Xiaomi posted strong first-quarter 2025 results, with net profit jumping 161.2% year-over-year to CNY10.92 billion (approx. US$1.52 billion), driven by booming EV and IoT sales. Revenue rose 47.4% to CNY111.29 billion, underscoring solid demand across its product lines and growing momentum in smart appliances and electric vehicles

At the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, Japan's NTT presents its corporate pavilion under the theme "Parallel Travel." Through a narrative that transcends time and space, the company offers an experimental glimpse into the future of communication

Samsung Electronics has reportedly secured the production order for Nintendo's next-generation game console, the Switch 2's core chip, marking a significant turning point for its foundry business. Nintendo is adopting Samsung's 8nm process, replacing the long-standing manufacturing partnership with TSMC, which adds considerable strategic significance to Samsung's global semiconductor foundry position

An India-based gallium nitride (GaN) startup is exploring partnerships with Japanese companies to strengthen its technology stack and tap into Japan's advanced semiconductor supply chain, as both countries deepen strategic cooperation in tech and defense

In the first half of 2025, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang officially announced that the company will no longer release Hopper architecture AI chips tailored for China. This announcement sent shockwaves through China's tech industry, raising concerns about whether the country's three major internet giants—Tencent, Baidu, and Alibaba, which have long relied on Nvidia GPUs as the core for large model training and AI development, are prepared to respond

While the US-China trade war has entered a tentative truce, tensions in the semiconductor sector are escalating, placing renewed scrutiny on Taiwan's IC substrate manufacturers operating in China. The unfolding dynamics raise doubts about the actual effectiveness of US chip sanctions

US President Donald Trump's announced 25% tariff on smartphones manufactured outside the US has once again ruffled the feathers of markets, especially for Apple and Samsung Electronics, which will be caught in its direct crosshairs. The move, set to be enforced from late June 2025, is intended to pressure companies to shift their production to American soil, another attempt to fulfill Trump's long-standing campaign promise

ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China's top DRAM supplier, is reportedly preparing to phase out DDR4 products for server and PC use by mid-2026. As the company pivots to DDR5 and high-bandwidth memory (HBM), analysts warn the move could flood the market with next-gen DRAM, intensifying oversupply risks

Huawei recently unveiled its first HarmonyOS-powered computer, a significant milestone in the company's technological evolution. According to a report by China's state-run CCTV, the new PC is equipped with the cutting-edge Kirin X90 chip built on 5nm process technology, alongside Huawei's proprietary operating system, HarmonyOS. CCTV further emphasized that "domestic semiconductor devices have, for the first time, achieved a self-sustaining, complete ecosystem in terms of performance and other facets.

India's PC market—including desktops, notebooks, and workstations—continued its upward momentum in the first quarter of 2025, growing 8.1% year-over-year with 3.3 million units shipped, according to IDC. This marks the seventh consecutive quarter of annual growth for the sector

A debate has erupted in the tech industry over the origin of Xiaomi's flagship system-on-chip (SoC), the XRing O1, with mounting questions about whether it represents a truly in-house development or a customized solution from chip designer Arm. The controversy deepened after Arm Holdings quietly revised a press release, removing the phrase "custom silicon" in reference to the chip

At the Ascend AI Developer Summit on May 26, 2025, Huawei unveiled its new Ascend SuperNode architecture, the foundation of its CloudMatrix 384 high-performance AI compute cluster. Comprised of 384 Ascend 910C processors housed across 12 compute cabinets and 4 bus cabinets, the system delivers 300 petaflops of processing power and 48 terabytes of high-bandwidth memory—nearly double the BF16 compute throughput of Nvidia's GB200 NVL72 system

US President Donald Trump's latest warning of a 25% tariff on Apple's iPhone production unless it returns to the US has rattled global supply chain operators. While the threat aligns with Trump's longstanding protectionist stance, industry insiders say the implications—higher costs, potential production delays, and forced supply chain shifts—are too significant to ignore. Suppliers are reportedly in negotiations with Apple to determine the next steps

China Unicom Corp., one of the nation's largest wireless carriers, established a new satellite technology subsidiary with CNY100 million (US$13.8 million) in registered capital as Chinese telecommunications companies accelerate their push into space-based communications

The year 2025 marks a pivotal moment for humanoid robotics as the technology transitions from science fiction to commercial reality. China hosted the world's first competitive humanoid robot combat tournament on May 25, 2025, in Hangzhou, signaling the industry's rapid evolution beyond traditional applications