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Saturday 29 August 2026
Samsung bets on JWMT: can glass substrates flip the script for South Korea in advanced packaging?
As artificial intelligence (AI) chips continue to scale up in physical size, semiconductor competition is rapidly extending beyond front-end node scaling into advanced packaging. The...
Saturday 29 August 2026
Commentary: China's robot games offer Taiwan a reality check
China's second humanoid robot games, held in Beijing from August 22 to August 26, 2026, sent videos and clips racing across social media and underscored how fast humanoid robotics...
Saturday 29 August 2026
China's dexterous-hand makers take center stage as three technology paths vie for humanoid robotics
China's humanoid robot industry is flourishing, and the recently concluded World Robot Conference (WRC) 2026 in Beijing revealed a notable shift in focus. Unlike previous years, when...
Saturday 29 August 2026
The Zhang Xue Motorcycle seizure: how one dismantled bike exposed anxieties of Taiwan's motorcycle industry
The seizure of a Zhang Xue 820RR, a Chinese heavyweight motorcycle smuggled into Taiwan as parts and hand-assembled locally, has expanded far beyond a customs enforcement case. Following...
Friday 28 August 2026
Humanoid robot demand boosts planetary gear reducers
Apex Dynamics is optimistic about its business outlook for the second half of 2026, with planetary gear reducers emerging as a key growth driver. The company said its results for the...
Friday 28 August 2026
Huawei targets 100 million HarmonyOS 6 devices, paving way for global expansion next
Huawei rotating chairman Eric Xu said at the HarmonyOS Ecosystem Conference 2026 in Shenzhen on August 28 that the HarmonyOS ecosystem now has more than 100,000 native applications,...
Friday 28 August 2026
China chip profits jump 18.5-fold on AI demand; advanced-node self-sufficiency seen at 66% by 2035
China's AI investment boom is translating into sharply higher semiconductor profits while accelerating a longer-term expansion of domestic advanced-node capacity, memory production...
Friday 28 August 2026
Jingwei Hirain targets Malaysia, ASEAN smart mobility supply chains
China's largest domestic Tier 1 auto parts supplier, Jingwei Hirain, is stepping up its push into Malaysia and the ASEAN market, with President Chengjian Fan saying the region will...
Friday 28 August 2026
Hiroca Holdings 2Q26 loss narrows as China plant consolidation supports recovery
Automotive components manufacturer Hiroca Holdings stated on August 27 that although losses were still recorded in the second quarter of 2026 due to weak pull-ins from China's domestic...
Friday 28 August 2026
China's Kaizhong eyes data centers and dexterous hands
At GATE 2026, Kaizhong, a major Chinese commutator maker, used its display to showcase how its automotive business has laid the groundwork for expansion into data centers, dexterous...
Friday 28 August 2026
Huawei's Ascend 910C sold out in China, but Nvidia's H200 supply gap persists
Huawei's Ascend 910C is already sold out in China, but domestic chips still cannot fully replace Nvidia's H200s. The shortage matters beyond China because AI compute constraints, pricing,...
Friday 28 August 2026
Nvidia forms PAC to expand Washington lobbying
According to Bloomberg, Nvidia has formed a federal political action committee (PAC), expanding its Washington presence as governments debate artificial intelligence rules...
Friday 28 August 2026
Insight: China's next AI frontier is silicon, not smarter models
For the past two years, China's AI companies have competed on a single axis: whose model performs best. That contest is starting to give way to a harder one — whether those models...
Friday 28 August 2026
YMTC builds China chip supply chain around Wuhan fabs with 'Wutong Tree' Plan
Competition in China's memory sector is extending beyond wafer capacity and process technology into semiconductor equipment, materials and components. YMTC is expanding its domestic...
Friday 28 August 2026
Renesas opens physical AI, robotics lab in Beijing
Renesas Electronics has opened a physical AI and robotics lab in Beijing, a move that could speed the development of safer, smarter machines for factories, logistics, and homes worldwide...