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Monday 19 May 2025
China's AI appliance chaos: DeepSeek boxes flood market as prices swing 100x between full and distilled models
Since its viral breakout in February, DeepSeek has triggered a rush for all-in-one AI appliances across China's enterprise and government markets. But the boom has also unleashed a...
Monday 19 May 2025
South Korea intercepts SK Hynix HBM China-bound tech leak
South Korean authorities arrested a former subcontractor employee at Incheon International Airport for allegedly attempting to smuggle SK Hynix's proprietary high-bandwidth memory...
Monday 19 May 2025
Substrate makers' China exit stalls as SEA relocation falls short
Amid the renewed US-China trade tensions and fierce price competition from Chinese peers, the industry trend of "China Minus One" has resurfaced, spreading from outsourced semiconductor...
Monday 19 May 2025
AI, EV boom thrusts advanced packaging to forefront of China's chip strategy
China's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) industry is gaining momentum, driven by surging demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and electric vehicles (EVs). As the...
Monday 19 May 2025
Weekly news roundup: China sharpens its chip game, Samsung lands wins, TSMC widens global footprint
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of May 12 – May 18. From China's push in DUV lithography and Samsung's resurgence in foundry orders to TSMC's...
Monday 19 May 2025
Egis makes initial strides in South Korea as InPsytech joins SAFE
InPsytech, a leading provider of high-performance semiconductor intellectual property (IP) solutions under Egis, has been selected to join the Samsung Advanced Foundry Ecosystem (SAFE)...
Monday 19 May 2025
AI windfall lifts Kioxia to record highs, but NAND headwinds loom into 2025
Japanese NAND flash memory maker Kioxia reported a sharp earnings rebound for fiscal 2024 (April 2024 to March 2025), recording a net profit of JPY272.3 billion (approx. USD 1.9 billion)...
Friday 16 May 2025
DDR4 market set for price war between Chinese and Taiwanese manufacturers after Samsung and SK Hynix exit
According to New Daily, citing semiconductor industry sources, the DRAM giants Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron plan to exit the DDR4 market by the first half of...
Friday 16 May 2025
China's tech giants join forces to accelerate humanoid robotics push
With 2025 being hailed as the inaugural year of the humanoid robot, China's internet giants—Tencent, Baidu, and Alibaba—are accelerating their efforts to secure early dominance...
Friday 16 May 2025
Huawei builds humanoid robot empire with Hubble-backed AI and chip offensive
As interest in humanoid robots surges, Huawei is expanding beyond technology development by deploying capital through its tech investment arm, Shanezen Hubble Technology Investment...
Friday 16 May 2025
China escalates crackdown on rare earth smuggling amid trade truce with US
The Chinese government has escalated its enforcement measures against the smuggling of rare earth metals, intensifying export controls on strategic materials. This crackdown is putting...
Friday 16 May 2025
Alibaba leans into AI, cloud as commerce growth falters in FY4Q25
Alibaba's fourth-quarter results for fiscal 2025 missed market expectations, sending shares down 7.5% in premarket trading. Revenue rose 7% year over year to CNY236.5 billion (US$32.8...
Friday 16 May 2025
Trump's Qatar Boeing deal boosts Taiwan suppliers as China ban lifts
Boeing landed its largest-ever single order as Qatar Airways agreed to purchase 210 wide-body aircraft during US President Donald Trump's recent Middle East visit. The deal, announced...
Friday 16 May 2025
Microsoft shifts focus to Asia-Pacific amid massive job cuts
Microsoft is reportedly laying off around 6,000 employees, or about 3% of its global workforce, with most of the cuts concentrated in the US. The tech giant has also made organizational...
Friday 16 May 2025
Applied Materials looks beyond China, leans into AI and memory
Applied Materials sees 2Q25 strength amid China spending slowdown and rising competition from SiCarrier