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Monday 4 August 2025
Innolux edges past HKC in global LCD TV panel race, 1H25 shipments reshuffle rankings
Early panel procurement, fueled by US tariffs and China's "trade-in" incentives, drove up global LCD TV panel shipments and total shipment area in the first half of 2025. Taiwan's...
Monday 4 August 2025
ASMPT emerges as advanced packaging's next kingmaker amid AI chip boom
Singapore-based ASMPT, founded in Hong Kong in 1975, has grown from a regional distributor into one of the world's most influential semiconductor equipment makers. With AI and hyperscale...
Sunday 3 August 2025
Ex-Cambricon chip architect takes major step at new venture with major angel backing

Former Cambricon Technologies CTO Liang Jun has taken a significant leap with his new venture. On July 30, Shanghai Fangqing Technology...

Sunday 3 August 2025
The subscription car: Industry's next revenue frontier faces consumer revolt
The automobile is undergoing its most dramatic transformation since the assembly line. What was once a purely mechanical machine is rapidly evolving into a complex software-driven...
Sunday 3 August 2025
In China, the cars of the future come with monthly fees and friction
As automakers in Europe, the US, and China race toward smarter, software-defined vehicles, a new controversy is emerging across markets: the rise of in-car subscription fees. Nowhere...
Saturday 2 August 2025
Samsung Display loses foldable OLED top spot to BOE; 1Q25 revenue rises 2% on non-phone demand
Global overall OLED panel revenue saw modest year-over-year growth in the first quarter of 2025, buoyed by rising demand across emerging segments such as augmented reality glasses,...
Friday 1 August 2025
BYD surpasses 1M BEV sales in 1H25, extends lead over Tesla in global and European markets
BYD has taken a commanding lead over Tesla in the global battery electric vehicle (BEV) market, reporting over 1.02 million units sold in the first half of 2025 — more than...
Friday 1 August 2025
Huawei's shadow fab (4): China's homegrown 'twin' exposure tool challengers
As the global semiconductor arms race intensifies, China's homegrown players are racing to localize critical chipmaking tools. One standout is Shanghai Yuliangsheng Technology Co.,...
Friday 1 August 2025
SKT to play key role in South Korea's sovereign AI
SK Telecom (SKT) has recently released several AI models in 2025, as it seeks to earn a place in the South Korean government project for developing the country's sovereign AI.
Friday 1 August 2025
US sanctions stall CXMT's DRAM expansion, giving Samsung and SK Hynix breathing room
ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China's leading DRAM manufacturer, is under renewed pressure as the US escalates export controls on advanced chipmaking equipment. The tightened...
Friday 1 August 2025
Trump's tariff war reshapes China's IC trade in 1H25
Large-scale US tariffs launched in the second quarter of 2025 aimed to curb China's technological advancement through stricter import restrictions on high-tech and advanced manufacturing...
Friday 1 August 2025
Exclusive: Why Beijing's choice to target one battery tech and spares another is a strategic gamble?
China's government has recently imposed a series of export and overseas technology-transfer restrictions targeting lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode materials. Notably absent from...
Friday 1 August 2025
Kyushu Electric Power partners with ProLogium to develop advanced solid-state lithium battery modules
Japanese utility firm Kyushu Electric Power has entered a strategic partnership with Taiwan-based ProLogium to jointly develop superfluid inorganic all-solid-state lithium battery...
Friday 1 August 2025
China's auto sector spirals into chaos, component makers in despair
China's auto and parts industries have historically been entangled in cutthroat price wars. Even with Chinese authorities repeatedly calling for an end to the involution, no improvement...
Friday 1 August 2025
Apple sees growth in China, accelerates AI investments amid strong 3QFY25 performance
During Apple's third-quarter fiscal year 2025 earnings call, CEO Tim Cook highlighted renewed momentum in Greater China, where revenue rose 4% quarter-over-quarter. This improvement...