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Monday 16 June 2025
Hanwha Semitech faces patent war with Hanmi Semiconductor over TCB breakthrough
A high-stakes patent dispute between Hanwha Semitech and Hanmi Semiconductor over a critical piece of equipment in the HBM production process — the TCB machine — is set...
Monday 16 June 2025
China solar giants' unprecedented losses prompt calls to confront structural crisis
At the 18th SNEC International Solar Energy and Smart Energy Conference held in Shanghai on June 10, 2025, global solar enterprises gathered to discuss the industry's future. However,...
Monday 16 June 2025
Global SiC wafer growth slows as China reshapes market dynamics
Global silicon carbide (SiC) wafer shipments hit a record high in 2024, with China driving the surge, according to statistics from Fuji Keizai. Chinese shipments grew 81.9% year-over-year,...
Monday 16 June 2025
TP-Link's Shanghai semiconductor unit gutted in abrupt layoff round with generous terms

On June 12, 2025, TP-Link's export unit, Lianzou International Technology, initiated mass layoffs at its Wi-Fi chip division in Shanghai's...

Monday 16 June 2025
Goke seizes SMIC's Ningbo fab in China BAW filter play
In a strategic shift that could reshape China's domestic semiconductor landscape, Goke Microelectronics announced plans to acquire a 94.37% stake in Ningbo Semiconductor International...
Monday 16 June 2025
Taiwan adds Huawei, SMIC, others to export control entity list
On June 15, the International Trade Administration (ITA) under Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs has updated its Strategic High-Tech Commodities Export Control Entity List, adding...
Monday 16 June 2025
BYD bets big on Europe with megawatt EV chargers as domestic market wobbles
BYD is accelerating its European expansion with plans to deploy megawatt-level (MW) ultra-fast charging stations—despite intensifying scrutiny at home and industry doubts abroad...
Saturday 14 June 2025
Samsung to benefit from soaring DDR4, LPDDR4 prices in 2Q25
The recent increase in mature process DRAM prices is expected to boost Samsung Electronics' DRAM business revenue, offsetting the sluggishness in its high bandwidth memory (HBM) business...
Saturday 14 June 2025
China’s chip tool reboot: AMEC backs a “2.5-player” play
In late April 2025, South Korea's ZDNet Korea reported that China is moving ahead with a major overhaul of its domestic semiconductor equipment sector, aiming to consolidate...
Friday 13 June 2025
Samsung foundry sees drop in technical executives amid market pressures
The number of senior technical executives at Samsung Electronics' foundry division has declined sharply over the past two years, raising concerns about the company's long-term competitiveness...
Friday 13 June 2025
Nvidia warns US chip curbs may boost Huawei in global AI race
On June 12, 2025, at VivaTech in Paris, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang issued repeated warnings that tightening US restrictions on AI chip exports to China may backfire, accelerating the...
Friday 13 June 2025
Samsung and Nvidia invest in Skild AI to strengthen robotics ambitions
Samsung Electronics and Nvidia have taken minority equity stakes in US-based robotics software startup Skild AI in a move seen as a strategic push into the rapidly growing consumer...
Friday 13 June 2025
Maxscend shatters RF filter ceiling, fuels China's IC design breakthrough
Maxscend Microelectronics Co. (Maxscend) has secured a breakthrough in radio frequency (RF) filter technology, advancing China's effort to localize critical semiconductor components...
Friday 13 June 2025
Huawei founder: US is a generation ahead—but China will find a way
On the eve of high-level trade talks between the United States and China in London, an unusually candid interview with Zhengfei Ren, founder of Huawei, appeared in the Chinese state-run...
Friday 13 June 2025
XPeng G7 debuts with in-house Turing AI chips, hitting 2200 TOPS
XPeng has unveiled the G7, its first all-new model of 2025—an AI-centric SUV that represents both a technological milestone and a strategic pillar in the company's product roadmap...