CONNECT WITH US
NEWS TAGGED EAST ASIA
Wednesday 2 July 2025
China’s Dongshan Precision moves to buy Taiwan’s Source Photonics, triggering tech security alarms
Leading Chinese electronics manufacturer, Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing, has announced plans to acquire Source Photonics, a Taiwan-based optical communications firm located...
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Samsung lags a year behind TSMC in 1.4nm race, shifts focus to 2nm reset
Samsung Electronics has delayed mass production of its 1.4nm process node to 2029, two years later than its original timeline and trailing TSMC's 2028 target. The shift reflects a...
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Naver unveils Korean AI model that rivals OpenAI's GPT-4.1
South Korean internet giant Naver has launched HyperCLOVA X THINK, a large language model that matches OpenAI's GPT-4.1 performance while excelling in Korean-language tasks, advancing...
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Samsung pitches 12-stack HBM3E to Nvidia after AMD's AI accelerator win
Samsung Electronics is intensifying its push to secure a major HBM3E supply deal with Nvidia, as Device Solutions chief Jun Young-hyun visited Nvidia's Silicon Valley headquarters...
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Production for iPhone 17 OLED begins; Korean display manufacturers cautious with orders due to Trump storm

South Korea's leading display manufacturers have officially begun production of OLED panels for Apple's upcoming iPhone 17, according...

Wednesday 2 July 2025
China-backed IC designer Unisoc kicks off IPO process amid push for profitability
Unisoc (Shanghai) Technologies Co., Ltd. has filed IPO counseling documents with the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), signaling plans to list on the Shanghai STAR Market...
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Huawei bid to dismiss US trade sanctions case rejected by judge
Huawei Technologies Co. must face a criminal trial next year in New York after a federal judge refused a request by the Chinese wireless equipment maker to dismiss more than a dozen...
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Intel exits auto sector as China strategy falters
At the 2025 Shanghai Auto Show, Intel made a high-profile debut in the automotive space, unveiling its second-generation AI-enhanced system-on-chip (SoC) for software-defined vehicles...
Wednesday 2 July 2025
The AI talent arms race: Nvidia, Meta, and Huawei battle for brains
As the AI revolution accelerates, global tech giants are racing to shortcut innovation by acquiring not just technology but the talent behind it. Companies like Nvidia, Meta, Google,...
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Samsung shifts focus to consolidating existing ecosystem, cancels SFF
Samsung Electronics will no longer hold its customary Samsung Foundry Forum (SFF) in 2025, opting instead to host partner-exclusive events, drawing attention from industry observers...
Wednesday 2 July 2025
China's AI chip companies struggle for survival as four key players hold less than 1% market share
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has recently warned multiple times that the Trump administration may further tighten US export controls, inadvertently allowing Chinese domestic AI chips,...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Honda pushes back hydrogen factory plans due to cost crunch
Honda has postponed the launch of its next-generation hydrogen fuel cell factory, pushing back the production timeline with no new start date confirmed. Citing reports from
Tuesday 1 July 2025
UMC floats 6nm ambition as 12nm with Intel inches forward
As China accelerates domestic semiconductor self-sufficiency and backs foundries like SMIC, Taiwan-based United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) faces rising pressure in the mature-node...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
TiSPACE slated to become first foreign company to launch rocket in Japan
TiSPACE, a private-sector Taiwanese rocket manufacturer and launch service provider, is scheduled to launch a suborbital rocket on July 6 at Taiki in Japan's Hokkaido Prefecture,...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
SOCAMM 2: Samsung's silent play to upend AI memory economics
Samsung Electronics is ramping up development of its next-generation SOCAMM memory, which it sees as a potential rival to high-bandwidth memory (HBM) in terms of market opportunity...