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Saturday 15 November 2025

China fine-tunes its Thousand Talents campaign to lure South Korean scientists

China's talent-recruitment efforts in South Korea's science and technology sector are entering a far more targeted phase. Under the Thousand Talents Plan (TTP), Beijing is reportedly...

Saturday 15 November 2025

Commentary: The AI bubble question resurfaces, yet China's cycle logic diverges sharply

As 2025 nears its close, the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom is again prompting debate over whether the sector is entering speculative territory. From Silicon Valley to Wall...

Friday 14 November 2025

SK Hynix reportedly to order HBM4 equipment, accelerate mass production

SK Hynix is reportedly set to begin ordering equipment for its 12-layer sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) as early as November 2025. Considering the construction schedule...

Friday 14 November 2025

Applied Materials faces sharp China retreat in 2026, but AI workloads keep the upgrade cycle alive

Applied Materials reported US$6.8 billion in revenue for the quarter ended October 26 in FY25, a 3% year-over-year decline but still ahead of the US$6.68 billion market forecast....

Friday 14 November 2025

G-Shank sees strong AI-driven growth for stamping parts

G-Shank, a supplier of stamping parts, achieved double-digit revenue growth in the first three quarters of 2025, driven by demand for AI servers and high-performance computing (HPC),...

Friday 14 November 2025

SMIC warns of 2026 memory squeeze: AI demand surges, customers turn cautious

SMIC warns that an emerging memory shortage could disrupt production of cars, smartphones, and consumer electronics as early as 2026. Co-CEO Zhao Haijun said Chinese manufacturers...

Friday 14 November 2025

China's Maxone steps into the global probe-card elite with IPO approval, Huawei support

Maxone Semiconductor (Suzhou) has cleared the Shanghai STAR Market IPO review, a notable milestone in China's effort to end foreign control...

Friday 14 November 2025

SMIC's AI-fueled 3Q rebound sets up a US$9B year despite margin pressure

SMIC posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter results as China's surging AI investment and state-backed chip localisation fuelled earnings. Beijing's push for semiconductor self-sufficiency,...

Friday 14 November 2025

China's supernode boom sends warning to Nvidia

Since Huawei debuted the CloudMatrix 384 (CM384) in mid-2025, China's supernode race has taken centre stage in the global AI infrastructure...

Friday 14 November 2025

Baidu sets a new Kunlun chip trajectory as chair questions the AI boom

Baidu used its World 2025 conference on November 13, 2025, to reset its long-term AI strategy, with founder and chairman Robin Li and EVP Shen Dou detailing how the company plans...

Friday 14 November 2025

SK Key Foundry to launch SiC power chips production in 1H26, targeting EV and energy markets

SK Hynix's 8-inch wafer subsidiary, SK Key Foundry, announced plans to launch its silicon carbide (SiC) compound power semiconductor business in the first half of 2026.

Friday 14 November 2025

China's AI silicon enters the Gulf with SenseTime at the helm

President Donald Trump's mid-May visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, joined by Nvidia's Jensen Huang and AMD's Lisa Su, sparked renewed investment interest across the Middle...

Friday 14 November 2025

HBM's breakneck rise is draining DRAM supply, repricing the smartphone sector

The global AI boom is driving up smartphone and tablet production costs, as memory suppliers divert more capacity toward high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for AI accelerators. Samsung Electronics...

Friday 14 November 2025

Samsung expected to dominate HBM4 market as prices snap back

Samsung Electronics is poised for a commanding performance in the advanced memory sector, with analysts forecasting the tech giant could seize 40 percent of the lucrative HBM4 market...

Friday 14 November 2025

IHI, ICEYE team up to launch advanced SAR satellite network

Japanese industrial machinery maker IHI Corp. has signed a satellite procurement agreement with Finnish synthetic aperture radar (SAR)...

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