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Friday 25 April 2025
VinFast pivots to Asia with EV plants in India and Indonesia as losses widen
Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast is shifting gears toward Asia, accelerating its expansion in the region with new manufacturing plants in India and Indonesia as its US ambitions stall amid rising tariffs and logistical costs
Friday 25 April 2025
Pegatron opens world's largest 5G smart factory in Indonesia
Pegatron unveiled its new manufacturing facility on Indonesia's Batam Island yesterday, featuring a dedicated 5G private network spanning the entire plant. The facility, developed in partnership with Indonesian telecom operator Telkomsel, positions itself as the world's largest 5G-enabled smart factory
Friday 25 April 2025
Navigating ambiguity: industry adopts wait-and-see approach on US policies

As the US continues to recalibrate its trade policy toward China, Taiwanese technology suppliers find themselves caught in a state of strategic limbo, anxious over the potential implications of every twist and turn in US tariff decisions

Friday 25 April 2025
JEDEC bends rules—Samsung, SK Hynix charge ahead in AI memory war
JEDEC has relaxed the height specification for sixth-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM4), clearing a key obstacle for South Korean memory leaders Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. The revision allows both companies to continue with volume production using existing DRAM stacking methods, avoiding the early adoption of more expensive packaging technologies like hybrid bonding
Friday 25 April 2025
NB Industry accelerates global shift despite US overtures to China
Despite recent softening in rhetoric from President Trump and the US Treasury Secretary toward China, American diplomatic overtures have done little to slow the exodus of NB brands from China. The industry's supply chain remains firmly committed to expanding manufacturing capacity in Southeast Asia and Mexico as companies hedge against future geopolitical risks
Friday 25 April 2025
Delta Electronics sees India gains amid global tariff war, eyes local expansion
Delta Electronics expects to boost its India operations as global tariff regimes continue to shift supply chains, a senior executive told Digitimes Asia in an interview, adding that the company is preparing to bring more global customers to its local manufacturing facilities
Friday 25 April 2025
CloudMile highlights mixed progress in Southeast Asia's AI development
CloudMile Group, a Taiwanese startup specializing in AI-driven cloud services, is extending its reach into Southeast Asia, eyeing rapid growth in AI adoption across the region. In an interview with DIGITIMES Asia, Jeremy Heng, managing director of CloudMile Southeast Asia, shared insights on how different ASEAN nations are shaping their AI ecosystems—with Singapore emerging as a standout leader
Friday 25 April 2025
Why Singapore is the launch pad for AI: SYSTEX Asia chief explains
Singapore is investing SGD150 million (US$114.2 million) in a government-led "Enterprise Compute Initiative" to boost enterprise computing capacity and accelerate advanced AI development. This strategic investment reinforces Singapore's position as a hub for AI deployment, especially when compared to Taiwan's hardware-heavy ecosystem, which focuses on GPU production and AI server manufacturing
Friday 25 April 2025
Why Trump's tariffs are helping China adapt instead of hurting it
US President Donald Trump's "reciprocal tariffs" have sent shockwaves through global markets, yet may be yielding unintended consequences. His strategy, championed in his bestselling "Trump: The Art of the Deal," appears to be backfiring as China adapts and diversifies
Friday 25 April 2025
Huawei challenges Nvidia with Ascend 910C as Japan powers up for tech dominance
Huawei is rapidly rolling out a new generation of semiconductor products tailored for artificial intelligence (AI), signaling a bold push to fill the void left by tightening US export restrictions on advanced chips. The company is set to release its Ascend 910C chip in May, followed by the introduction of the Ascend 920 in the latter half of 2025. This development occurs against the backdrop of US export restrictions, which were implemented during the Trump administration and have limited Nvidia's capacity to provide high-performance chips to China
Thursday 24 April 2025
Large donations by South Korean companies to Trump inauguration seen as preemptive move ahead of tariff war
The list of donors for US President Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony has been released, with South Korean conglomerates Samsung, Hyundai Motor, and Hanwha making large donations through US subsidiaries. Observers interpret the donations as an attempt by South Korean companies to proactively seek favorable outcomes related to US tariff policy
Thursday 24 April 2025
Asian nations clamp down on 'source washing' amid rising US tariff pressure
Following the US government's reciprocal tariff measures aimed at curbing trade surpluses and recalibrating supply chains, Asian countries are intensifying efforts to crack down on "source washing"—a growing concern tied to tariff evasion and escalating geopolitical tensions between Washington and Beijing
Thursday 24 April 2025
China's AI ambitions strain as domestic chipmakers rush to sell compute power amid H20 ban
Following the Trump administration's export controls on Nvidia's H20 AI chip for China, there's speculation that Chinese AI chip manufacturers might fill the gap. Although China's long-term prospects for domestic AI chip production look promising, the short-term scenario appears more complicated and challenging
Thursday 24 April 2025
Unpredictable US policy fuels PC makers' continued departure from China

Despite recent conciliatory signals from the US government towards China, PC brand manufacturers already in the process of diversifying their production are not slowing down. Sources within the original design manufacturing (ODM) sector reveal that these brands are not only shifting production for US-bound products but are also beginning to move production for European markets out of China

Thursday 24 April 2025
Sk Hynix completes validation for CXL-based DRAM module, boosting server capacity
SK Hynix has completed customer validation for its 96GB Compute Express Link (CXL) Memory Module, a DRAM solution that has attracted significant industry attention for its potential to enhance data center performance
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Intel signals overhaul of IDM 2.0 and foundry strategy with Lip-Bu Tan's appointment, says DIGITIMES