tuesday 24 March 2026

Hanwha Semitech's SK Hynix TCB deal draws scrutiny over KRW100 billion guarantee

Hanwha Semitech's supply of thermal compression bonding (TCB) equipment for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) to SK Hynix is drawing scrutiny after the South Korean equipment maker maintained a KRW100 billion (US$66.7 million) performance guarantee since early 2025, raising questions about whether its equipment has fully met the chipmaker's requirements

Tuesday 24 March 2026

China's AI GPUs face equipment and software constraints, but system-level design boosts self-reliance

Although it may appear that China's AI GPU development is behind the US by one or more generations, a recent Morgan Stanley report reveals the actual gap is smaller than widely perceived

Tuesday 24 March 2026

Alibaba unveils XuanTie C950 and C925, advancing RISC-V into AI and edge computing

Alibaba's DAMO Academy has introduced two new RISC-V processors—the flagship XuanTie C950 and the energy-efficient C925—marking a significant step in pushing the open-source architecture into both high-performance AI and edge applications

Tuesday 24 March 2026

Trump administration's 'Pax Silica' fund to strengthen global semiconductor and AI supply chains

The Trump administration set up a US$250 million fund intended to grow out of its "Pax Silica" initiative launched in December 2025, aimed at supporting global supply chains for semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), and critical minerals, according to the New York Times. The fund represents the first step in a voluntary consortium that could attract up to US$1 trillion in investments from allies, including Singapore, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Sweden, Japan, South Korea, Israel, Britain, and Australia, with the US committing US$250 million

Tuesday 24 March 2026

TSMC's Wei draws battle lines between US AI and China's hardware in robotics race

TSMC chairman C.C. Wei's recent remarks on the global robotics landscape have sparked an industry debate over whether the US or China holds the upper hand in the race to commercialize humanoid robots

Tuesday 24 March 2026

US FCC adds foreign-produced routers to national security 'Covered List'

The US Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announced on March 23, 2026, that it has officially added routers produced in foreign countries to its "Covered List" of equipment and services deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to US national security. This move follows a National Security Determination issued on March 20, 2026, by an Executive Branch interagency body

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