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Tuesday 1 September 2026
China's Xenomi LLM brings quantum computing into AI agent decision-making
China is testing a new route for combining quantum computing with generative AI, moving beyond model training toward the decision layer used by AI agents. Beijing Guoguang Liangchao...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Buima returns to profit in the second quarter on battery module demand
Buima swung back to profitability in the second quarter of 2026 as a recovery in its battery module shipments and gains from asset disposal lifted results. The company said demand...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Commentary: Why America fell behind on Open models — and how Nvidia plans to close the gap
When DeepSeek burst onto the scene in early 2025, it wiped nearly US$600 billion from Nvidia's market value in a single day. By the summer of 2026, Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 had triggered...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
AI server cooling specialist Nidec expands Vietnam capacity, forms liquid-cooling team
Nidec Chaun-Choung Technology plans to establish a dedicated liquid-cooling team and deepen cooperation with major cloud service providers, citing rising thermal-management demand...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Humanoid robots gain a sense of touch, lifting tactile sensor adoption above 60%
If vision serves as a robot's eyes, tactile sensors function as its skin and peripheral nerves. In China, leading dexterous-hand makers have increasingly begun treating tactile sensing...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Acme sees years of SiC growth as data center demand builds
Capex by the world's nine largest cloud service providers (CSPs) is expected to rise about 90% year over year in 2026, while AI servers are growing faster than conventional servers,...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Samsung is said to develop 8-layer HBM4E for Nvidia's NVHBM push
Samsung Electronics is reportedly developing an 8-layer version of seventh-generation high-bandwidth memory for Nvidia, matching the chipmaker's requirements for its customized NVHBM...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Chinese OSAT earnings surge on AI packaging demand, but recurring profit tells a narrower story
Five listed Chinese outsourced semiconductor assembly and test providers reported first-half 2026 results in the last two weeks of August, showing net profit growth of up to 317%,...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
China specialty foundry XMC plans fourfold capacity growth around 3D integration, silicon photonics
Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (XMC) has laid out a 10-year expansion strategy centered on 3D integration, silicon photonics (SiPh), and specialty processes, targeting...
Monday 31 August 2026
China urges pragmatism over hype in rapidly expanding humanoid robotics market
According to OFweek Robotics, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has issued a clear warning to the country's booming robotics sector: focus on practical...
Monday 31 August 2026
Marvell sees 2027 acceleration in scale-up optics
Marvell said on its fiscal second-quarter of 2027 earnings call that customers are actively planning to deploy scale-up optical solutions as early as 2027, with demand for near-package...
Monday 31 August 2026
TSMC sees SiPh going mainstream in 2027
Silicon photonics (SiPh) will become mainstream in 2027, with market share topping 50%, as AI scale-out drives explosive growth in optical transceiver demand, said K.C. Hsu, TSMC's...
Monday 31 August 2026
The 72.4% dominance: China's battery lead is now a chemistry problem for South Korea
The global battery space has long been characterized by China's overwhelming dominance, leaving other established players subdued and struggling to establish a foothold in the industry...
Monday 31 August 2026
US weighs limits on China's access to chips in overseas data centers
US restrictions on China's access to advanced computing could expand beyond physical chip shipments to the remote use of computing resources, potentially increasing compliance requirements...
Monday 31 August 2026
The architect of Apple's China machine also built its hardest problem
What Tim Cook leaves John Ternus on September 1 is best measured not by margin but by geography. Cook spent twenty-eight years concentrating Apple's manufacturing in one country, then...