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Thursday 24 April 2025
China's chipmakers go on the offensive: R&D blitz to break the US tech siege
Amid mounting US sanctions and export curbs, China's semiconductor sector is ramping up research and development efforts to fortify domestic supply chains, accelerate progress in...
Thursday 24 April 2025
China jumpstarts humanoid robot production with EV sector support
Fueled by the AI boom and China's tech self-sufficiency agenda, the country's humanoid robot industry is scaling rapidly. A growing wave of returnees from firms like Tesla and OpenAI...
Thursday 24 April 2025
CATL to mass-produce first sodium-ion battery by year-end
At its April 21 Tech Day in Shanghai, CATL unveiled two major innovations poised to accelerate the EV transition past internal combustion engines. Highlights included the debut of...
Thursday 24 April 2025
BYD to disrupt Japan's mini EV market with 2026 launch
Chinese EV maker BYD plans to enter Japan's insular kei (mini) car market by developing a vehicle specifically designed to meet the country's unique light vehicle standards, with...
Wednesday 23 April 2025
China's export control expands to South Korea, further escalating trade retaliation against US
China has expanded its export controls on rare earth minerals and magnets, intensifying its trade retaliation against the United States and threatening to disrupt key industries....
Wednesday 23 April 2025
South Korean AI chip commercialization imminent as FuriosaAI's NPU expected to supply LG by year-end
LG Group is collaborating with FuriosaAI to develop its proprietary AI model Exaone and is testing it using the Renegade chip. According to ET News, Renegade demonstrated...
Wednesday 23 April 2025
LG Innotek unveils 'Dream Factory' to pioneer PC CPU ABF substrates and target server market expansion

LG Innotek inaugurated a new semiconductor substrate production facility on April 17 in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Named the...

Wednesday 23 April 2025
Unitree scales up in Hangzhou with bold bet on AI-powered robot 'brains'
Unitree Robotics, a Chinese humanoid robot startup, has opened a new manufacturing plant in Hangzhou to support its expansion. Although the company is ramping up investment in AI...
Wednesday 23 April 2025
MinebeaMitsumi delays Shibaura Electronics acquisition as Yageo raises takeover bid
Japanese component manufacturer MinebeaMitsumi has delayed its tender offer to acquire sensor maker Shibaura Electronics. Initially scheduled for April 23, the move comes after Taiwanese...
Wednesday 23 April 2025
Robots on the run: China's groundbreaking humanoid marathon reveals tech's growing pains
In a landmark event that tested the limits of current robotics technology, Beijing became the stage for the world's first humanoid robot half-marathon. Nearly 20 teams from across...
Wednesday 23 April 2025
Trump signals softer trade stance with China, floats tariff reduction
US President Donald Trump has signaled a shift in his administration's trade approach toward China, indicating openness to a more conciliatory tone while maintaining leverage through...
Wednesday 23 April 2025
Hanmi reshapes South Korea's HBM arena, eyes Samsung alliance as SK Hynix ties fray
The South Korean semiconductor industry is abuzz with intrigue as Hanmi Semiconductor's once-ironclad relationship with SK Hynix frays over the supply of thermal compression bonders...
Wednesday 23 April 2025
China's AI data centers resort to reselling graphics cards; Nvidia 4090 becomes lifeline
Following the US government's export control of Nvidia's China-specific H20 chips, rumors have surfaced that the flagship gaming graphics card RTX 5090D, also tailored for the Chinese...
Wednesday 23 April 2025
ASML pulls plug on South Korea site—Samsung insists joint R&D still alive
Samsung Electronics and ASML have scrapped plans to build a joint research and development (R&D) center in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, and are now devising a new collaboration...
Wednesday 23 April 2025
Huawei's expansion in smart driving stirs competition, scrutiny
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi's pivot into cars has become a high-profile success story. Its SU7 is a hit, forecast to sell 350,000 units this year, and even Ford Motor CEO Jim...