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Friday 14 March 2025
Lithography tools viewed as final piece for China's semiconductor equipment supply chain
Naura Technology, which has been actively acquiring and restructuring since 2015, is gradually assembling a comprehensive supply chain system for domestic semiconductor equipment...
Friday 14 March 2025
ByteDance open-sources COMET to boost MoE efficiency, accelerating LLM training by 1.7x
ByteDance's Doubao AI team has open-sourced COMET, a Mixture of Experts (MoE) optimization framework that improves large language model (LLM) training efficiency while reducing costs...
Friday 14 March 2025
CTI acquires PCB testing giant to expand testing services
After China-based Centre Testing International Group (CTI) acquired a 51% stake in Microtek Changzhou, a move aimed at enhancing CTI's service capabilities in the PCB and CCL industries,...
Friday 14 March 2025
Samsung reportedly advances development of glass interposers to boost semiconductor performance
Samsung Electronics has reportedly begun developing a next-generation packaging material, the "glass interposer," a move aimed at replacing the costly silicon interposers currently...
Friday 14 March 2025
Chinese firms mull price cuts for 8-inch SiC substrates
The US has initiated a Section 301 investigation into China's mature semiconductor processes and third-generation silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductors. Supply chain operators state...
Friday 14 March 2025
China's robotics renaissance: embodied AI boom forcing global rethink
China has officially designated embodied intelligence as a strategic pillar of future industrial growth, according to its latest government work report. This marks a significant policy...
Friday 14 March 2025
GlobalFoundries explores manufacturing partnerships in China
At the Morgan Stanley Tech, Media & Telecom 2025, GlobalFoundries announced plans to explore manufacturing partnerships in China. The move responds to rising demand for localized...
Friday 14 March 2025
Manus vs. DeepSeek: disruptive AI breakthrough or just smoke and mirrors?
China's latest AI sensation, Manus, is being marketed as the world's first general-purpose AI agent. Overnight, it became a trending topic, with many touting it as a groundbreaking...
Friday 14 March 2025
Japan doubles down on Rapidus as semiconductor ambitions face funding hurdles
Japan's 2025 budget proposal is on the verge of approval, paving the way for government investment in Rapidus, a project focused on the mass production of advanced semiconductors...
Friday 14 March 2025
BOE scales up COB production in Zhuhai as MLED sector enters a high-growth era
On March 10, BOE Technology Group celebrated the mass production launch of its MLED (Mini/Micro LED) displays at Zhuhai BOE MLED Technology. The event, themed "Illuminating the Future,...
Thursday 13 March 2025
Nvidia reportedly visits Samsung packaging plant amid HBM3E supply uncertainty
High bandwidth memory (HBM) major client Nvidia is said to have visited Samsung Electronics' advanced packaging plant again, just over a month after their last visit. Industry sources...
Thursday 13 March 2025
Hiroca rides China auto boom, expands into Japan and South Korea
Taiwan's Hiroca Automotive Trim Corp. continues to see strong sales in its major Chinese market, driven by the country's "trade-in for new" consumer policy and aggressive promotions...
Thursday 13 March 2025
Alibaba doubles down on AI after rare sit-down with President Xi Jinping
Alibaba Group Chairman Joe Tsai stated that a recent high-level meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and top tech executives has strengthened business confidence in China...
Thursday 13 March 2025
Why China's 'first' AI agent struggles to gain industry traction
China-based start-up Butterfly Effect claims to have launched the world's first General AI agent, Manus. The company aims to capitalize on the momentum of "Chinese-branded AI" following...
Thursday 13 March 2025
NAND supply to fall short in 2H25, says Kioxia
Despite the relatively stagnant demand for mobile phones and PCs in the first half of 2025, Kioxia, the leader in NAND flash, anticipates that overall NAND shipments in 2025 will...