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Monday 26 June 2023
China smartphone shipments back to double-digit growth in May
China's smartphone shipments jumped 22.6% in May, accelerating sharply from previous months in a positive sign for the country's struggling mobile device industry.
Monday 26 June 2023
Ford and SK On joint venture poised to receive US$9.2 billion loan to build battery plants
The US Department of Energy announced on June 22 that it plans to loan US$9.2 billion to BlueOval SK, the battery joint venture between Ford and South Korea-based SK On. The loan...
Monday 26 June 2023
Will sodium-ion battery launch stabilize lithium carbonate prices?
China-based automakers such as Chery and Jiangling Motors (JMC) have started to use sodium-ion batteries in their EVs. The adoption has raised the question of whether it would cool...
Monday 26 June 2023
Distributive utilizes idle computing power to trim cloud costs
Demand for computing power will continue to grow as AI and other technologies evolve. Canadian startup Distributive has developed a new distributed computing technology that uses...
Monday 26 June 2023
European Chips Act yet to entice Samsung
Upon implementation of the European Chips Act, TSMC and Intel are enticed to make substantial investments in Europe, whereas Samsung Electronics maintains a wait-and-see attitude...
Monday 26 June 2023
China-subsidized GPU firm MetaX founded by former AMD executives to compete with Nvidia
With the latest generative AI boom, GPUs from Nvidia or AMD are the first choice for AI servers and high-performance computing data centers. But in China, even if they can only get...
Monday 26 June 2023
Oppo chip design failure casts shade over Chinese brand firms' chip pursuit
Oppo's IC design team, Zeku, abruptly ceased operations, shocking the semiconductor industry. There are rumors that, with the exception of Oppo's top executives, the Zeku team did...
Monday 26 June 2023
Taiwanese IC distributors target high-end market as China expands 5G base stations
Chinese telecom operators recently opened bids for 5G base stations, which were won by China-based companies. In order to avoid competition with China's supply chain, Taiwanese manufacturers...
Wednesday 21 June 2023
China extends NEV purchase tax exemption to the end of 2027
To boost its domestic new energy vehicle (NEV) sales, China announced on June 21 that it will again extend the purchase tax exemption to the end of 2027. However, the government will...
Wednesday 21 June 2023
JCET starts shipping 4nm chips with Chiplet technology
China's front-end process foundries are now limited to 14nm process, and at most, they can only develop 7nm chips with non-commercial mass production yields. However, China's three...
Wednesday 21 June 2023
Polestar partners with Xingji Meizu to develop car OS in China
Swedish electric performance car brand Polestar announced on June 19 that it will establish a US$200 million joint venture with China-based technology company Xingji Meizu Group....
Wednesday 21 June 2023
Chinese civil-military fusion targeted by the EU's new security strategy
On June 20, the European Commission published a Joint Communication on a European Economic Security Strategy. The strategy will seek to set out a common framework for achieving economic...
Wednesday 21 June 2023
Car and smartphone makers in China face dilemma with market crossover
When product autonomy is considered in the long run, it's not surprising to see carmakers and smartphone manufacturers in China vying to cross over into each other's market. However,...
Wednesday 21 June 2023
Taiwan DDI firms eyeing entry into Apple supply chain
Taiwan's first-tier display driver IC firms are looking for opportunities to enter Apple's supply chain by partnering with Chinese OLED panel manufacturers, according to industry...
Wednesday 21 June 2023
Sluggish demand in China prompts Qualcomm, MediaTek to cut wafer starts and prices
China's mobile phone sales during the 618 shopping festival were disappointing, prompting Qualcomm and MediaTek to reduce wafer starts at foundries and lower chip prices, according...