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Wednesday 17 September 2025
South Korea scrambles to match US auto tariff deal granted to Japan
The South Korean government has reportedly decided to embark on urgent negotiations with Washington after the US slashed tariffs on Japanese automobiles, creating a potential pricing...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Tesla co-founder says future of EV depends on charging networks and cost curves
Martin Eberhard, Tesla's co-founder, recently shared his entrepreneurial insights and outlook on the future of electric vehicles (EVs) in South Korea. He emphasized that the key to...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
BYD and AITO to lead China's overseas EV push
The competition in China's new energy vehicle (NEV) industry has reached a fever pitch. While domestic automakers continue to meet surging demand at home, they are now rapidly expanding...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Apple taps BOE for iPhone 17 Pro displays, disrupting Samsung-LG duopoly
Apple has reshaped its display supply chain with the launch of the iPhone 17, adding BOE Technology to the Pro model supplier lineup for the first time. This long-anticipated move...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
SK Hynix leads South Korean companies in operating profit and tax payments in 1H25
In the first half of 2025, SK Hynix recorded the highest operating profit and the largest corporate tax payment among South Korean companies. The surge in demand for high-bandwidth...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Tesla, Valens deals boost Samsung Foundry in 4nm race against TSMC
Samsung Electronics' foundry business is quietly expanding its client roster after securing a landmark US$16.5 billion contract with Tesla in July 2025 to manufacture AI chips. Analysts...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
US Congress targets Huawei's US affiliate, ties with Nvidia under scrutiny amid US-China tech tensions
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has launched an inquiry into Futurewei Technologies, the US-based affiliate of Huawei, highlighting the company's close interactions...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Memory prices surged in 4Q25, defying seasonal trends as AI drives demand
Driven by strong AI demand, memory contract prices for NAND and DRAM rose sharply by an estimated 15-20% in the fourth quarter of 2025, breaking traditional year-end price decline...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Qualcomm dominates physical AI with robot and automotive chips
Robots and self-driving cars are driving the emergence of "physical AI," a new era of on-device processing that's shifting focus away from cloud-based large language models. According...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
China's TI anti-dumping probe likely more symbolic than punitive
China is reportedly probing whether US-made analog chips are being dumped into its market, a move widely seen as targeting Texas Instruments (TI), the dominant US supplier of analog...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
China's Big Fund Phase III opens with Piotech Jianke investment in hybrid bonding technology
Chinese chip equipment maker Piotech said on September 12 its unit Piotech Jianke (Haining) Semiconductor Equipment has kicked off a new funding round at a CNY2.5 billion (approx...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
China opens anti-dumping probe into US chipmakers amid tariff tensions

China's Ministry of Commerce has announced a sweeping anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into certain analog ICs imported from...

Wednesday 17 September 2025
Xiaomi 17 smartphone to launch in September 2025 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Weibing Lu, partner and president of Xiaomi as well as president of the Smartphone Department, announced on September 15, 2025, that the new flagship Xiaomi 17 series will be unveiled...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Taiwan's IC design industry risks losing No.2 spot to China; government unveils '4H' strategy
Taiwan's integrated circuit (IC) design industry ranks second worldwide, trailing only the US. However, in recent years, Taiwan's position has become increasingly precarious due to...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Puya Semiconductor's SkyHigh deal to cement China's indigenous NAND advantage
Puya Semiconductor (Shanghai) announced on September 15, 2025, that it will acquire a controlling stake in Zhuhai Noah Changtian Storage Technology through a cash deal, giving it...