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Friday 27 June 2025

Race for T-Glass heats up as AI giants lock in supply from Japan's Nittobo amid mounting shortages

Senior executives from Nvidia, AMD, and Microsoft have frequently visited Japanese manufacturer Nitto Boseki to secure a critical raw material for AI servers: low coefficient of thermal...

Friday 27 June 2025

Xiaomi goes all-in: AI glasses, foldables, EV lead ecosystem launch

Xiaomi unveiled a suite of new hardware on June 26 at its "Human x Car x Home" ecosystem launch, led by its first AI smart glasses and electric SUV. The event highlighted Xiaomi's...

Friday 27 June 2025

Huawei takes on Germany's automobile Big Three in China's luxury EV showdown

Huawei is accelerating its push into China's premium EV segment, targeting legacy German brands BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi. Its new Maextro S800, co-developed with JAC Group, secured...

Friday 27 June 2025

Samsung slows the node race: yield over speed at 2nm, 4nm

Samsung Foundry is reportedly adjusting its roadmap by postponing development of its 1.4nm (SF1.4) node and reallocating resources to improve yield and service quality across its...

Friday 27 June 2025

HTC teams up with NTT com to bring XR-powered experiences to Japanese venues

HTC announced on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Japan's NTT Communications (NTT Com) to jointly develop large-scale location-based immersive...

Friday 27 June 2025

Tesla breaks into China's energy storage market while Chinese firms hit US barriers

Tesla has secured its first gigawatt-hour-scale energy storage project in China — a rare breakthrough for a US firm in the country's increasingly closed clean tech market. Valued...

Thursday 26 June 2025

China reportedly demands rare earth firms hand over tech staff data amid delays in lifting export curbs

Despite a pledge made at the Geneva talks to lift export restrictions on rare earth materials, China has yet to follow through. According to The Wall Street Journal, Chinese authorities...

Thursday 26 June 2025

Japan's METI to introduce cybersecurity guidelines for chipmakers, including TSMC and Rapidus

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) is drafting new cybersecurity guidelines for semiconductor manufacturers and is considering making compliance a condition for...

Thursday 26 June 2025

Naura seizes control of Kingsemi in bid to crack China's lithography bottleneck

China's semiconductor equipment industry is witnessing renewed consolidation as leading toolmaker Naura Technology assumes control of Kingsemi, a specialist in lithography systems...

Thursday 26 June 2025

SK Hynix expands DRAM dominance with new chip packaging plant in South Korea

SK Hynix said it plans to construct a new semiconductor backend facility in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, marking its seventh such plant in South Korea, as the company moves...

Thursday 26 June 2025

Chinese chip giants multiplying subsidiaries in race for supply chain control

Amid rising US-China tech tensions and growing supply chain risks, China's top semiconductor companies are rapidly forming new subsidiaries...

Thursday 26 June 2025

AMEC ships first Primo Menova tool as R&D investment surges 94%

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc., China (AMEC) has delivered the world's first Primo Menova 12-inch metal etching system to a top domestic IC design and manufacturing service...

Wednesday 25 June 2025

Xiaomi XRing O2 surfaces: new SoC challenger to Qualcomm, Apple?

Xiaomi has filed multiple new trademarks — "XRing O2," "XRing T1," and "XRing O" — signaling continued momentum in its in-house semiconductor development. The move follows...

Wednesday 25 June 2025

China's 618 shopping festival fizzles as subsidy impact wanes, IC demand stalls

China's month-long 618 shopping festival ended last week, with supply chain sources viewing it as the final boost from fading government subsidies. While past shopping events often...

Wednesday 25 June 2025

Xinhao to offload solar arm to Luxshare in related-party deal amid pivot to core ops

Shenzhen Xinhao Photoelectricity Technology said on June 22 that it had signed a Letter of Intent with Luxshare Precision Industry Co...

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