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Monday 14 July 2025
Weekly news roundup: China’s semiconductor setback, MediaTek gains on Qualcomm, and ongoing US-China chip tensions

Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from July 7 to July 13, 2025. This week's top three highlights include China’s semiconductor...

Monday 14 July 2025
Taiwan chip firm Macronix seeks tech edge as US-China rivalry intensifies
Memory chipmaker Macronix is betting on advanced technologies to escape a bruising price war as US-China tensions reshape the global semiconductor landscape.
Monday 14 July 2025
Huawei’s HiSilicon debuts low-power Cat.1 chip to boost IoT reach
On July 10, 2024, Huawei's chip subsidiary HiSilicon launched its first Cat.1 IoT communication chip — the Hi2131 — officially entering the fast-growing cellular IoT market,...
Monday 14 July 2025
India roundup: Apple taps Indian COO amid supply chain relocation
Apple named Indian Sabih Khan as the new COO as the firm accelerates sourcing components from India.
Monday 14 July 2025
JEDEC's LPDDR6 sets new pace for mobile and AI memory with faster, leaner architecture
On July 9, 2025, the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, the leading organization for microelectronics standards, introduced LPDDR6 (JESD209-6), its latest low-power DRAM specification...
Monday 14 July 2025
Taiwan's CAEC surges 877% on chip industry battery demand
Taiwan's Changs Ascending Enterprise Co. (CAEC) posted June revenue of NT$48.6 million (approx. US$1.5 million), up 877% from a year earlier, as semiconductor manufacturers adopted...
Sunday 13 July 2025
Nvidia set to dethrone Intel as Israel’s top tech employer with massive AI campus
For decades, Intel has stood as Israel's most prominent private tech employer, bolstered by generous state subsidies and a deep-rooted presence that includes semiconductor fabs and...
Sunday 13 July 2025
Top Bright's 1+3 strategy drives growth as HVLP5+ copper foil set for 4Q25 mass production
The stability of the weighing scale market and increasing investment in its new materials business have allowed Top Bright to yield positive results. During the company's earnings...
Saturday 12 July 2025
Japan's OSAT firms unite to cut costs and reclaim industry ground
Japan's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) industry, long composed of small, regional firms with limited resources, is making a rare push for collective strength. In...
Saturday 12 July 2025
Nanya technology posts wider Q2 loss as Taiwan dollar strength weighs
Taiwan's Nanya Technology reported a deeper second-quarter loss despite surging memory chip demand, as currency headwinds and pricing pressures offset volume gains.
Saturday 12 July 2025
Google brings Gemini AI to Wear OS, boosting Samsung's new smartwatch and foldables

Google is bringing its Gemini artificial intelligence model to smartwatches running Wear OS, marking a significant expansion beyond smartphones...

Saturday 12 July 2025
Malaysia semiconductor sector squeezed as SuperSiC project highlights deepening China ties
Malaysia's role as a key node in the global semiconductor supply chain is drawing sharper scrutiny as it deepens industrial ties with China while facing mounting trade and export...
Saturday 12 July 2025
Exit of TSMC's star procurement VP raises industry eyebrows
Vanessa Lee, Vice President of Materials Management at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), has drawn industry attention with her unexpected resignation. One month after...
Friday 11 July 2025
AI boom offsets EV slump as Disco raises quarterly forecast
Japanese semiconductor equipment maker Disco has revised its financial forecast for the second quarter of 2025, now expecting a consolidated profit of JPY23.7 billion (US$161 million),...
Friday 11 July 2025
AI-powered NPU race spurs growth for test interface companies
As the global smartphone application processor market undergoes a major shift toward AI-driven performance, chip giants like MediaTek and Qualcomm are ramping up efforts to dominate...