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Monday 27 October 2025
China's flock to Vietnam swamps established South Korean companies
Vietnam has grown significantly into a hotspot for companies from South Korea, China, Singapore, and Taiwan to set up factories. The escalation of US-China trade tensions has caused a rapid flood of Chinese companies to expand to Vietnam, drawing significant attention from South Korean businesses already established in the country
Monday 27 October 2025
Weekly news roundup: TSMC tightens China orders; Micron sees DRAM market tightening; CXMT, Huawei advance HBM3 chips
Below are the top DIGITIMES Asia stories from October 20 to 26, 2025
Monday 27 October 2025
Nexperia export ban rattles carmakers from Seoul

China's recent order banning exports from the Chinese factories of Dutch semiconductor firm Nexperia has sent shockwaves through the global automotive supply chain, raising fears of a new wave of disruptions reminiscent of the chip shortages that paralyzed carmakers during the pandemic

Monday 27 October 2025
TEEMA promotes Taiwan-style science parks overseas, with Mexico as priority site
The global electronics industry faces dual challenges of supply chain restructuring and geopolitical risks. To help member companies expand internationally and reduce trade barrier risks, the Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (TEEMA) has been actively promoting so-called overseas science parks since Young Liu, chairman of the Foxconn group, took over as TEEMA chairman
Monday 27 October 2025
China's semiconductor reckoning: YMTC chairman on 5 shifts that will redefine sector
As China gears up for its Fifteenth Five-Year Plan, Chen Nanxiang, chairman of the China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) and YMTC, said the country's semiconductor industry must fast-track efforts to build a self-reliant supply chain, drive integration and upgrades, and advance into a new phase of growth. He identified five defining shifts reshaping the sector: segmentation, integration, optimisation, expansion, and deficiency
Monday 27 October 2025
Taiwan turns China's export curbs into a test of industrial resilience

As Energy Taiwan and Net-Zero Taiwan 2025 open on October 29, Beijing has completed its second wave of export restrictions on lithium batteries and rare-earth materials. This move has jolted global clean-energy supply chains and forced industries worldwide to prepare for another round of structural reshuffling

Monday 27 October 2025
Samsung launches aggressive price-cut strategy to catch up in HBM competition
HBM continues to be a critical resource as the AI boom is further tightening supply and demand in the memory industry. Memory leader Samsung Electronics is fixated on reclaiming its dominance, reportedly launching a 30% price cut strategy in an attempt to catch up after delays in its 12-layer HBM3E certification
Monday 27 October 2025
India roundup: Tie-up with Dixon marks renewed Taiwanese investments in India's EMS
Dixon's joint venture with Taiwan-based Inventec is expected to operate after April 2026, as the Indian EMS major reports surging sales thanks to handset manufacturing business
Monday 27 October 2025
As Huawei stumbles, ByteDance quietly rewrites China’s AI cloud order
Huawei Cloud CEO Zhang Ping'an and several top executives were recently demoted and had their salaries reduced, officially due to "performance falsification." The punishment, however, reflects a broader shift in the AI era: the inseparable link between large models, AI applications, and AI infrastructure. ByteDance's Volcengine has emerged as a key disruptor representing this integrated vision in China's cloud ecosystem
Sunday 26 October 2025
LGES approaches China's battery market with time compression, accumulation strategy
In the face of policy and capital competition pressure from Chinese companies, LG Energy Solution (LGES) is implementing a strategy that combines time compression and accumulation. The "compression" of time refers to AI and digital transformation, while the "accumulation" of time refers to differentiated technology and patents
Sunday 26 October 2025
CXMT, Huawei align on HBM3 ahead of China's 2026 AI memory leap
High-bandwidth memory (HBM) has become the latest competitive front for global DRAM manufacturers. As Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron gear up for HBM4 mass production in 2026, China's CXMT has reportedly delivered 16nm HBM3 samples to Huawei and its partners, a prelude to large-scale manufacturing slated for the same year
Saturday 25 October 2025
OpenAI, AMD, Broadcom unite behind Ethernet to reshape AI infrastructure
The Ethernet for Scale-Up Networking (ESUN) Alliance officially launched at the 2025 Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit, uniting North America's AI heavyweights, including OpenAI, Meta, AMD, Nvidia, Microsoft, and Broadcom. Its goal is to create an open Ethernet interconnect standard to address AI chip connectivity fragmentation and redefine global AI infrastructure. The collaboration marks a rare alignment across major rivals in pursuit of interoperability
Friday 24 October 2025
Korean firm wins top innovation award for transparent 5G/6G antenna technology
Automotive electronics manufacturer THN grabbed a Top Innovation Technology Award here on October 23 at the Future Innovation Technology Expo (FIX 2025) for its breakthrough transparent antenna technology. Dubbed 'FlexClear,' the system aims to enable high-speed, low-latency 5G and 6G connectivity for vehicles without using traditional external antennas. THN was one of nine top winners among thirty companies honored at the Daegu event
Thursday 23 October 2025
Inventec's tie-up with Dixon marks renewed Taiwanese investment in India's electronics supply chain
Inventec, a leading Taiwanese original design manufacturer (ODM), has entered a joint venture with India's Dixon Technologies to produce notebooks (NB), servers, desktops, and electronic components domestically. The new company, Dixon IT Devices Private Limited, will be majority-owned by Dixon (60%), with Inventec holding 40%. The jointly operated factory is scheduled for completion by the second quarter of 2026
Thursday 23 October 2025
Samsung expresses confidence in 2nm development, reports solid progress
Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions (DS) division CTO Song Jae-hyuk expressed strong confidence in the revival of Samsung's foundry business and reported smooth progress on the company's 2nm process during a semiconductor industry briefing hosted by South Korea's chief presidential secretary for policy, Kim Yong-beom