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Monday 29 June 2026

Baidu subsidiary Kunlunxin seeks US$50B IPO valuation, asks investors to buy its chips

Kunlunxin, the semiconductor subsidiary of Chinese search engine giant Baidu, is targeting a US$50 billion valuation for its Hong Kong...

Monday 29 June 2026

BYD's 4nm smart-driving chip signals deeper EV supply-chain integration

BYD plans to install its first in-house smart-driving chip in a Denza production model in 2027, marking a key step in the Chinese automaker's...

Monday 29 June 2026

BOE's military designation hands South Korean panel makers a strategic opening

The US government's move to add Chinese panel makers BOE and Tianma to a military-related list is raising concerns that Washington's...

Monday 29 June 2026

Weekly news roundup: South Korea takes physical AI push from policy to practice; Europe aggressively pursues non-red supply chains

Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of June 22-28, 2026:

Monday 29 June 2026

Onsemi's Synaptics acquisition intensifies competition for physical AI leadership

Onsemi's acquisition of Synaptics underscores how global chipmakers are racing to build broader edge AI platforms, with implications that could ripple through data centers, industrial...

Monday 29 June 2026

Qualcomm stirs AI data center competition with CPUs, ASICs, and accelerators

Qualcomm officially unveiled its Dragonfly data center platform at this week's annual investor day, laying out a four-pronged push into cloud AI that spans SerDes, PAM4 DSP, and other...

Sunday 28 June 2026

Apple's first foldable iPhone reportedly on track for September 2026 launch

Apple's long-rumored foldable iPhone remains on schedule for a September 2026 debut, despite earlier reports that hinge-related issues could delay the device's release.

Sunday 28 June 2026

2nm advanced process waste surges 13x, Techzone targets semiconductor ESG waste treatment market

As advanced semiconductor processes rapidly transition from 28nm to 3nm and 2nm nodes, more frequent chemical cleaning procedures are driving an increase in demand for liquid chemical...

Saturday 27 June 2026

Apple's reported 1.4nm roadmap signals prolonged race for advanced-node capacity

Apple is reportedly considering adopting 1.4nm process technology for its flagship smartphone SoCs as early as 2028, implying that flagship chips built on the 2nm generation could...

Saturday 27 June 2026

MediaTek frames orbit compute and NTN as next strategic R&D priorities

MediaTek hosted MARC Workshop 2026 on June 24 through the MediaTek Advanced Research Center (MARC), recognizing the year's university-industry collaboration outcomes while outlining...

Friday 26 June 2026

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google turn to deployment engineers as AI focus shifts to enterprise use

AI companies are racing to hire forward deployed engineers, or FDEs, as the industry shifts from model-building to implementation. For global readers, the trend signals that the next...

Friday 26 June 2026

Qualcomm's Dragonfly push highlights shift from mobile chips toward cloud AI

Qualcomm used its Investor Day to formally launch Dragonfly, a new data center product line aimed at cloud AI, and set out an ambitious revenue path that would shrink its dependence...

Friday 26 June 2026

Onsemi agrees to acquire Synaptics in US$7 billion all-stock deal

Onsemi has agreed to buy Synaptics in an all-stock transaction valued at about US$7 billion, a deal that could reshape the edge AI landscape across automotive, industrial, and connected...

Friday 26 June 2026

Alibaba chip unit T-Head triples registered capital amid AI push

Alibaba Group's semiconductor design arm T-Head has more than tripled its registered capital, underscoring the Chinese technology giant's growing focus on artificial intelligence infrastructure...

Friday 26 June 2026

Apple and Google consider adopting Chinese memory chips: three obstacles remain

As AI demand prolongs shortages in memory chip supply, global technology companies are increasingly turning to Chinese-made semiconductors. However, industry analysts believe that...

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