Monthly Archives: January 2026

[News] China AI Chipmakers Step Up Hong Kong IPO with Baidu Kunlunxin Filing, Biren HK$5.58B Listing

China’s AI chipmakers are stepping up their push toward Hong Kong listings. According to Reuters, Chinese search giant Baidu said that its AI chip unit Kunlunxin has confidentially submitted a listing application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on January …

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[News] OpenAI Reportedly Shifts First AI Hardware Order from China’s Luxshare to Foxconn

OpenAI is gearing up to launch its first AI hardware product, and industry attention is increasingly focused on the potential manufacturing partner behind the project. According to Economic Daily News, citing sources, the device was originally planned to be outsourced …

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[News] China’s Chip Consolidation Heats Up: Hua Hong Acquires 97.5% of Huali, Following SMIC’s Earlier Move

As 2025 drew to a close, China’s chip industry was accelerating its consolidation push. After SMIC unveiled plans to acquire the remaining 49% stake in its Beijing subsidiary in a 40.6 billion yuan ($5.8 billion) share-based deal, the country’s second-largest …

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[News] Chinese Semiconductor Research Achieves Multiple Breakthroughs in Memory and IC Design

Recently, a number of Chinese universities and research institutions have achieved major progress in semiconductor-related fields. These advances span key areas such as memory, power semiconductor and IC design. IME CAS Achieved Major Progress in High-Density 3D DRAM Research A …

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[News] China’s Big Fund Phase III Backs IC Substrate Maker AKM Meadville

Recently, Guotou Jixin (Beijing) Equity Investment Fund (Limited Partnership) (“Guotou Jixin”), an investment vehicle under the Phase III China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund Co., Ltd. (the “Big Fund Phase III”), has taken an equity stake in IC substrate maker …

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