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Tuesday 1 July 2025
Honda pushes back hydrogen factory plans due to cost crunch
Honda has postponed the launch of its next-generation hydrogen fuel cell factory, pushing back the production timeline with no new start date confirmed. Citing reports from
Tuesday 1 July 2025
UMC floats 6nm ambition as 12nm with Intel inches forward
As China accelerates domestic semiconductor self-sufficiency and backs foundries like SMIC, Taiwan-based United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) faces rising pressure in the mature-node...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
TiSPACE slated to become first foreign company to launch rocket in Japan
TiSPACE, a private-sector Taiwanese rocket manufacturer and launch service provider, is scheduled to launch a suborbital rocket on July 6 at Taiki in Japan's Hokkaido Prefecture,...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
SOCAMM 2: Samsung's silent play to upend AI memory economics
Samsung Electronics is ramping up development of its next-generation SOCAMM memory, which it sees as a potential rival to high-bandwidth memory (HBM) in terms of market opportunity...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
South Korea walks a tight rope as Trump shifts tariff strategy eastward
As the July 9, 2025 deadline approaches for the expiration of the United States' temporary suspension of "reciprocal tariffs," US President Donald Trump appears to be shifting his...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
China race ahead with brain-computer interface fuel by chips, trials, policy support
With rapid advances in AI and semiconductors, brain-computer interface (BCI) technology is becoming a critical front in global tech rivalry. In China, a growing number of firms are...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Brain-computer interface goes legit in China: new standards clear path to clinical use
China has introduced its first official standards for non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) medical devices, signaling a shift from fragmented academic research to formal regulatory...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Chinese TV brands surge as LG adopts three-pronged strategy to stabilize market share
Despite the growing competitive threat from Chinese brands such as Hisense, TCL, and Xiaomi in recent years within the TV and end-display industry, South Korean companies continue...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
GaN's paradox: surging demand, sinking profits
Under pressure from low-cost competition in China, many application sectors are struggling to turn a profit. Recently, the compound semiconductor gallium nitride (GaN) industry has...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Loongson's indigenous CPUs offer China-built alternative to Intel for servers, AI
Loongson has launched its next-generation processors at the 2025 Product Launch and User Conference in Beijing, introducing chips built on its proprietary LoongArch instruction set...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Xiaomi and rivals eye the mind-reading frontier: AI glasses evolve from smart to sentient
Xiaomi unveiled its first AI smart glasses on June 26, describing the device not merely as a wearable but as a next-gen personal intelligence terminal. Equipped with the Xiao Ai voice...
Monday 30 June 2025
JDI raises funds from Ichigo, sells patents and factory to develop sensors and semiconductors for restructuring
Japan Display Inc. (JDI) announced it will issue new stock subscription rights to its parent company, Ichigo Trust, to raise JPY95.6 billion (US$664.4 million). The company also plans...
Monday 30 June 2025
Nvidia taps top Chinese AI researchers in bid to expand deep learning team
US semiconductor giant Nvidia has recruited two leading artificial intelligence (AI) specialists from China as part of its ongoing efforts to broaden its research team, according...
Monday 30 June 2025
Samsung acquires rights to Intel semiconductor patents in strategic bid to avoid global IP disputes
Samsung Electronics has secured a broad license to a portfolio of semiconductor patents originally developed by Intel, a move industry analysts view as both a defensive strategy against...
Monday 30 June 2025
China set to lead global foundry capacity by 2030 amid accelerating domestic expansion
China is poised to overtake Taiwan as the world's top semiconductor foundry hub by 2030, according to Yole Group. With 21% of global capacity in 2024 and rapid domestic expansion...