Top stories: Chinese Memory Chips Flow into Grey Market Amid US Sanctions · Kioxia Begins Sample Shipments of New Memory, Utilizing Advanced Equipment at Iwate Factory · 74 Yuan for 3 Hours: Embodied AI Robots Begin Entering Chinese Homes for Household Chores · Micron breaks ground on $9bn Hiroshima fab expansion with Japanese government support
Top stories: Micron holds groundbreaking ceremony to strengthen Hiroshima plant for AI demand; 1.5 trillion yen investment · Kioxia starts shipping next-gen memory as technological lead shrinks · From Models to Workflows: A Review of Image and Video Generation Models in H1 2026 · MacDermid Alpha Highlights Materials Innovation Amid Rising Performance Demands in Asia
Top stories: Japan’s ‘Rising Sun Coalition’ Tackles Physical AI: What is ‘Noetra’? · US President Trump: ‘Minimize Intervention’ in AI Regulation, Emphasizes ‘Significant Lead’ over China in Development Race · Alibaba DAMO Academy’s ElementsClaw AI Agent Discovers 4 New Superconductors in Just 28 GPU Hours · Memory Output, AI Supply Chain, and Apple’s DRAM Sourcing Highlight East Asian Tech Dynamics
Top stories: What? 37 Terabytes in 21 Days? Beware of ‘That AI Tool’ Eating High-Performance SSDs: 886th Lap · What? 37 Terabytes in 21 Days? Beware of ‘That AI Tool’ Eating High-Performance SSDs: 886th Lap · Kuaishou’s Kling AI Valued at $18B After Huge $3B Funding Round · Apple Leverages Procurement Clout Amid Shortages; Chinese Brands Slash Production
Top stories: The Revival of ‘Fable 5’: How Anthropic Responded to US Government Orders · Three Major Japanese Robot Manufacturers Collaborate to Build Dataset for “Physical AI” · How a Chinese AI Hearing Aid Startup Topped Amazon’s Charts in 12 Months · SEMI: 300mm Memory Equipment Investment to Top $50B in 2026 Driven by AI Demand
Top stories: U.S. Government Lifts Export Restrictions on Anthropic’s ‘Fable 5 / Mythos 5’; Anthropic: ‘Access to Recover Tomorrow’ · U.S. Government Lifts Export Restrictions on Anthropic’s ‘Fable 5 / Mythos 5’; Anthropic: ‘Access to Recover Tomorrow’ · DeepSeek Raises $7B in Record-Breaking China AI Funding Round, Targets Domestic Computing Infrastructure · MIDA Backs GreatAsic-Xenith Partnership to Advance Malaysia’s IC Design Capabilities
Top stories: China Claims Initial Scale Deployment Achievement of Embodied AI in Complex Automotive Supply Chains · No Need to Use Fable 5 for All Tasks: Anthropic Developers Share Token Cost-Saving Tips · Huawei Open-Sources 92B-Parameter openPangu-2.0-Flash Model · China’s Nexchip to Raise $890M in Hong Kong for R&D and New Fab
This week: South Korea Announces $520 Billion Chip Plant Project with Samsung, SK Hynix · How to Prioritize AI Agent Investments? Gartner Reveals Method for Creating an ‘Investment Score’ · Huawei Mate 90 Series Set for September Launch with Kirin 2026 Chip, Aiming Directly at iPhone 18 · Apple Lobbies to Buy Blacklisted Chinese Chips Amid Tech Cold War
This week: Hiroyuki’s ‘SIer Decline Prediction’: The ‘Reversal Phenomenon’ of AI Replacement, and ‘Four Roles’ for Engineers to Survive in 2026 · Qualcomm Challenges Nvidia in China’s AI Data Centers with Custom Chips · DeepSeek’s New DSpark Engine Boosts LLM Inference Speed by 85% · Agility Robotics to Go Public, Backed by Foxconn and Toyota
This week: OpenAI Begins Limited Preview of Next-Generation GPT-5.6 Series, Refreshes Naming to ‘Sol/Terra/Luna’ After US Government Consultations · Masayoshi Son’s Infrastructure Strategy: SoftBank Eyes Tokyo Electric Investment to Attract Domestic Data Centers · China Achieves Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion Superconducting Magnets · China’s LineShine Supercomputer Claims World’s No. 1 Spot with Domestic CPUs
