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Friday 18 September 2026
Analysis: China's 15th five-year plan spotlights diamond for AI chip thermal management
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) have highlighted ultra-wide bandgap (UWBG) semiconductor materials,...
Friday 18 September 2026
Winbond cements server NOR lead with Infineon deal
Winbond Electronics is expanding its NOR Flash footprint and has agreed to pay US$1.12 billion in cash to acquire Infineon's NOR Flash and F-RAM businesses, a move that will lift it...
Friday 18 September 2026
CXMT eyes NAND amid global shortage, taking aim at YMTC

ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is preparing to expand beyond DRAM into NAND flash, a move that would push China's leading DRAM...

Friday 18 September 2026
China's AI data center token costs hinge on access to advanced GPUs
China's AI data centers are confronting a severe chip access bottleneck, with the cost of producing tokens shaped less by model design than by geopolitics, according to a recent Caijing...
Friday 18 September 2026
China's memory push gains ground across LPDDR6, advanced NAND, with HBM still the test

AI is reshaping the global memory industry, tightening supply while creating an opening for China's domestic suppliers. With Samsung...

Friday 18 September 2026
High-end GPUs may be slowing China's AI compute expansion
China's wide gap in token costs stems largely from domestic companies' difficulty in accessing Nvidia high-end GPUs, forcing them to squeeze more value from each token to recoup costs...
Friday 18 September 2026
LGES, Samsung SDI reportedly booked out for two years as US restrictions and China slowdown reshape ESS market
As energy storage system (ESS) battery orders continue to accumulate at South Korean manufacturers, expectations are growing that market conditions could improve further. The outlook...
Friday 18 September 2026
CPO raises PCB downgrade concerns but switches stick with M8 CCL

As the industry shifts toward greater use of optical interconnects and less reliance on copper, market speculation has emerged that...

Friday 18 September 2026
ByteDance's second AI-agent phone drops forced automation for permission — yet app wall still up
The question facing China's "AI agent phone" category is no longer whether a model can drive a smartphone. It is whether the apps will let it. Judging by the first mass-produced device...
Friday 18 September 2026
Micron: AI memory crunch rewrites the market with long-term deals and custom designs
As the AI boom spreads from data centers to edge devices and robotics, Micron Technology executives are warning that memory has become a core bottleneck determining the upper limits...
Friday 18 September 2026
ByteDance builds strong supply chain force to master emerging hardware ecosystems beyond core demand

The Chinese smart glasses sector is rapidly consolidating around the principle that "subtraction is king." Rather than rushing unproven...

Friday 18 September 2026
Foldable smartphone panel shipments fall 13% in 1H26 as market shifts to in-fold designs
Global foldable smartphone panel shipments declined 13% year-over-year in the first half of 2026, with the contraction concentrated in clamshell products, according to Counterpoint...
Friday 18 September 2026
Taiwan central bank warns market stability hinges on AI monetization
Taiwan's Central Bank said on the 17th that the success or failure of AI monetization will determine its long-term economic benefits and impact on financial markets. It urged Taiwanese...
Friday 18 September 2026
Housing slump and plant builds diverge as Tung Ho Steel sees AI demand support
Electric-arc furnace steelmaker Tung Ho Steel said Taiwan's real-estate slowdown has dragged down rebar orders in 2026, while high-tech investment and plant construction have strongly...
Friday 18 September 2026
China sees a second chance in VLEO as AI shifts the satellite race from chips to networks
Starlink's massive scale in conventional low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites has markedly reinforced the satellite giant's aggressive grip on the commercial space industry for the next...