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Monday 24 February 2025
TSMC's second Japanese fab maintains production timeline for 2027 despite possible construction delay
JASM, TSMC's Japan subsidiary, plans to build a second wafer fab in Kumamoto. The firm states that construction will begin in 2025, possibly later than the initially stated first...
Monday 24 February 2025
Huaqin Technology expands into robotics as new growth driver
Guangdong Haoqin Robotics Technology was recently registered, with Huanke Wu listed as its legal representative. The company, which has a registered capital of CNY10 million (approx...
Monday 24 February 2025
Weekly news roundup: China shifts strategy on US tech rivalry; Intel reboots foundry business with UMC and MediaTek alliance
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of February 17 – February 21.
Monday 24 February 2025
Taiwanese component suppliers rethink their China plan; time for US pivot?
As the world adjusts to the evolving landscape of Trump 2.0's new policies, the global manufacturing sector finds itself at the precipice of another significant restructuring. While...
Monday 24 February 2025
China's AI talent war: tech giants offer million-yuan salaries in fierce domestic battle
As AI rapidly advances, the demand for skilled professionals has surged in China, especially in generative AI, large models, data centers, and humanoid robots. Competition for talent...
Monday 24 February 2025
Samsung to launch LPW DRAM in 2028, touted as 'mobile HBM' for on-device AI
As AI applications advance, the demand for high-performance and energy-efficient memory is growing across on-device AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and data centers. In response,...
Monday 24 February 2025
Huawei's Ren Zhengfei reassures Xi: China's chip concerns fade as self-reliance efforts surge
Chinese President Xi Jinping recently attended a "Private Enterprise Symposium," which saw participation from nearly all leading companies, including Alibaba founder Jack Ma. However,...
Saturday 22 February 2025
Lenovo announces CFO transition as leadership reshuffle takes effect
Lenovo has announced a leadership transition, with Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Wai-ming Wong and Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)...
Saturday 22 February 2025
Economy minister of Netherlands and former ASML CEO visit Samsung's Pyeongtaek plant
Dirk Beljaarts. Economy Minister of Netherlands and Peter Wennink, former CEO of ASML, visited Samsung Electronics' semiconductor facility in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, drawing significant...
Friday 21 February 2025
SK Hynix CEO sees greater opportunities for semiconductor industry amid DeepSeek's impact
SK Hynix CEO Noh-Jung Kwak, reflecting on the emergence of China's DeepSeek, predicts that the generative AI model will ultimately have a positive impact on the semiconductor industry...
Friday 21 February 2025
China's auto price war nearing a turning point—Trump's tariffs could be an unexpected catalyst
China's automotive market remains caught in an intense price war, with competition becoming increasingly cutthroat over the past two years. This has forced weaker brands out of the...
Friday 21 February 2025
Oppo's Find N5 debuts as world's thinnest and lightest foldable, redefining industry standards
Oppo unveiled its latest flagship foldable phone, the Find N5, on February 20 in Singapore, highlighting the company's advancements in mobile phone research and development. With...
Friday 21 February 2025
Alibaba reports 8% revenue growth in 4Q24, commits to AI and cloud investments
Alibaba Group's financial report for the fourth quarter of 2024 reveals an 8% year-over-year revenue increase, driven by the year-end shopping season. The revenue totaled CNY280.2...
Friday 21 February 2025
Ant Group ramps up recruitment for humanoid robot efforts
Ant Group is recruiting developers for AI-equipped humanoid robots as it prepares to enter the field. According to Chinese media outlets Jiemian News and South<..
Friday 21 February 2025
BYD, other Chinese auto vendors face CIS shortage
Following BYD's debut of its "God's Eye" intelligent driving system, the already limited supply of 8-megapixel (8M) automotive CMOS image sensors (CIS) has quickly become a shortage,...