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Wednesday 20 May 2026

Phison taps overseas bond market for US$800 million storage push

Phison Electronics has completed pricing for its first overseas unsecured convertible bond sale, raising US$800 million as the NAND controller...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

CXMT profit surge shows limits of China's DRAM push

ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is approaching its planned STAR Market IPO with sharply stronger earnings, as a global memory upcycle helps China's leading DRAM maker move closer...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Commentary: Musk, Huang, and H200—Nvidia's last chip in China

US President Donald Trump's trip to China with 17 business leaders thrust Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang back into the spotlight — as Beijing's position on Nvidia's...

Tuesday 19 May 2026

McKinsey warns of pilot purgatory as robotics market eyes $400 billion by 2040

Sarthak Vaish, associate partner at McKinsey & Company, delivered a pointed reality check at the 5th Mobis Mobility Day in Sunnyvale: the hardware for humanoid robots is ready,...

Tuesday 19 May 2026

DB HiTek's power-chip push hits delay as stakes rise

South Korean foundry operator DB HiTek is facing a slower ramp in silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN), testing its push into next-generation power semiconductors as technology...

Tuesday 19 May 2026

Foundry, test costs push PMIC price hikes toward 12-inch wafers

Rising manufacturing costs at upstream foundries and back-end packaging and testing are pushing power management IC (PMIC) makers toward price increases, with global implications for...

Tuesday 19 May 2026

MediaTek probe jolts Taiwan lawmakers as market shifts

As of May 18, 2026, TSMC's market value stood at NT$58 trillion (US$1.8 billion), MediaTek's at NT$5.45 trillion, and Delta Electronics' at NT$5.2 trillion — the three largest...

Tuesday 19 May 2026

XPeng introduces mass-produced Robotaxi built on in-house AI chips

XPeng unveiled its first mass-produced robotaxi on Tuesday, marking a major milestone in China's rapidly accelerating race to commercialize Level 4 autonomous driving.

Tuesday 19 May 2026

Lens Technology's Ju Teng bid puts China's notebook supply chain in focus

Lens Technology is seeking control of Ju Teng International Holdings in a deal that could cost as much as US$337 million, expanding the...

Tuesday 19 May 2026

Commentary: TSMC Arizona profit tops SMIC and UMC combined, fueled by three key drivers

TSMC's Arizona fab has turned profitable, surprising the market and supply chain after years of warnings from founder Morris Chang and others that overseas fabs could lose money. Supply-chain...

Tuesday 19 May 2026

AMD gains Beijing spotlight: China courts Lisa Su for AI chip ties

Shortly after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang left China following a delegation led by US President Donald Trump, Beijing officials swiftly announced a meeting with Advanced Micro Devices...

Tuesday 19 May 2026

Rising memory costs hit China's OLED suppliers harder than Korean rivals

Rising memory prices are squeezing the smartphone OLED panel market. Chinese suppliers are feeling it more than their Korean rivals, as handset makers scale back production plans.

Tuesday 19 May 2026

Chipmakers rejoice as Googlebook entry heats up AI PC race

Google's announcement for the upcoming Googlebook, which tightly integrates Gemini features, signals that it is no longer limiting its PC strategy to the Chromebook line and is pushing...

Tuesday 19 May 2026

China doubles down on AI-driven manufacturing upgrade

Chinese officials have renewed calls to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) more deeply into manufacturing as Beijing seeks to modernize traditional industries, strengthen industrial...

Tuesday 19 May 2026

China's AI token boom fuels push for national compute network

China is accelerating plans for a national computing power network as artificial intelligence (AI) token usage surges, casting AI compute...

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