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Monday 21 April 2025
Cambricon posts breakout 1Q as AI chip revenue soars over 4230%
Cambricon Technologies, a top Chinese AI chip designer, reported its full-year 2024 and first quarter 2025 earnings, revealing a sharp turnaround. After ending 2024 with losses, the...
Monday 21 April 2025
Taiwan supports global AI supply chain, says DIGITIMES chairman in new book 'SEMI Country'
As the tariff war between the US and China intensifies, undermining the existing global supply chain order, DIGITIMES chairman Colley Hwang has released his latest book, "SEMI Country."...
Monday 21 April 2025
Nvidia's China workaround crumbles as Huawei, domestic rivals race to fill void
Nvidia's China strategy recently suffered a major blow as the US Department of Commerce placed its China-specific H20 chip under indefinite export control. The move came just a day...
Monday 21 April 2025
IC distributor Supreme reports sharp rise in orders as us tariffs trigger stockpiling
Supreme Electronics, a Taiwan-based IC distributor, is seeing a significant uptick in customer demand and price levels as US tariff policies prompt inventory stockpiling across global...
Monday 21 April 2025
Jensen Huang's high-stakes gambit: Defying Washington to safeguard Nvidia's future in China
Jensen Huang, the indomitable chief executive of Nvidia, recently grappled with the mercurial and formidable force of US President Donald Trump, whose unpredictability defies conventional...
Monday 21 April 2025
Nvidia CEO's suit diplomacy plays out amid US$5.5 billion China inventory setback
Jensen Huang's Beijing appearance in formal attire rather than his trademark leather jacket signals deeper strategic maneuvers as Nvidia navigates increasingly complex US-China tech...
Monday 21 April 2025
AMEC CEO trades US citizenship for China's chip future
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) disclosed in its 2024 annual report that CEO Gerald Yin has given up his US citizenship to reclaim Chinese nationality, a significant move...
Monday 21 April 2025
Samsung makes headway in HBM4 chip yields, signaling a potential comeback in the high-end memory race

As rivals race ahead in HBM3E, Samsung quietly builds momentum in next-gen HBM4 development, banking on its in-house chipmaking and packaging...

Monday 21 April 2025
Weekly news roundup: Huawei accelerates, Nvidia reels, and TSMC anchors next wave of US chip reshoring
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of April 14 – April 20.
Monday 21 April 2025
Germany-Taiwan trade grows as German companies eye high-tech
Taiwan and Germany recorded a 2% growth in bilateral trade in the first quarter of 2025, reaching US$5 billion despite mounting geopolitical tensions and concerns over US tariff policies,...
Monday 21 April 2025
Tariff fears cloud ASML's outlook as Intel, Samsung pull back
Amid ongoing tariff disputes, the semiconductor industry is facing a severe test. In addition to the imminent semiconductor tariffs promised by US President Donald Trump, which remain...
Monday 21 April 2025
Can STMicro pivot? Legacy fab drag echoes Intel's struggle
STMicroelectronics plans to cut 3,000 jobs by 2027, timing the announcement just ahead of its first-quarter 2025 earnings call on April 24. The preemptive move appears designed to...
Saturday 19 April 2025
Inside the tariff freeze: Bessent's quiet power play in the White House
Is there a rift within Trump's camp over tariffs? Al Jazeera raised that very question as tensions flared between key figures in early April...
Saturday 19 April 2025
Huawei's AI ambitions face energy efficiency test

Huawei's CloudMatrix 384 (CM384) is making waves as the most ambitious AI hardware rollout in China to date—a rack-scale system powered...

Saturday 19 April 2025
JEDEC rolls out HBM4 standard: 2TB/s memory poised to supercharge AI, HPC
The global push to meet surging demand from AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and advanced data centers has reached a new milestone. JEDEC, the international semiconductor standards...