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Wednesday 10 June 2026
Interview: Taiwan's INFINITIX expands in South Korea to tap sovereign AI demand

As AI adoption accelerates globally, computing infrastructure is becoming a key competitive battleground. Taiwan-based AI software company...

Wednesday 10 June 2026
Microsoft cuts hundreds of Azure jobs in China as another step in its global restructuring

Microsoft is laying off hundreds of employees in its Azure cloud division in China, marking the latest step in the company's ongoing restructuring...

Wednesday 10 June 2026
Commentary: YMTC, CXMT relisting shows US-China tech controls are moving beyond chips
YMTC and CXMT have returned to Washington's Chinese Military Companies list, placing China's two leading memory chipmakers back at the center of US scrutiny over semiconductors, military-civil...
Wednesday 10 June 2026
China rejects US military-linked listing of Alibaba, Baidu and BYD, calls move unjustified
The US Department of Defense has added major Chinese companies, including Alibaba Group, Baidu, and BYD, to its Chinese Military Companies list, drawing swift public rejection from...
Wednesday 10 June 2026
Chinese AI startup StepFun seeks US$12 billion valuation in Hong Kong IPO
Chinese artificial-intelligence (AI) startup StepFun is preparing to file for a Hong Kong initial public offering as early as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter,...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Alibaba puts CEO directly in charge of new unit as AI model race turns commercial

Alibaba Group Holding has created a new artificial intelligence unit called Token Foundry, putting it directly under CEO Eddie Wu as the...

Tuesday 9 June 2026
Samsung foundry profit rebound may come in 3Q26 as 2nm orders rise 130%
Samsung Electronics' foundry business may return to profit as early as the third quarter of 2026, ahead of its previous target of late 2026 to 2027, as improving yields, larger orders,...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Huawei tests AI agents at HDC 2026 after OpenClaw hype loses steam
Huawei Developer Conference (HDC) 2026 is set to open on June 12 at Songshan Lake in Dongguan, with HarmonyOS and frontier AI technologies taking center stage. Beyond updates to the...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
US Pentagon adds BYD, Alibaba to China military company list
The US Department of Defense has updated its list of companies identified as Chinese military companies operating in the US, adding a wide range of technology, telecom, semiconductor,...
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...