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Wednesday 24 December 2025
PC giants rush to lock in memory supply as prices surge toward a new supercycle
As the global memory market enters its sharpest price upswing in nearly five years, one top-tier PC maker has moved quickly to lock in supply, dispatching senior executives to negotiate...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Korean chip industry faces mounting pressure from escalating power prices
Electricity costs for South Korea's domestic semiconductor manufacturing industry have reportedly surged, raising concerns over mounting cost pressures on chipmakers. Over the past...
Monday 22 December 2025
Protection component prices stabilize: Thinking Electronic pins 2026 growth on AI

Record-high precious metal prices upstream are tightening cost pressure across the passive components industry, but the impact on protection...

Sunday 21 December 2025
Notebook shipments expected to defy slow season in 1H26

Rising memory prices are prompting end customers to procure notebooks early, a shift that is expected to keep shipments steadier than...

Friday 19 December 2025
Memory shortage drives price hikes in China's PC and smartphone markets
China's 3C market has been reporting successive price hikes despite a sluggish macroeconomic environment and deflationary pressure. Xiaomi, followed by Honor, Lenovo, and Dell, have...
Friday 19 December 2025
Analysis: US leads AI in humanoid robots while China excels in cost and hardware
As humanoid robots emerge as a key technology riding the wave of AI, the US and China are rapidly forming two competing camps. Industry insiders analyzing their strengths say the...
Thursday 18 December 2025
Rising memory and wafer costs to weigh on 2026 smartphone shipments, Counterpoint Research says
The smartphone market is expected to contract in 2026 as rising costs for memory and advanced process wafers drive manufacturers to reconsider pricing and specifications, according...
Thursday 18 December 2025
Cost surge for wafer, memory, and materials threatens consumer electronics pricing in 2026
After sharp price hikes across multiple memory categories caused by tight supply-demand conditions, overall supply-chain costs have come into sharper focus. Memory is far from the...
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Samsung Foundry reportedly wins Intel 8nm order after Nvidia
Samsung Electronics' foundry division is reported to have secured an 8nm manufacturing order from Intel, adding another blue-chip customer to its mature advanced-node portfolio after...
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Apple braces for DRAM cost surge as Korean suppliers reprice contracts
Apple is facing renewed cost pressure as its long-term DRAM supply contracts with South Korean memory makers approach expiry in January 2026, heightening concerns that higher component...
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Smartphone industry faces cost challenges in 2026 amid memory shortages and rising prices
The smartphone industry is facing considerable cost challenges in 2026 amid ongoing memory supply shortages and rising prices. This situation is expected to lead to a 1.6% decrease...
Tuesday 16 December 2025
SenseTime's Seko 2.0 ties AI video breakthrough to Cambricon chips, signaling China's multimodal push

SenseTime has released Seko 2.0, which it describes as the industry's first multi-episode video generation agent, marking a step beyond...

Friday 12 December 2025
AI hardware landscape shifts from GPUs to NPUs as edge computing gains ground
As artificial intelligence (AI) transitions from cloud-centric operations to edge devices, the hardware that powers AI is undergoing significant change. While graphics processing...
Thursday 11 December 2025
Canon and DNP push 1.4nm nanoimprint tech, target 2027 production
Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) said it has developed a nanoimprint template capable of producing 1.4nm chips using only one-tenth of the power required by extreme ultraviolet lithography...
Monday 8 December 2025
Auto supply chains face stricter demand for non-Chinese standards
As geopolitical tensions between China and multiple countries intensify alongside China's aggressive expansion into overseas automotive markets, supply chain players reveal that customer...