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Friday 18 July 2025
US approval of Nvidia AI chip exports to China more than meets eye

Washington has formally approved shipments of Nvidia's H20 artificial intelligence chips to China, a decision widely seen as a strategic...

Friday 18 July 2025
Malaysia’s chip hub grows but local players struggle to take control
Malaysia's Penang state has served as a Southeast Asian technology hub for over five decades, hosting semiconductor operations since Intel established its presence in 1971. AMD, Renesas...
Friday 18 July 2025
Inside Innolux’s retreat from a fading LCD battlefield
With China's domination in the global LCD panel industry, coupled with long-term overcapacity in panel production and the fact that higher-generation fabs are more efficient and cost-effective...
Friday 18 July 2025
InPsytech finalizes UCIe 2.0 compliant SoIC design for 3D heterogeneous integration
InPsytech, a leading company under the Egis Technology Group specializing in high-speed semiconductor IP solutions, has completed its advanced design for TSMC's Face-to-Face (F2F)...
Friday 18 July 2025
Pegatron chair hails Indonesia tariff cut, urges balance in US-China AI strategy
Pegatron Chairman T.H. Tung welcomed the sharp reduction in US tariffs on Indonesian exports to 19%—the lowest among Asian countries to date—as a timely boost for the...
Friday 18 July 2025
Nvidia's return to China faces trust deficit as domestic rivals gain ground
Nvidia announced at China's International Supply Chain Expo that its H20 chips received US government approval to resume sales in the world's second-largest economy, marking a pivotal...
Friday 18 July 2025
US greenlights Nvidia, AMD chip sales to China— Is Trump setting up for grand bargain?
Three months after the US abruptly halted shipments of downgraded AI chips to China in April, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang returned to the country in mid-July to announce that Washington...
Friday 18 July 2025
GB300 production underway: Nvidia's strategic shift brings relief to ODMs
Nvidia has begun limited production of its next-generation AI server platform, the GB300, with volume shipments expected to ramp up starting in September 2025, according to sources...
Friday 18 July 2025
Malaysia's road from foreign capital to homegrown innovation
Malaysia's semiconductor industry traces back to the 1970s. In August 1972, Malaysia's first free trade zone, the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone (Bayan Lepas FIZ), was launched...
Friday 18 July 2025
China's chip architect says country is entering 'uncharted territory,' could shed tech reliance within a decade
As US-China tech tensions intensify, China's semiconductor industry is reaching a pivotal inflection point. Ahead of its 15th Five-Year Plan rollout in 2026, Chinese policymakers...
Friday 18 July 2025
MediaTek's C-X1 takes market by storm to fuel 2026 revenue
MediaTek has collaborated with NVIDIA since 2023 in developing automotive chips, and the partnership since then has extended into various application fields. Their new C-X1 chip is...
Thursday 17 July 2025
Advanced packaging boom propels ASE, KYEC through shifting semiconductor landscape

Even as Taiwan's semiconductor tariff policies remain unresolved and the New Taiwan dollar continues to appreciate, major chip packaging...

Thursday 17 July 2025
Taiwan polarizer makers secure price hikes amid cost pressures
Taiwan's polarizer manufacturers have successfully negotiated price increases exceeding 10% with panel makers as they grapple with currency headwinds and rising raw material costs,...
Thursday 17 July 2025
DeepSeek stumbles as user growth slows and R2 delay drags on; Nvidia H20 restart offers a lifeline
Once hailed as China's rising AI star, DeepSeek is now facing a period of waning momentum. However, the company's founder and CEO, Liang Wenfeng, might soon benefit from an expected...
Thursday 17 July 2025
China accelerates RISC-V localization with new Shanghai research hub

China is ramping up its RISC-V ambitions with the launch of the Shanghai Open Source Computing Research Institute, unveiled at the 5th...