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Tuesday 26 March 2024
Apple CEO's Shanghai trip highlights focus on Chinese market
Tim Cook's recent trip to China underscored Apple's emphasis on the Chinese market, where iPhone sales have been reported to be below estimates since 2024.
Monday 25 March 2024
EU takes a sledgehammer to Apple's walled garden
With a mountain of anti-trust lawsuits and monopoly-killing legislation on the horizon, things are getting rotten for Apple.
Monday 25 March 2024
AMD's Lisa Su brings AI PCs to China
Su was accompanied by AMD executives on her trip to Beijing.
Monday 25 March 2024
China's Big Fund III may top US$40 billion to bolster domestic chips and equipment self-production
China is aggressively raising funds to support sustained double-digit annual growth in domestic chip production capacity and cultivate homegrown equipment development for import substitution,...
Monday 25 March 2024
AWS invests US$5.8 billion, to build data centers in South Korea
Amazon's AWS is reportedly planning to construct data centers in South Korea.
Monday 25 March 2024
SEMICON China shows mercury rising in US-China chip war
Chinese exhibitors went full native.
Monday 25 March 2024
Edge computing investments in Japan to reach US$12 billion in 2024, says IDC
Japan's spending on edge computing is expected to reach US$12 billion (JPY1.6 trillion) in 2024, an increase of 12.3% over 2023, according to the IDC Worldwide Edge Spending Guide.
Monday 25 March 2024
China tech giants ramp up efforts in generative AI amid reliance on US technologies
China-based tech giants are intensifying their efforts to enhance and utilize their Large Language Models (LLMs) as services and algorithm filings in China surged over the past year...
Monday 25 March 2024
NearLink poised to serve as alternative to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in China IT industry, says DIGITIMES Research
The emerging communication technology NearLink is positioning itself as an alternative to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in the Chinese market and is competitive regarding network latency and...
Monday 25 March 2024
US to unveil chip subsidy for Samsung, likely to exceed US$6 billion
The US government is set to disclose the scale of its semiconductor subsidy for Samsung Electronics on March 28, 2024.
Monday 25 March 2024
Taiwan is new hunting ground for AI, tech intel
All roads lead to Taiwan.
Friday 22 March 2024
Apple CEO Tim Cook reported to Chinese government, accused of false advertising in Shanghai
The Apple chief's trip to Shanghai was generally well received.
Friday 22 March 2024
Vanguard International rumored to evaluate first 12-inch fab in Singapore
After experiencing inventory adjustments and a downturn in demand in the semiconductor market from the second half of 2022 to the end of 2023, Fang Leuh, the Chairman of Vanguard...
Friday 22 March 2024
Tim Cook in China: Apple vows AI push amid market struggles
Apple CEO Tim Cook made a significant return to China, visiting Shanghai on March 20 after a 5-month hiatus.
Friday 22 March 2024
Samsung's AI accelerator reportedly cost one-tenth the price of Nvidia GPU
Samsung Electronics recently announced the launch of its self-developed Artificial Intelligence (AI) accelerator, MACH-1.