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Wednesday 25 February 2026

China targets fivefold jump in advanced chip output to fuel AI expansion

China is preparing a fivefold increase in domestic advanced logic chip output within one to two years to support its expanding AI computing infrastructure, according to people familiar...

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Commentary: How China's AI firms are mining Claude—and why it matters to supply chains and export controls

Anthropic has released a report accusing DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and MiniMax of systematically extracting capabilities from its Claude large language model through large-scale distillation...

Wednesday 25 February 2026

China AI server buildout strains optical module, MLCC capacity

China's AI data center supply chain gained renewed focus after the Lunar New Year holiday, as optical module and MLCC suppliers pointed to sustained demand from hyperscale infrastructure...

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Z.ai apology over GLM-5 rollout highlights operational risks for AI firms as valuation soars

Chinese AI startup Z.ai issued a rare public apology on February 21 after its new large model, GLM-5, rollout triggered user backlash over billing, throttling, and flaws in its upgrade...

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Elon Musk recruits South Korean chip talent as HBM sparks global war

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has amplified recruitment of South Korean semiconductor talent via social media, deepening competition for engineers as global tech firms increasingly target the...

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Exclusive: Inside Apple’s China entanglement, with ‘Apple in China’ author Patrick McGee

In an interview with DIGITIMES, Patrick McGee, author of 'Apple in China,' joined DIGITIMES vice president Eric Huang in dissecting the...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

A three-nation chip pact takes shape: Japan’s capital, Taiwan’s know-how, India’s talent

What if the next pillar of the global semiconductor industry isn't built in one country — but three?

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Huawei tops US$128bn in 2025 — but growth cools to 2%

Huawei's 2025 annual revenue exceeded CNY880 billion (US$127.6 billion), driven by artificial intelligence and its HarmonyOS ecosystem...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Spring Festival Gala propels Unitree and three humanoid robot startups toward IPO spotlight

China Central Television's 2026 Spring Festival Gala became a showcase for humanoid robots. Unlike last year's polarizing yangko performance,...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

South Korean battery leaders ramp up LFP production for North American ESS market

The surge in demand for energy storage systems (ESS) in North America is fueling a competitive push among South Korea's three leading battery manufacturers—LG Energy Solution...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Japan courts Samsung, SK Hynix with subsidies, but memory giants hold back

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have in recent years received repeated invitations from Japan's central and local governments to build semiconductor fabs, but neither has advanced...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

AI devours DRAM supply, SK’s Chey expands “monster chip” push

Artificial intelligence infrastructure spending is tightening global memory supply and reshaping the semiconductor cycle. Speaking at...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Billions in cash, trillions in tokens: China's AI model showdown

Around the 2026 Lunar New Year, China's large model market entered its most concentrated launch cycle to date. Z.ai, MiniMax, Alibaba, and ByteDance released or upgraded models across...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

US Supreme Court ruling eases Apple's tariff burden but supply chain diversification continues

The US Supreme Court overturned President Donald Trump's Section 301 tariffs on January 20, a move that immediately promised relief to companies that had been paying the levies, including...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

China adds Subaru, Mitsubishi, TDK and 17 other Japanese entities to export-control watchlist

Amid intensifying China–Japan bilateral tensions, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce has placed 20 Japanese companies and institutions on a heightened export-control watchlist,...

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