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Friday 30 October 2026
Memory price surge clouds peak season; Chinese brands' 4Q26 smartphone shipments to drop over 35%
Despite new smartphone launches from Apple, Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi, rising memory prices are weakening sales momentum and prompting Chinese smartphone brands to adjust their...
Friday 30 October 2026
Texas Instruments, NXP point to data centers and robots as industrial chips rebound
Texas Instruments (TI) and NXP Semiconductors both reported 40% to 50% year-over-year growth in their industrial businesses during their latest earnings calls for the third quarter...
Friday 30 October 2026
BYD eyes ultra-luxury sedan priced above CNY2 million
BYD's premium Yangwang brand has named its ultra-luxury flagship sedan "Altior," with the model expected to sell for more than CNY2 million (US$300,027.8). Developed over approximately...
Friday 30 October 2026
China AI stock bubble bursts as STAR 50 plunges 40%, erasing billions in market value
Chinese AI, robotics, and semiconductor stocks have suffered a steep sell-off in less than four months, casting a shadow over Beijing's push to achieve global technology leadership...
Friday 30 October 2026
Elite Material posts record 3Q26 revenue on AI demand
Elite Material Co. (EMC), a copper-clad laminate (CCL) maker, reported record third-quarter 2026 revenue of NT$60.88 billion (US$1.875 billion), driven by strong demand for high-end...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Commentary: fire at Episil threatens tight epitaxial wafer supply
A fire broke out at the Innovation Plant of semiconductor epitaxial wafer maker Episil on October 28. The extent of equipment damage, the scope of production stoppages, and the recovery...
Thursday 29 October 2026
DeepSeek, Moonshot accused of distilling OpenAI's Astra
Chinese AI developers DeepSeek and Moonshot AI reportedly used outputs from OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to train their latest models, raising questions about how US companies can protect...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Server CPU shipments set to surge 46% in 2027, with AMD eyeing revenue crown
Global server CPU shipments are projected to surpass the 50 million-unit milestone for the first time in 2027, reaching 52.6 million units as demand accelerates alongside the industry-wide...
Thursday 29 October 2026
KLA: wafer fab equipment market exceeding US$200B in 2027
KLA expects global wafer fabrication equipment (WFE) spending to exceed US$200 billion in 2027, as semiconductor manufacturers accelerate investments in advanced logic, DRAM and high-bandwidth...
Thursday 29 October 2026
CXMT to start HBM3E production despite low yields amid tight domestic market
ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China's leading producer of DRAM memory, is reportedly planning to begin production of HBM3E, despite yields so far only reaching 20% to 30%. This...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Commentary: China's luxury cars reshapes market, causing global brands to lose ground
China's luxury car market is undergoing a major brand reshuffle. BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Porsche all recorded significant sales or delivery declines in China in the third quarter...
Thursday 29 October 2026
China's auto supply chain shifts from price wars to value competition
China's cooling auto price war is creating an opportunity for the automotive supply chain to upgrade, as regulators tighten oversight of the new energy vehicle (NEV) industry and curb...
Thursday 29 October 2026
SenseCore captures nearly half of China's neocloud market as heterogeneous chips boost compute efficiency
As Elon Musk predicts that more than 200 new cloud providers, or neoclouds, face impending bankruptcy or acquisition in a global market consolidation, a new report from Frost &...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Samsung targets physical AI as Lee Jae-yong leads robotics push
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong marked his fourth anniversary as chairman on October 27, 2026, by visiting a robotics research center, where he reviewed humanoid robot technology...
Thursday 29 October 2026
LGD invests in Guangzhou for world's first 111-inch OLED line
LG Display (LGD) is increasing its investment to upgrade its OLED plant in Guangzhou, China, with plans to build the world's first dedicated 111-inch OLED module production line. The...