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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...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
KES 2025: LG CEO shows interest in Giga Computing's liquid cooling
Facing accelerated AI server upgrades and soaring power consumption, Giga Computing is promoting next-generation cooling technology and one-stop data center solutions, with South...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Samsung rides AI memory wave to record valuation
Samsung Electronics reached a historic milestone as its market value exceeded KRW600 trillion (US$420 billion) for the first time, driven by a sharp rebound in the global memory market...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
TSMC drives US chip self-sufficiency push as Japan commits US$550 billion to energy
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the Trump administration plans to lift the nation's semiconductor self-sufficiency target to 40%, citing TSMC's continued fab expansion in...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
SK chair hosts largest APEC CEO Summit, paving way for Nvidia CEO's return after 15 years
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, gathering global business leaders in Gyeongju, South Korea, is set to officially open on the evening of October 28, 2025,...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Korean startup builds cardboard drones, deploys pollution trackers for combat and environmental monitoring
At the Boom-Up Festival 2025, one of Korea's largest gatherings of startups and investors, WOW Future Tech CEO Munju Kim drew attention with an unconventional idea: building drones...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
US-Japan summit signs rare earths deal and promises golden age alliance
On the morning of October 28, 2025, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and US President Donald Trump signed two important agreements during their meeting at the Akasaka Palace...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
South Korea's Incheon turns city infrastructure into startup testbed, hosts festival to highlight unicorn pipeline
The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Authority opened its Boom-up Festival 2025 on October 28, 2025, at Start-up Park Incheon, positioning the city as a national launchpad for unicorn-caliber...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
CATL's dominance puts squeeze on South Korean battery rivals
Leading Chinese battery maker CATL's 2024 revenue was more than four times the average of South Korea's three major battery firms, highlighting a structural gap in the global battery...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
SK Hynix M15X completion expected by end of 2025
To meet the growing demand for HBM, SK Hynix is accelerating the construction of its DRAM production base, M15X plant in Cheongju, South Korea. According to Yonhap News and...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Chunghwa Precision, Yokowo sign investment deal to deepen Taiwan-Japan testing industry ties
Taiwanese semiconductor test interface leader Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) announced that it has signed an investment agreement with Japan's Yokowo. Under the agreement, both...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Trump turns a blind eye to US's AI power grid problem
AI data centers are putting tremendous pressure on the US's already fragile power infrastructure. In addition to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, multiple Wall Street...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
China's CXMT, YMTC power into AI memory super cycle
The global memory market is entering a "super cycle" driven by the booming adoption of AI, data center upgrades, and growing demand for high-performance computing (HPC). With inventories...