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Monday 29 December 2025
Weekly news roundup: AMD lands Alibaba chip deal as US probes Nvidia buyers, ASML keeps lithography lead
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of December 22 to December 29, 2025.
Monday 29 December 2025
Guoxin Micro and CATL form joint venture to spin off automotive chip business
Chinaese semiconductor supplier Guoxin Micro has moved to spin off its automotive controller chip business into a new company. It has brought in a CATL subsidiary as a strategic shareholder...
Monday 29 December 2025
China moves to regulate human-like AI services, signaling tighter governance of emotional and social risks
China has released draft rules to regulate human-like artificial intelligence interaction services, marking a significant step toward governing AI companions, virtual personas, and...
Monday 29 December 2025
China launches national venture capital guidance fund to bolster early-stage tech investment
China has formally launched its National Venture Capital Guidance Fund, a move that signals a major policy push to reshape the country's early-stage investment landscape and strengthen...
Monday 29 December 2025
South Korea's PNT secures first China copper foil order, expands into battery materials
South Korean PNT has secured its first mass-production order for battery copper foil in China, marking a strategic expansion beyond its core battery equipment business into materials...
Sunday 28 December 2025
The global space industry's most consequential moves of 2025
The global aerospace and satellite industry did not experience a single, earthshaking breakthrough in 2025. Instead, it advanced through a series of consequential developments—subtle...
Sunday 28 December 2025
South Korea's AI chips struggle beyond cost advantage
South Korea's drive to build a domestic artificial intelligence semiconductor industry is hitting a key constraint. Despite gains in power efficiency and pricing, industry executives...
Saturday 27 December 2025
Commercial space race stumbles: South Korea and China face launch setbacks
The global space industry is accelerating toward commercialization. But recent developments in South Korea and China underscore how difficult—and uneven—that transition...
Saturday 27 December 2025
Research insight: China's carmakers narrow the refueling gap and push autonomous driving forward
After attending the 2025 Guangzhou Auto Show, DIGITIMES analyzed the latest strategies unveiled by leading automakers and suppliers in two pivotal areas: energy replenishment...
Friday 26 December 2025
Japan quadruples chip and physical AI spending, deepens state backing for Rapidus
Japan is preparing a major expansion of state support for advanced semiconductors and artificial intelligence, with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) set to nearly...
Friday 26 December 2025
Huawei details Ascend AI chip roadmap built around in-house HBM, massive clusters
Huawei is clarifying how it intends to compete in global AI computing despite being cut off from leading-edge foundries and US-origin GPUs. Instead of chasing rivals on single-chip...
Friday 26 December 2025
SMEE wins China lithography order, yet ASML still controls advanced-node tools
A disclosure on China's government procurement platform shows that Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (SMEE) has won a contract to supply a step-and-scan lithography system valued...
Friday 26 December 2025
Samsung's Lee Jae-yong doubles down on auto electronics with ZF ADAS deal
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, having cleared major legal overhangs, is accelerating the group's strategic reset. Months after completing its acquisition of Germany's...
Friday 26 December 2025
Tariff restraint masks continued hard line as US weighs broader controls on Chinese chip capabilities
The US government has decided not to impose additional semiconductor tariffs on China for the next 18 months, despite concluding that Beijing's state-led chip industry policies involve...
Friday 26 December 2025
Samsung, SK Hynix reportedly accelerate HBM4 production to early 2026
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are pushing forward their production schedules for sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory to February 2026. Industry sources and South Korean media...