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NEWS TAGGED EAST ASIA

Tuesday 9 June 2026

Tencent takes dual-track AI chip route with Canghai V2 and domestic partnerships

Tencent is sharpening a dual-track AI chip strategy, combining self-developed semiconductors for its own business workloads with deeper partnerships across China's domestic AI computing...

Tuesday 9 June 2026

Nvidia-SK Hynix pact sharpens memory race with Samsung, Micron

Nvidia's multiyear technology partnership with SK Hynix could reinforce the South Korean chipmaker's role in the AI memory supply chain, raising pressure on Samsung Electronics and...

Tuesday 9 June 2026

Apple Intelligence expansion hits roadblocks in China and EU, raising fragmentation concerns

Apple unveiled a sweeping overhaul of its artificial intelligence offering at WWDC 2026 on June 8, but two of its most important markets — China and the EU — will not receive...

Tuesday 9 June 2026

YMTC returns to South Korea's consumer SSD market after four-year absence

Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) is bringing its consumer SSD brand ZHITAI back to South Korea after a four-year absence, as major memory makers devote more resources to high-bandwidth...

Tuesday 9 June 2026

HiSilicon chip price hikes put China's AI compute supply chain back in focus

Huawei's chip design arm HiSilicon Technologies has reportedly raised prices for some products, drawing market attention as China's semiconductor sector shows signs of recovery after...

Tuesday 9 June 2026

LG Innotek expands Vietnam substrate plant as AI servers strain RF-SiP supply

LG Innotek is expanding semiconductor substrate production in Vietnam as rising demand for server components reshapes capacity across the substrate industry, fueling expectations that...

Monday 8 June 2026

Beijing backs orbital computing in bid for AI leadership

China is accelerating its push into space-based computing, betting that the next frontier of artificial intelligence infrastructure may lie beyond Earth.

Monday 8 June 2026

China introduces energy standards to curb growing EV size and weight

China's electric vehicles have become larger, heavier, and increasingly luxurious over the past decade. Now, regulators are signaling that the industry's era of unchecked expansion...

Monday 8 June 2026

Nvidia-Microsoft AI PC alliance raises fears of South Korea being sidelined in next AI era

Nvidia and Microsoft have teamed up to launch RTX Spark, an AI PC superchip that could reshape personal computer architecture and intensify competition for AI leadership, according...

Monday 8 June 2026

Dreame under scrutiny for breakneck expansion pace and state-owned funding

A city in China has begun investigating the connections between its local companies and Dreame Technology, a Chinese company known for its robot vacuum cleaners that has reportedly...

Monday 8 June 2026

China analog IC maker Shanghai Belling raises prices by up to 30%, signaling chip market recovery

Shanghai Belling, a Chinese analog IC supplier, has announced price adjustments for some of its products starting June 9, 2026, with increases ranging from 10% to 30%. The move is...

Monday 8 June 2026

Exclusive: The semiconductor battle behind AI data centers and EVs

Beneath the rapid expansion of electric vehicles and artificial intelligence infrastructure, a quieter battle is unfolding in the semiconductor supply chain.

Monday 8 June 2026

CXMT's cheap DDR5 myth fades as supply, not price, becomes China memory maker's edge

ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is gaining attention as a potential new force in the global DRAM market, but memory module vendors say the Chinese chipmaker is not offering the...

Monday 8 June 2026

China launches prefabricated power hub to speed data centers, cut costs

China has launched what state media described as the world's first prefabricated computing-power hub, a modular power system designed...

Monday 8 June 2026

NTT taps Korean, Taiwanese partners for JPY70 billion-plus IOWN fund

NTT plans to establish an investment fund of more than JPY70 billion (approx. US$440 million), with major South Korean and Taiwanese...

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