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Friday 13 November 2026
Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang agrees to testify before Congress
Nvidia founder and former CEO Jensen Huang has agreed to appear before the US House of Representatives ahead of the holiday break, addressing export controls and related controversies...
Friday 13 November 2026
SK Hynix's HBM4 yield tops 70% as Samsung expands chip packaging capacity
SK Hynix's sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) production yield has reportedly surpassed 70%, Chosun Biz reported on November 12, citing semiconductor industry sources,...
Friday 13 November 2026
Lutnick's clash with Treasury over Nvidia chip curbs deepens as White House weighs his future
A dispute between Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over how hard to police Nvidia chip shipments to China has moved to the center of Washington's...
Friday 13 November 2026
Remote access emerges as biggest gap in US chip controls as Congress and Commerce move to close it
The loophole that lets Chinese AI developers rent Nvidia chips in overseas data centers is becoming the main target of a tougher US export-control push. Democrats swept both chambers...
Friday 13 November 2026
SMIC posts record third-quarter revenue as factory utilization nears full capacity
SMIC's record third-quarter revenue and sharper rise in operating profit point to stronger factory throughput, while the lower net result against the prior quarter shows how investment-related...
Friday 13 November 2026
Samsung reportedly moves up 8-inch foundry exit to 2029, outsources some production to UMC
Samsung Electronics is targeting an exit from its 8-inch foundry business by the end of 2029, a year earlier than previously reported, and has been outsourcing some production to Taiwan's...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Naver signs US$1.5 billion AI cloud deal with US firm
Naver said on November 12 it had signed a KRW2 trillion (approx. US$1.5 billion) AI computing services contract with a US-based AI inference company, securing its first major customer...
Thursday 12 November 2026
ByteDance plans to release Muse-like AI agent in coming weeks
ByteDance reportedly intends to release an AI agent similar to Meta's Muse within several weeks. The firm, whose AI assistant tool Doubao has seen wide adoption within China, seeks...
Thursday 12 November 2026
China's AI short-drama boom opens new token revenue opportunity for ByteDance's Seedance, Volcengine
China's AI-generated short-drama market is expanding rapidly, with surging content production and viewership making the sector an increasingly significant source of demand for AI computing...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Sharp sells LCD color filter plant to Nitto Denko for JPY22.2B
Sharp is accelerating efforts to address its loss-making display component business. According to Nikkei, Sharp will sell its Hisai plant in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan, which...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Sam Altman warns Samsung of short-term AI demand volatility
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned Samsung Electronics executives that AI memory demand could fluctuate in the short term, with the market potentially counting the same demand more than...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Chinese media question timing of Huang allegations amid chip controls
With Chinese and US leaders expected to meet on October 18 during the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, allegations involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's extramarital affair and supposed...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Chinese models capture 89% of US corporate spending in open-source AI
Chinese AI models have taken a dominant position as demand for open-source models grows among US businesses. According to the "2026: The State of Enterprise AI" report released in...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Huawei's new OSTA smartphone brand targets wider displays, AI features ahead of November 20 debut
Huawei is preparing to introduce a new smartphone sub-brand, OSTA, at a product launch event on November 20, potentially expanding its portfolio with a wider-format candybar smartphone...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Toyota to assemble and sell Japanese light-duty trucks in the US, with sales starting in 2H27
Japanese automaker Toyota has announced plans to revive the Scion brand, which was discontinued nearly a decade ago, with the launch of its first model, the KEI-01, in the second half...