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Thursday 30 October 2025
Pony.ai, WeRide duel for Hong Kong's first robotaxi stock in twin IPOs
The race is heating up. Two of China's top autonomous-driving firms — Pony AI Inc. (Pony.ai) and WeRide Inc. (WeRide) — have filed to go public on the Hong Kong Stock...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
BYD reignites price war after smart driving campaign fails to spark demand

After dominating China's first wave of electric vehicle (EV) adoption, BYD is shifting its focus in 2025 from electrification to intelligent...

Wednesday 29 October 2025
South Korean tycoons meet Nvidia CEO as part of APEC corporate diplomacy
Leading South Korean conglomerate heads are set to engage in intensive "corporate diplomacy" during the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, meeting with global leaders...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
SK Hynix unveils new NAND line featuring HBF for AI
SK Hynix has launched a new NAND flash product family called "AIN Family," targeting the artificial intelligence (AI) market with a focus on overcoming storage bottlenecks in AI inference...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Commentary: Lessons from Arm China and Nexperia’s unraveling

Over the past decade, China's tech sector has surged across chip design, foundry, and packaging. Yet beneath the slogan of "technological...

Wednesday 29 October 2025
A-SSCC to take place in South Korea, with 6 papers from Taiwan accepted
The IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), a major annual event in the semiconductor field, recently announced its paper selection results, with six papers from Taiwan...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Chinese panel makers' low prices win over shipments but lose out on revenue
Although Chinese panel manufacturers have recently gained market share, their profitability has been weak due to the high proportion of low-priced products. In contrast, South Korean...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Hanmi eyes AI chip packaging amid HBM market challenges
Hanmi is expanding beyond its leading position in high-bandwidth memory (HBM) bonding equipment to enter the system semiconductor equipment sector, driven by growing demand and technological...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
CPCA Show Plus 2025: China's PCB industry rallies around the AI boom
The CPCA Show Plus 2025, one of Asia's largest printed circuit board (PCB) exhibitions, opened on October 28, 2025, in Shenzhen, drawing hundreds of global electronics manufacturers...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Samsung to limit tri-fold smartphone launch to Asia, excludes US market
Samsung Electronics is reportedly preparing a limited release of its upcoming tri-fold smartphone in select markets, which include South Korea, China, and Taiwan. The US is expected...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
SK Hynix's AI hot streak: record earnings, HBM4 next
SK Hynix achieved its strongest quarterly results on record in the third quarter of 2025, driven by surging demand for AI-related memory and higher DRAM and NAND prices. The company...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Huawei Cloud on the back foot in China's AI race
Huawei Cloud is navigating one of its most turbulent periods yet. Confronted by internal and external headwinds—from a disciplinary probe and sweeping restructuring to a shrinking...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Column: How China's rare earth chokehold is reshaping the global tech landscape
In the first half of 2025, China tightened rare earth export rules, affecting semiconductors and AI, straining global supply chains, and pushing Taiwan to diversify sourcing.
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Alibaba Cloud's price cuts widen global reach, deepen China's AI cloud duopoly
As China's AI cloud competition intensifies, Alibaba Cloud has introduced new price cuts across overseas markets to accelerate its global expansion, extending the "dual-giant" rivalry...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Samsung reorganizes memory line by accelerating HBM4 production at P4 plant
Samsung Electronics is transforming its Pyeongtaek Campus Line 4 (P4) in South Korea into a manufacturing base focusing on HBM4 production. Analysts indicate that Samsung is increasing...