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NEWS TAGGED EAST ASIA

Friday 2 May 2025

US$1 trillion AI rush: China's memory boom shakes global chip market

China's rapid expansion of domestic memory chip production is creating market volatility and forcing established players to adjust their strategies amid already challenging geopolitical...

Thursday 1 May 2025

Samsung taps Llama 4 to close semiconductor gap with Hynix, Micron

Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions (DS) division has begun deploying Meta's latest generative AI model, Llama 4, marking a strategic...

Thursday 1 May 2025

China's DRAM surge could upend global memory prices and supply chains, warns Etron

The global memory market is recovering from a downturn, with memory poised to become a key pillar of AI computing. However, Etron Technology Chairman Nicky Lu warned that Chinese...

Thursday 1 May 2025

Huawei reportedly ships 910C AI supercluster, said to outpace Nvidia's NVL72; eyes 910D next

Huawei has reportedly begun shipping its CloudMatrix 384 artificial intelligence (AI) system, powered by 384 Ascend 910C chips. The company claims the setup delivers 67% more computing...

Wednesday 30 April 2025

Smartphone strength cushions Samsung's 1Q25 chip slump

Samsung Electronics reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2025, revealing revenue of KRW79.1 trillion (US$55.4 billion) and an operating profit of KRW6.7 trillion...

Wednesday 30 April 2025

CR Micro semiconductor upcycle soars on SiC, GaN breakthroughs amid strong 2024 results

China Resources Microelectronics Ltd. (CR Micro) reported steady gains in its 2024 annual and 2025 first-quarter results, underscoring resilience in a volatile chip market. Full-year...

Wednesday 30 April 2025

China's GalaxyCore rides high-pixel boom to triple profit, targets AI glasses, automotive vision next

GalaxyCore Inc. reported its 2024 earnings on April 28, posting annual revenue of CNY6.383 billion (approx. US$875 million), a 35.9%...

Wednesday 30 April 2025

Apple's Chinese supplier Luxshare hits US$37 billion milestone, breaks iPhone dependency

Shenzhen-based Luxshare Precision defied global headwinds in 2024, delivering robust earnings that underscored its leadership in precision manufacturing and its growing influence...

Wednesday 30 April 2025

Xi visits Shanghai to personally oversee China's AI strategic development

Amid escalating US-China technology tensions, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a central battleground for both nations. Chinese authorities have intensified their focus on...

Wednesday 30 April 2025

Samsung reportedly exits HBM2E under Chinese price offensive, shifts focus to high-end market

Samsung Electronics is cutting production of mature-node DDR4 memory and reportedly scaling back its third-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM2E) business to focus resources on...

Wednesday 30 April 2025

Korean presidential candidate Jae-Myung Lee vows to build South Korea into top semiconductor nation with special law

Jae-Myung Lee, the presidential candidate from the Democratic Party of Korea and the frontrunner for the next presidency, recently pledged that upon taking office, he will promote...

Wednesday 30 April 2025

China cracks EUV light source barrier, builds new experimental platform

Amid escalating tech restrictions and geopolitical tensions, China has made a breakthrough in semiconductor research. The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese...

Wednesday 30 April 2025

SK Telecom faces mass user exodus and mounting fallout after USIM server hack

SK Telecom (SKT), South Korea's largest telecommunications provider, is grappling with a massive wave of subscriber losses after a recent cyberattack targeting its USIM management...

Wednesday 30 April 2025

Xiaomi's MiMo punches above its weight, eclipses OpenAI and Alibaba in AI tests

Xiaomi has unveiled its first large language model (LLM) focused on reasoning tasks—MiMo-7B—which has outperformed significantly...

Wednesday 30 April 2025

China's EV battery revolution speeds into new phase

As the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) continues to rise across China, long-distance charging remains a key concern for many drivers...

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