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Tuesday 10 June 2025
SmartSens lands Huawei flagship win as China's CIS upstarts squeeze Samsung
Huawei will debut its flagship Pura 80 series on June 11, 2025, with sales starting June 14. The highlight is the premium Pura 80 Ultra, equipped with a new 1-inch CMOS image sensor...
Monday 9 June 2025
China tightens rare earth curbs on EU, US, Japan auto sectors
China's rare earth export controls are disrupting auto production across Europe, the US, and Japan, with forced shutdowns already rippling through supply chains. Industry sources...
Monday 9 June 2025
Kioxia to double NAND memory production by 2029, next-gen SCM launch set for 2026
Kioxia, Japan's leading NAND flash memory manufacturer, is preparing for an aggressive expansion. The company has announced a bold plan to double its memory production capacity by...
Monday 9 June 2025
Shibaura takeover heats up as Yageo moves closer to Japan's regulatory green light
Taiwan-based Yageo Corporation has refiled its foreign investment application under Japan's Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (FEFTA) as of June 2, in a renewed bid to acquire...
Monday 9 June 2025
Toyota Group takes founding company private in bid for flexible transition
Toyota Motor Corporation is planning to take Toyota Industries Corporation private, through a tender offer (TOB) via its real estate company Toyota Fudosan, and personal funds from...
Monday 9 June 2025
TSMC adjusts global growth plans as Washington ramps up demands

TSMC, under growing pressure from Washington to accelerate its American operations, is reconsidering its global capacity expansion plans...

Monday 9 June 2025
Coincidence? EDA access quietly restored to some Chinese companies following Xi-Trump call
Following a direct high-level phone call between China and the US on the evening of June 5, 2025, Beijing time, subtle shifts have emerged in semiconductor and electronic design automation...
Monday 9 June 2025
China picking up in microLED production, challenging Taiwan's lead

The global race toward microLED mass production is heating up, with both Taiwanese and Chinese manufacturers accelerating efforts to...

Monday 9 June 2025
Ford-CATL battery deal faces US political pushback
Two of China's largest battery makers are discovering that building factories in the United States is proving far more complicated than anticipated, particularly in the current political...
Monday 9 June 2025
Samsung reportedly races to LPDDR6 with 1c DRAM by late 2025 to fend off Chinese rival
Samsung Electronics is accelerating its development of next-generation low-power memory technology, aiming to begin production of LPDDR6 using its advanced 1c DRAM process in the...
Monday 9 June 2025
Samsung union loses nearly 7,000 members amid leadership crisis
Samsung Electronics's largest labor union lost almost 7,000 members in two months following the mass resignation of its executive leadership, potentially disrupting negotiations with...
Monday 9 June 2025
Rare earth reprieve: China grants licenses to US, EU suppliers ahead of high-stakes talks

Beijing has granted a limited number of rare earth export licenses, including to suppliers of the top three US automakers, in a bid to...

Monday 9 June 2025
Chip distributor sees revenue surge despite US export curbs
US restrictions on advanced AI chip exports have hurt two major American semiconductor companies' China performance, but Taiwanese distributor Weikeng Industrial has bucked the trend...
Monday 9 June 2025
China to roll out mandatory ADAS safety standards amid rising NEV concerns
The Chinese government is preparing to introduce compulsory national standards based on the "Intelligent Connected Vehicle Combined Driving Assistance System Safety Requirements,"...
Monday 9 June 2025
Taiwan's Yageo plans to keep Shibaura's AI technology in Japan
Taiwan's Yageo Corp. said it would keep Shibaura Electronics Co.'s most advanced technology in Japan if it successfully acquires the artificial intelligence (AI) sensor maker.