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Friday 14 November 2025

SK Key Foundry to launch SiC power chips production in 1H26, targeting EV and energy markets

SK Hynix's 8-inch wafer subsidiary, SK Key Foundry, announced plans to launch its silicon carbide (SiC) compound power semiconductor business in the first half of 2026.

Friday 14 November 2025

China's AI silicon enters the Gulf with SenseTime at the helm

President Donald Trump's mid-May visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, joined by Nvidia's Jensen Huang and AMD's Lisa Su, sparked renewed investment interest across the Middle...

Friday 14 November 2025

HBM's breakneck rise is draining DRAM supply, repricing the smartphone sector

The global AI boom is driving up smartphone and tablet production costs, as memory suppliers divert more capacity toward high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for AI accelerators. Samsung Electronics...

Friday 14 November 2025

Samsung expected to dominate HBM4 market as prices snap back

Samsung Electronics is poised for a commanding performance in the advanced memory sector, with analysts forecasting the tech giant could seize 40 percent of the lucrative HBM4 market...

Friday 14 November 2025

IHI, ICEYE team up to launch advanced SAR satellite network

Japanese industrial machinery maker IHI Corp. has signed a satellite procurement agreement with Finnish synthetic aperture radar (SAR)...

Friday 14 November 2025

Research insight: SoftBank's US$5.4B ABB deal highlights Europe's industrial robotics pullback

SoftBank Group's agreement to acquire the robotics division of Switzerland's ABB for approximately US$5.4 billion is a significant strategic move. The deal highlights Japan's increasing...

Friday 14 November 2025

China's Moonshot AI claims new model rivals GPT-5 despite GPU shortfall

China's Moonshot AI has launched its Kimi K2 Thinking model, which tops OpenAI's GPT-5 in multiple reasoning and coding tests while delivering lower training costs and full commercial...

Thursday 13 November 2025

Samsung aims to make foundry unit profitable by 2027, banking on Tesla orders and US fab ramp-up

Samsung Electronics is targeting 2027 to turn its foundry business profitable, driven by expected orders from major clients such as Tesla and the full-scale operation of its new Texas...

Thursday 13 November 2025

BenQ Medical eyes 2026 growth with 3 key product lines, targets China surgical robot market

BenQ Medical Technology, a subsidiary of Qisda Corporation, remained profitable through the first three quarters of 2025. The company's president, Michael Guan, said BenQ Medical...

Thursday 13 November 2025

Beijing steps in? SMIC capacity reallocated to Huawei as China's chip shortage worsens

US export controls on advanced chips are starting to show real impact. People familiar with the matter say China is running short of high-end semiconductors, pushing Beijing to step...

Thursday 13 November 2025

Inside China's EV 'involution': fierce competition, falling prices, and global ripples

China's electric vehicle (EV) sector, once a symbol of the nation's manufacturing ascendancy, is now showing signs of strain. As production...

Thursday 13 November 2025

Samsung Display reportedly begins mass production of OLEDoS for Galaxy XR

Samsung Display (SDC) has reportedly started mass production of OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) panels, which will be used in Samsung Electronics' extended reality (XR) headset, the Galaxy...

Thursday 13 November 2025

Rebellions expands US presence with Silicon Valley hires, launches North America entity

South Korean AI chip startup Rebellions is accelerating its global expansion, establishing a US entity and appointing two senior Silicon Valley executives to strengthen its position...

Thursday 13 November 2025

Huawei's new wave of inventions hints at a rewired future for AI computing

Huawei used its sixth Innovation and Intellectual Property Forum on November 11, 2025, to highlight its growing in-house technology portfolio and its effort to position intellectual...

Thursday 13 November 2025

China's rare earth curbs hinder Hyundai Motor's early development

Hyundai Motor is reportedly grappling with shortages of Chinese-made permanent magnets, a key component in electric and hybrid vehicle motors, as Beijing's export controls on rare...

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