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Tuesday 30 September 2025
US expands entity list restrictions to cover affiliates of blacklisted firms
The US Department of Commerce has issued a new rule that broadens the reach of its export control regime by targeting affiliates of companies already on restricted lists. The change,...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
Qualcomm elevates China at Snapdragon Summit 2025 in Beijing
On September 24, Qualcomm staged its annual Snapdragon Summit across Beijing and Hawaii. With US–China trade tensions flaring again under President Donald Trump's second term,...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
Chinese humanoid robots fall short in functionality, says Agility Robotics founder
In the humanoid robot competition, the US and China stand out as the two leading forces. Jonathan Hurst, co-founder of US-based humanoid robotics startup Agility Robotics, recently...
Monday 29 September 2025
Critical bluetooth flaw exposes Unitree robots to root-level takeover
A serious vulnerability in the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Wi-Fi configuration interface of several Unitree robots could allow attackers to gain root-level control, researchers disclosed...
Sunday 28 September 2025
South Korea at critical juncture in drone development autonomy
Drones have become a key technology for the development of both national security and civilian applications. However, South Korea's current drone industry heavily relies on China...
Sunday 28 September 2025
Hanmi Semiconductor expands into advanced chip packaging for AI era

Hanmi Semiconductor, a rising force in semiconductor equipment manufacturing, is rapidly expanding its influence in the AI hardware ecosystem...

Sunday 28 September 2025
Qualcomm China head says robots, smart glasses could surpass phones, eyes deeper Android ties
Frank Meng, Chairman of Qualcomm China, believes that in the long run, two emerging categories have the potential to rival, or even eclipse, smartphones in market scale: robots and...
Sunday 28 September 2025
Qualcomm launches AI Acceleration Initiative at Beijing summit to advance edge AI deployment
Qualcomm China chairman Frank Meng introduced the "AI Acceleration Initiative" at a Beijing event on September 24, aiming to enhance collaboration across China's industrial ecosystem...
Saturday 27 September 2025
Samsung breaks silence on 12-layer HBM3E validation
Samsung Electronics is expected to confirm by late September 2025 that its 12-layer fifth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM3E) has cleared customer validation, South Korean media...
Saturday 27 September 2025
Why DeepSeek's R2 still isn't here: Liang Wenfeng's balancing act
On September 22, DeepSeek released the upgraded DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus model through its API platform and quickly made it open source. The update fixed user-reported issues, but once...
Saturday 27 September 2025
When LLMs outgrow the chip: Huawei's P/D separation redefines design choices
At Huawei Connect 2025, Huawei rolled out its Ascend 950, 960, and 970 AI chips with a three-year roadmap, headlined by the Ascend 950's new "P/D separation" design. The architecture...
Saturday 27 September 2025
China positions BeiDou satellites as a global alternative to GPS
China is fast-tracking the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), broadening its ecosystem from core infrastructure to commercial applications and positioning it as a global platform,...
Friday 26 September 2025
Xiaomi to invest US$7b in chip R&D over 10 years
Xiaomi founder Lei Jun said in his September 25 keynote livestream that the company will invest at least CNY50 billion (US$7.01 billion) over the next decade in self-developed chips,...
Friday 26 September 2025
SK Hynix reportedly to begin 1c GDDR7 production in 2025, eyeing Tesla and Nvidia orders
SK Hynix is reportedly set to begin producing GDDR7 memory on its sixth-generation 1c DRAM node, a 10nm-class technology. Likely customers include long-standing partners Tesla and...
Friday 26 September 2025
Samsung reportedly cuts 2nm foundry prices by 30% to counter TSMC's 50% hike
The global race to build the future of technology just got dramatically more expensive. TSMC is reportedly planning a staggering 50% price increase for its next-generation 2nm chips...