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Thursday 27 August 2026
China open-source AI usage hits record high as DeepSeek leads
China's open-weight AI models have surged in usage and have now overtaken proprietary models for the first time. South China Morning Post (SCMP), citing data from US web development...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Research Insight: US humanoid supply chains pivot away from China as Taiwan moves from parts to actuator modules
As the humanoid robot supply chain moves closer to mass-production readiness, Taiwan's precision manufacturing sector is gaining new opportunities to enter the US market, according...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Beijing's AI4Chip plan puts AI to work on EDA, fabs, advanced packaging
Beijing is extending artificial intelligence deeper into semiconductor production, targeting chip design, wafer fabrication, packaging, testing, equipment, and materials under what...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Chinese GPUs head to space as MetaX payload begins in-orbit AI computing tests
Chinese GPU vendors are beginning to extend their applications beyond terrestrial computing and into space. The recently launched Yunjian Muxi satellite (Jitianxing A-04) carries an...
Thursday 27 August 2026
WRC 2026 signals a new humanoid robot race as competition shifts from bodies to embodied AI models
The 2026 World Robot Conference (WRC 2026) has concluded in Beijing. While the commercial prospects of humanoid robots remain a subject of debate, they once again took center stage...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
YMTC targets global NAND lead by 2027 as parent seeks US$5 billion IPO
Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) is aiming to become the world's largest NAND flash supplier by the end of 2027, setting an aggressive target as its parent prepares a nearly US$5...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Malaysia mobility sector embraces Chinese firms as investment catalyst

Malaysia's mobility industry is welcoming a larger role for Chinese automakers, with investment, technology exchange and supplier development emerging as key themes at...

Wednesday 26 August 2026
Foxconn shifts China manufacturing from expansion to upgrade
Foxconn is accelerating the geographic diversification of its global manufacturing capacity as AI server demand surges and supply-chain regionalization continues, with 2026 capex expected...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
South Korea, US clash over reactor choice in US$350B nuclear deal
South Korea and the United States are at odds over which reactor design to build — and who runs the project — in the nuclear power component of Seoul's US investment package,...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
China's chip-tool makers are winning share and paying for it in margins
The first-half 2026 accounts now on file from China's listed semiconductor equipment makers describe an industry that has largely settled the question of whether domestic tools can...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
China fusion consortium targets 25T superconducting magnet prototype by 2030
China's nuclear fusion supply chain is stepping up work on high-temperature superconducting magnet technology. At the 2026 Fusion Energy Conference on August 25, China Fusion Energy...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
China chip equipment maker Naura posts 25% revenue growth, but R&D and margins squeeze profit
Naura Technology Group posted faster revenue growth than profit in the first half of 2026, with stronger semiconductor equipment sales offset by heavier R&D spending, higher sales...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
SK hynix production union rejects stock-heavy pay deal by 25 votes
SK hynix's production-worker union has rejected the company's tentative 2026 wage and collective bargaining agreement by just 25 votes, sending the two sides back to the negotiating...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Samsung's 3-year shareholder returns seen topping KRW600T
AI memory excess profits are beginning to change Samsung Electronics' capital-allocation logic. The company recently said that, under its current 2024-2026 shareholder return policy,...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
TCL, Asus drop China OLED as LGD gains edge
TCL has reportedly stopped using OLED panels from its own TCL CSOT unit as it expands its monitor lineup, instead turning again to LG Display (LGD), while Asus is said to have halted...