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Friday 7 November 2025
China's Hua Hong sees profit fall over 50% on rising fab, R&D costs
Hua Hong Semiconductor, one of China's top wafer foundries, reported a steep profit drop for the first three quarters of 2025, citing higher costs from new production lines and rising...
Friday 7 November 2025
Volkswagen China launches first SOC chip for L3 autonomous driving

Long seen as a global automaker struggling to yield meaningful results from its massive investments in vehicle electronics and electrification,...

Friday 7 November 2025
Cambricon hit with US$590M lawsuit from former CTO over stock buyback dispute
Chinese AI chipmaker Cambricon Technologies is facing a massive legal battle. The company's former chief technology officer, Liang Jun, has filed a lawsuit seeking CNY4.3 billion...
Friday 7 November 2025
Samsung targets 2026 'second peak' with AI, foldables amid chip rebound
Samsung Electronics is betting big on artificial intelligence and foldable phones. The company hopes these technologies will drive what it calls a "second peak" in its smartphone...
Friday 7 November 2025
Memory price surge amid supply tightness pressures Chinese smartphone makers
The surge in AI computing has led to a significant price increase in DRAM and NAND Flash, with major manufacturers raising prices by up to 30% in late 2025, putting cost pressure...
Friday 7 November 2025
Samsung Foundry teams up with Anaflash on AI MCU in sign of recovery
Edge AI startup Anaflash has unveiled a new AI microcontroller built on Samsung Electronics' 28nm foundry process. The move marks another design win for Samsung as it works to revive...
Friday 7 November 2025
CXMT adopts SK Hynix's MR-MUF tech to close China's HBM gap by 2026
China's DRAM maker CXMT plans to start mass production of fourth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM3) in 2026 using mass reflow molded underfill (MR-MUF) packaging, the same technology...
Friday 7 November 2025
Unitree, Tesla take diverging routes in next phase of humanoid robotics

China's Unitree Robotics has launched the H2 humanoid robot, a 50% heavier successor to its H1 model. The design move stands in contrast...

Friday 7 November 2025
Hanmi to launch Wide TC Bonder for HBM5 high stacking in 2026
Hanmi Semiconductor announced it will release a dedicated device called the "Wide TC Bonder" by the end of 2026, designed specifically for next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM)...
Friday 7 November 2025
AWS pledges US$9 billion for AI expansion in South Korea, eyeing agentic AI leadership
Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Matt Garman has announced an additional US$5 billion investment in South Korea, bringing AWS's total commitment to US$9 billion to expand AI data centers...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Samsung to gain edge as Nvidia expands physical AI with robot chip production
Samsung is reportedly manufacturing Nvidia's robot application processors (APs), a move that could accelerate its expansion in physical AI, the convergence of artificial intelligence...
Thursday 6 November 2025
US and South Korea target shipbuilding; Taiwan is urged to prioritize unmanned vessels
The US and South Korea announced plans this week to revive large-scale shipbuilding cooperation, a move widely seen as a strategic response to global market pressures and geopolitical...
Thursday 6 November 2025
China bolsters rare earth export controls with major hiring push
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has launched its largest recruitment campaign in nearly a decade, planning to add approximately sixty new officials in 2026. According to a MOFCOM...
Thursday 6 November 2025
SK Hynix tight-lipped on Nvidia supply terms as HBM4 prices climb
SK Hynix has reportedly increased the price of its sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) supplied to Nvidia by over 50% compared to the previous generation HBM3E. Industry...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Samsung's HBM4 yields surge toward Nvidia certification, SK Hynix keeps edge
Nvidia's evaluation of sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) has sparked a fierce contest among suppliers. ETNews reports that the company plans to finish testing...