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Monday 18 August 2025
Beijing reportedly pushes local chip usage as H20 sales resume in China
As Nvidia's H20 artificial intelligence (AI) chips become a focal point in US-China tech competition, Beijing is taking a cautious and increasingly assertive approach toward their use domestically. The move underscores China's broader strategy to reduce reliance on foreign technology while strengthening its own semiconductor industry
Monday 18 August 2025
Samsung debuts world's first 115-inch micro RGB TV, aiming at OLED and mini LED rivals

Samsung Electronics has unveiled the world's first 115-inch micro RGB television, marking a bold step to reinforce its presence in the premium TV segment. Unlike self-emissive microLED displays, this model uses micron-scale RGB backlighting combined with AI image processing to deliver more accurate colors, higher brightness, and enhanced picture quality, giving Samsung an edge in the large-size premium TV market

Monday 18 August 2025
Honda's hybrid blueprint shapes China's growing PHEV market

As competition in China's electric vehicle (EV) market intensifies and range anxiety persists, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are emerging as a compelling alternative — and Japan's Honda is quietly shaping the technological standard

Monday 18 August 2025
Empyrean Technology's revenue climbs, but profit plunges 92% in EDA spending squeeze

Empyrean Technology Co., one of China's leading EDA software developers, posted first-half 2025 revenue of CNY502 million (approx. US$70 million), up 13% from a year earlier. However, net profit attributable to shareholders plunged 91.9% to CNY3.07 million, while adjusted net profit excluding non-recurring items registered a loss of CNY18.62 million. Earnings per share stood at CNY0.0057. The company said it would not pay dividends, issue bonus shares, or convert reserves into equity

Monday 18 August 2025
LGD showcases new generation of in-car interactive displays
LG Display (LGD), optimistic about the automotive market outlook, showcased a fully autonomous driving concept car equipped with various innovative display solutions at K-Display 2025. The company also won awards for its globally largest 57-inch full cockpit pillar-to-pillar (P2P) display and automotive slidable OLED screen
Monday 18 August 2025
Hua Hong Semiconductor to acquire HLMC to expand 12-inch chipmaking capacity

Hua Hong Semiconductor announced on August 17 that it will acquire a controlling stake in Shanghai Huali Microelectronics Corporation (HLMC), a unit of Shanghai Huahong (Group), via a mix of share issuance and cash. The planned deal, alongside a fundraising package, aims to streamline overlapping businesses and boost wafer capacity as competition heats up in the contract chipmaking sector

Monday 18 August 2025
Dixon Technologies, HKC seal joint venture agreement for display manufacturing in India
Dixon Technologies formed a joint venture with China's HKC, highlighting a thaw in India-China business ties, even as US President Donald Trump's 50% tariff on Indian goods unsettles global trade. The deal underscores India's balancing act, welcoming Chinese investment to boost manufacturing while navigating shifting geopolitical and economic headwinds
Monday 18 August 2025
Huawei escalates IP battle with Africa's dominant smartphone vendor
Chinese handset maker Shenzhen Transsion Holdings Co., known as the "king of phones in Africa," is facing a fresh legal challenge from Huawei, highlighting growing intellectual property risks as it expands into emerging markets where Xiaomi and other rivals are gaining ground
Monday 18 August 2025
ASML's uneasy role in the tech war: What 3 years inside the Dutch giant reveal about US–China rivalry
The United States has steadily ratcheted up export controls on semiconductor technology to China, with its ban on ASML's extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines standing as the single most consequential measure. Washington frames the move as a national security imperative, designed to prevent Beijing from mass-producing the world's most advanced chips
Monday 18 August 2025
Huawei tests China's first HBM3 as CXMT accelerates expansion to counter supply squeeze
China's push for self-reliance in artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors is running into fresh obstacles as Washington tightens controls on advanced memory. In response, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is reviving delayed investment plans to mass-produce DDR5 DRAM and accelerate development of fourth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM3)
Monday 18 August 2025
Weekly news roundup: Apple's US$599 MacBook, China's HBM3 breakthrough, and TSMC 2nm leak update
Below are the top DIGITIMES Asia stories from August 11 to 17, 2025. Leading the headlines: Apple is preparing to launch a US$599 MacBook, with mass production of key components expected by the end of 2025. China's leading DRAM manufacturer has begun domestic production of HBM3 chips, with samples already sent to Huawei for final validation. Meanwhile, a reported leak of TSMC's 2nm technology involving employees from TSMC and Tokyo Electron (TEL) sparked espionage concerns but appears less severe after further investigation
Monday 18 August 2025
SK Hynix labor dispute delays Nvidia HBM supply talks
A proposed bonus exceeding KRW100 million (US$72,000) per employee threatens to spark SK Hynix's first full-scale strike, with stalled high-bandwidth memory (HBM) supply talks heightening industry concerns over a protracted labor standoff
Monday 18 August 2025
Samsung DRAM market share sinks to decade low, consumer electronics cushion the blow
Samsung Electronics' global DRAM market share slipped to 32.7% in the first half of 2025, down 8.8% from 41.5% a year earlier, according to its August 14 semiannual earnings report, raising concerns over its grip on industry leadership
Monday 18 August 2025
Samsung signs DeepX for 2nm process to advance GenAI computing at the edge
Global pioneer in ultra-low-power AI semiconductors, DeepX, has recently become one of Samsung Electronics' foundry clients utilizing its 2nm semiconductor manufacturing process. DeepX plans to apply Samsung's 2nm technology to develop its next-generation generative AI (GenAI) chip, the "DX-M2.
Monday 18 August 2025
China commands 60% of global AI patents, races to close US gap in computing power
China is entering the second half of 2025 by reviewing its "14th Five-Year Plan" technology milestones and mapping priorities for the upcoming "15th Five-Year Plan." Liu Liehong, administrator and director of the National Data Administration (NDA), said on August 14 that by June 2025, China's total computing power ranked second worldwide and the country held 60% of global AI patents, underscoring its rising weight in AI R&D