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Wednesday 15 July 2026
Huawei to unveil largest Ascend SuperPoD at Xi-opened WAIC , scaling China's AI infrastructure

Huawei will publicly display its Atlas 950 SuperPoD AI computing system for the first time at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence...

Wednesday 15 July 2026
China's Orient Computing unveils 14nm AI chip designed to bypass HBM constraints

Shanghai Orient Computing Core Technology has launched the DF1000, a 14-nanometre AI accelerator that uses software-defined computing...

Wednesday 15 July 2026
Huawei's US$11B clean energy business turns Brazil into its next growth engine

Huawei Technologies is becoming an increasingly important supplier to the global energy transition, expanding beyond telecommunications...

Wednesday 15 July 2026
South Korea moves to secure power for new chip cluster

South Korea is accelerating plans to supply electricity to a new semiconductor cluster in the country's southwest by 2030, potentially...

Wednesday 15 July 2026
CXMT's US$4.3B IPO powers China's HBM challenge to global memory giants

CXMT is preparing China's largest chip-sector IPO of 2026, seeking up to US$4.3 billion to expand DRAM and HBM capacity, deepen vertical...

Wednesday 15 July 2026
China's 1H26 IC exports jump 96% on AI hardware demand
China's IC exports surged in the first half of 2026, underscoring strong demand for AI, data center, and HPC hardware that lifted electronics supply-chain momentum. The General Administration...
Tuesday 14 July 2026
South Korea exports top US$100B in a month, stoking chip dependence fears

South Korea's exports surpassed US$100 billion in a single month for the first time in June 2026, raising expectations that the country...

Tuesday 14 July 2026
Japan tests reusable rocket as satellite launch ambitions face SpaceX cost gap

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has completed the first flight test of its reusable small experimental rocket RV-X, marking...

Tuesday 14 July 2026
Nvidia cuts list of approved Asian chip buyers by more than half to prevent diversion to China

Nvidia has removed more than half of the Asian customers it previously authorized to buy its advanced chips, after creating a new internal...

Tuesday 14 July 2026
China rare-earth price dip ends seven-quarter rally, tight supply keeps magnets in focus

China's largest rare-earth suppliers have cut their third-quarter 2026 concentrate transfer price for the first time in eight quarters,...

Tuesday 14 July 2026
Huaqin expects first-half net profit to jump over 50%, but core earnings growth stays modest
Chinese contract-manufacturing giant Huaqin Technology expects its net profit for the first half of 2026 to rise between 53.5% and 61.5% year-over-year, to a range of CNY2.9 billion...
Tuesday 14 July 2026
Ingenic's first-half profit set to jump more than 400% as memory super-cycle lifts chip prices
Chinese chip designer Ingenic Semiconductor expects its net profit for the first half of 2026 to surge between 431% and 531% year-over-year, to a range of CNY1.079 billion (approx...
Tuesday 14 July 2026
Huatian Technology guides first-half 2026 net profit up 231-275%, lifted by IC demand and investment gains
China's semiconductor packaging and testing firm Tianshui Huatian Technology said on July 14 it expects first-half 2026 net profit attributable to shareholders of CNY750 million (approx...
Tuesday 14 July 2026
Apple supplier Lingyi iTech bets big on AI with US$590M bid for assets of bankrupt fiber maker Futong

Apple supplier Lingyi iTech is seeking to expand further into AI infrastructure, announcing plans to invest up to CNY4 billion (US$589.9...

Tuesday 14 July 2026
Commentary: Huawei builds NPO alliance to shape CPO-era optical interconnect standards

The AI race is expanding from computing power to data transmission, making optical interconnects a critical battleground for next-generation...