Xiaomi has crossed a critical inflection point in its decade-long semiconductor push: its proprietary Xring O1 processor has shipped more than one million units, with a structurally redesigned successor now cleared from tape-out and set to debut as early as September 2026. President Lu Weibing disclosed the one-

Two Chinese chipmakers have delivered separate RISC-V milestones over the past week, signaling that the country's open-source processor ecosystem is moving from academic ambition toward commercially deployable hardware — and broadening the range of architectures available for AI inference beyond GPU-centric systems. The latest came on

A structural supply shortage in niche memory chips, amplified by a transformative acquisition, has catapulted Puya Semiconductor into one of China's fastest-growing semiconductor stories of 2026. Puya Semiconductor (688766.SH) reported first-half 2026 revenue of RMB 3.959 billion (US$549.9 million), a 337% year-

GigaDevice Semiconductor, China's second-largest NOR Flash designer, reported first-half 2026 net profit of RMB 6.857 billion (US$952 million), a 1,092% year-on-year surge that exceeded the company's combined earnings for the entirety of 2024 and 2025 — a result that crystallizes