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Wednesday 1 October 2025
Nvidia falters in China; Huawei moves to fill AI chip vacuum
Huawei is set to expand Ascend AI chip output, seizing on Nvidia's shrinking position in China as US export curbs and Beijing's security mandates squeeze the American company's market...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Apple supplier BOE expands beyond displays with robotics and AI software unit
BOE Technology, a major Apple display panel supplier, has established a wholly owned subsidiary to expand into robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) software. Sina and...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
China's copper foil sector pushes back against price war with processing fee hike
China's PCB industry has, in recent years, been entangled in a vicious price war, leading many local PCB manufacturers to collapse under the pressure of internal cutthroat competition...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
GlobalFoundries opens Beijing office, doubles down on localizing production for China market
US-based foundry GlobalFoundries (GF) has faced numerous challenges in its China strategy, from halting investment in a 12-inch fab in Chengdu to shifting toward mature process partnerships...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
South Korea's NIRS fire cripples 647 govt services, exposes lithium battery safety gap
A fire broke out on September 26, 2025, at South Korea's National Information Resources Service (NIRS), disrupting 647 government services spanning finance, administration, and other...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
DeepSeek launches new open-source AI model with Huawei, Cambricon, Hygon support
DeepSeek unveiled its next-generation large language model, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp, on September 29, 2025, and released it as open source on Hugging Face. The new model features a sparse...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
Richard Yu to lead Huawei's Investment Review Board in strategic AI pivot

Huawei is doubling down on its artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions. On September 29, company founder Ren Zhengfei personally signed...

Tuesday 30 September 2025
Commentary: How a US$20M TSMC tape-out led to Xiaomi's 3nm breakthrough
At Xiaomi's 2025 annual conference, founder Lei Jun spoke with calm restraint about the company's self-developed Xring O1 chip. Yet beneath that composure were moments of risk and...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
LCD TV panel prices hold steady as China cuts production, rebound expected in Q1 2026
Prices for LCD TV panels stabilized in the third quarter, following months of decline, and remained flat across all sizes in August and September. As the industry moves into the fourth...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
Lei Jun’s ten-year bet: Why Xiaomi chose hard road to chip independence

On the evening of September 25, Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun took the stage for his sixth annual keynote, titled simply: "Change."...

Tuesday 30 September 2025
Samsung chair sees humanoid robots as new growth engine
Samsung chairman Lee Jae-yong is making humanoid robots a central pillar of the conglomerate's future, pursuing an aggressive investment strategy that analysts say could reshape the...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
China's Zhaoxin breaks into healthcare: 6,000+ hospital PCs run x86 chips against Intel, AMD

Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor has scored a breakthrough in China's healthcare sector. On September 23, the x86 chipmaker announced that...

Tuesday 30 September 2025
Pimax micro OLED VR headsets promise record field of view, face shipping delays
Pimax has introduced three micro OLED VR headsets using its patented ConcaveView optical technology: the entry-level Dream Air SE, the mid-range Dream Air, and the flagship Crystal...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
New era of vehicle cyber threats puts entire supply chain on alert

As the global mobility industry undergoes rapid digitalization and platform integration, the promise of greater efficiency, user experience,...

Tuesday 30 September 2025
South Korea's Rebellions raises US$250M from Arm and Samsung, valued at US$1.4B
South Korean AI semiconductor startup Rebellions has raised US$250 million in a Series C round, backed by Arm Holdings Plc, Samsung Ventures, and Pegatron's VC arm, accelerating its...