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Tuesday 23 December 2025
Nvidia targets pre-holiday H200 shipments to China via inventory; production ramp remains uncertain
Nvidia is reportedly planning to resume shipments of its second-most powerful artificial intelligence chips to China before the Lunar New Year holiday in mid-February, underscoring...
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...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Tencent recruits ex-OpenAI scientist to reboot its LLM strategy
China's AI race in 2025 has moved beyond brute-force model scaling. The contest now hinges on capital efficiency, infrastructure strength, and control of traffic gateways—a...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Nexperia's China unit secures local wafer supply under governance dispute
The Chinese subsidiary of Nexperia, the Dutch semiconductor manufacturer, has moved to secure wafer capacity from domestic suppliers to support production of key products in 2026,...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Open-source MiMo-V2-Flash underscores Xiaomi's push to avoid dependence on external AI platforms
Xiaomi unveils MiMo-V2-Flash open-source AI model, signaling strategic AI push
Monday 22 December 2025
Samsung taps former AMD exec to reboot Exynos from Austin
Samsung has recruited semiconductor veteran John Rayfield, formerly a vice president at AMD, to bolster its Exynos GPU and system IP roadmap, signaling a renewed effort to regain...
Monday 22 December 2025
Samsung's HBM4 SiP tops Nvidia's performance tests, heating up memory race
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly intensifying their competition to supply Nvidia's sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM), known as HBM4. The new HBM4 will be...
Monday 22 December 2025
Chinese automakers reshape global market with diversified export strategy
As the global automotive industry remains focused on tariff barriers and policy battles, Chinese automakers have quietly advanced their overseas strategies into a new phase, aiming...
Monday 22 December 2025
Weekly news roundup: Intel's TSMC talent grab draws scrutiny, Samsung foundry lands Intel order, Moore's Law talent gap looms
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of December 15 to December 21, 2025.
Monday 22 December 2025
Samsung tri-fold smartphone sells out in Taiwan on launch
Samsung Electronics launched its first tri-fold smartphone, the Galaxy Z TriFold, in Taiwan on December 18. The company announced on December 19 that the entire initial shipment had...
Monday 22 December 2025
TSMC pushes back on Japan fab delay rumors, keeps options open
According to Nikkei, Yuichi Hotta, president of TSMC's Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM), confirmed on December 19 that construction of the second wafer fabrication...
Monday 22 December 2025
Apple iPhone 17 series drives smartphone market growth in China and beyond
Apple's iPhone 17 series has achieved strong sales following its September 10 launch, with the standard iPhone 17 maintaining its price despite upgraded specifications. This contributed...
Monday 22 December 2025
Sugon debuts scaleX, China's first physical 10,000-accelerator AI supercluster

At the HAIC2025 Artificial Intelligence Innovation Conference in Kunshan on December 18, Dawning Information Industry Co. (Sugon) unveiled...

Monday 22 December 2025
China’s AMEC broadens chip equipment reach with Sizone acquisition

AMEC, China's leading semiconductor equipment vendor, has sent its clearest signal yet that it no longer intends to remain a single-discipline...

Monday 22 December 2025
South Korea examines challenges in building a strong AI semiconductor industry
The National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK) recently convened a seminar, gathering industry and academic experts to assess South Korea's position in the AI semiconductor sector...