Asia Tech News Digest - July 04, 2026

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1	DigiTimes	Infineon wins fourth German patent ruling against Innoscience, as GaN fight flares in Shanghai	Germany's District Court Munich I ruled on July 3 that Innoscience infringed Infineon Technologies' gallium nitride (GaN) patents, barring the Chinese chipmaker from importing, selling, or marketing the affected products in Germany and ordering it to pay damages.		Read
2	DigiTimes	SoftBank targets AI cloud market with 10GW US rental plan	SoftBank Group (SBG) and telecom subsidiary SoftBank said they will set up a new company in the US in July 2026 to rent out AI computing resources, aiming to challenge CoreWeave and Nebius in the fast-growing AI cloud market. The new unit, SB Neo, is scheduled to begin operations in fiscal 2027 (April 2027 to March 202	AI	Read
3	DigiTimes	Samsung and SK Hynix seek substrate price cuts for the second half of 2026	Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly pressing South Korean semiconductor substrate suppliers to lower prices for the second half of 2026, even as memory demand remains in a Super Cycle. According to ET News , the talks have intensified pressure across the supply chain as raw material costs stay high and subs	SemiconductorElectronicsLogistics	Read
4	TechAsia	Korea’s DeepX partners with Koshida for Japan AI push	The alliance aims to penetrate Japan's edge AI market, specifically targeting manufacturing, robotics, automotive, and industrial automation.	AIAutomation	Read

Infineon wins fourth German patent ruling against Innoscience, as GaN fight flares in Shanghai