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Tuesday 22 July 2025

Naver targets North America with Interest-based social platform 'ThingsBook'

Naver, South Korea's leading internet company, is set to launch ThingsBook, a new social networking platform targeting the North American market. Unlike Instagram and other image-driven...

Tuesday 22 July 2025

HBM equipment race intensifies as newcomers battle for market entry

Competition in bonding equipment for the high bandwidth memory (HBM) market is intensifying, especially for the new generation of hybrid bonding (HB) technology. Following the current...

Tuesday 22 July 2025

China's grip on rare earths puts South Korea's defense drone plans at risk

South Korea's ambitions to build a self-sufficient drone supply chain have hit a critical bottleneck just three months after China imposed export controls on seven rare earth elements...

Tuesday 22 July 2025

China's grip on drone supply chain spurs South Korea to boost self-reliance

A recent surge in the cost of Chinese-made drone components has reignited concerns in South Korea over its overwhelming reliance on China for critical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)...

Tuesday 22 July 2025

China's drone export curbs rattle East Asian supply chains

Drones have become a dominant force on the battlefield in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, highlighted by Ukraine's successful strikes on Russian air bases. The impact of these developments...

Monday 21 July 2025

South Korea's US$2.15 billion bet on humanoid robots gains MIT-Naver partnership

South Korea's Naver Corporation is teaming up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop a bipedal humanoid robot, highlighting the nation's accelerating push...

Monday 21 July 2025

BOE's OLED salvo hits Samsung again, Apple braces for fallout

BOE Technology Group has filed a second patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Display in under two months, escalating a legal showdown that could disrupt Apple's iPhone OLED...

Monday 21 July 2025

Seoul backs RF Materials in US$76 million space-grade semiconductor initiative

As Seoul intensifies efforts to build next-generation aerospace technologies, RF Materials, a South Korean firm specializing in compound...

Monday 21 July 2025

Nvidia's China chip clearance spurs SK Hynix memory expansion plans

Nvidia's renewed ability to sell H20 artificial intelligence chips to China following the lifting of US restrictions is driving SK Hynix to consider expanding production of advanced...

Monday 21 July 2025

Samsung reportedly lobbies Washington on chip tariffs and AI export curbs

A senior executive from Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions (DS) division has reportedly visited Washington, D.C., to express the company's concerns regarding US semiconductor tariff...

Monday 21 July 2025

Lee Jae-yong's road to rebuild Samsung after legal scandal acquittal

Coming out the other side after nearly a decade of legal troubles, Samsung Electronics stands at a crossroads. Chairman Lee Jae-yong is rebuilding the group leadership structure,...

Monday 21 July 2025

AI server growth lifts ABF market, while BT substrates struggle with supply constraints

A surge in demand for ABF substrates driven by AI applications has created ripple effects across the semiconductor packaging supply chain...

Monday 21 July 2025

Weekly news roundup: Nvidia partners with Micron, Huawei's 'Little HiSilicon' launches, GB300 production begins

Below are the top DIGITIMES Asia stories from July 14 to 20, 2025. The top three topics include Nvidia teams up with Micron for a major SOCAMM rollout, aiming to challenge high-bandwidth...

Monday 21 July 2025

Samsung reportedly cracks 1c DRAM yield hurdle, positions HBM4 for AI rebound

Samsung Electronics is preparing a major push to reclaim ground in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market, where it has lagged behind SK Hynix and Micron. Its sixth-generation 1c...

Monday 21 July 2025

Amazon, Google drive HBM memory boom as custom AI chips threaten Nvidia’s lead

As demand for artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates, tech giants like Amazon, Google, and Meta are emerging as major players in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market. These companies...

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