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Tuesday 3 June 2025
US targets EDA exports as Xiaomi’s XRing O1 raises alarm over China’s IC design gains
Xiaomi has launched the XRing O1, claiming to use a 3nm process, while Huawei and Lenovo have successively introduced 5 nm-class chips. The fact that China can still bypass multiple...
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Zhen Ding sees tariff risk as minimal, but braces for forex losses

Zhen Ding Technology, the world's leading printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer, held its 2025 annual shareholders' meeting on May...

Tuesday 3 June 2025
South Korea's chip crown becomes a strategic burden

South Korea's leadership in DRAM, NAND, and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) is becoming a strategic liability amid rising US-China friction. With SK...

Monday 2 June 2025
Nanya targets 4Q25 profitability as DDR4 rivals exit
Both AI and non-AI demands in the DRAM market are showing gradual recovery signs. Nanya estimates that it will clear all inventory before the third quarter of 2025. With yield improvements...
Monday 2 June 2025
Xiaomi's XRing O1 stirs 'self-developed' chip debate with Arm DNA and custom AI engines
Xiaomi Chairman Lei Jun unveiled the company's debut in-house mobile SoC, the XRing O1, on May 22, calling it Xiaomi's "first answer sheet" in semiconductor design. Built on TSMC's...
Monday 2 June 2025
Trump holds reins on Wolfspeed's future as foreign buyers balk at 'Made in USA' cost burden
Wolfspeed, the US leader in silicon carbide (SiC) materials and a key player in the power semiconductor supply chain, has denied recent bankruptcy rumors. However, delays in receiving...
Monday 2 June 2025
EDA cutoff lays bare China's design fragility in advanced semiconductors

China's semiconductor sector is reeling from reports that Siemens EDA has been instructed by the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)...

Monday 2 June 2025
Nvidia sees US$8B revenue shortfall as China sales crater, turns to Shanghai R&D for strategic hold
Nvidia revealed on May 29 its fiscal 2026 second-quarter revenue forecast of US$45 billion, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2%.
Monday 2 June 2025
Samsung squeezed: TSMC scales 3nm heights, SMIC cracks 5nm
Samsung Foundry has boosted utilization with fresh 7nm and 8nm chip orders from Nintendo and multiple AI chipmakers. Yet its persistent setbacks at the 3nm node continue to spotlight...
Monday 2 June 2025
Trump's foreign students crackdown fuels China tech talent homecoming
In a sweeping crackdown on international students, US President Donald Trump has barred Harvard University from admitting foreign students—a policy likely to extend to other...
Monday 2 June 2025
Xiaomi's XRing O1 fast-tracks in-house SoC lessons Apple took 15 years to learn
When Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun set his sights on replicating Apple's vertical integration playbook, he may have overlooked how unceremoniously Apple's own chip journey began....
Monday 2 June 2025
AI infrastructure bottlenecks drive hardware startup interest
As artificial intelligence (AI) systems strain existing computing infrastructure, a new generation of startups is emerging to address fundamental hardware limitations. At Computex...
Monday 2 June 2025
Nvidia revenue jumps 69% despite China chip ban costs
Nvidia reported first-quarter 2025 revenue of US$44.1 billion, a 69% year-over-year increase that exceeded guidance of US$43 billion, even as export restrictions on H20 chips forced...
Monday 2 June 2025
Renesas scraps SiC production plan amid rising Chinese challenge
Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics has scrapped its plan to mass-produce silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors, originally set to begin in early 2025 at its Takasaki plant...
Monday 2 June 2025
Applied Materials reportedly partners with Absolics in glass substrate
Applied Materials has entered the semiconductor glass substrate market, reportedly developing the industry's most advanced lithography equipment dedicated to this emerging segment...