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Wednesday 18 June 2025
Nvidia to unveil new China-bound downgraded AI chips after H20 export ban
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company will no longer include China in its official forecasts, signaling a pivotal shift in how the US chip giant navigates the intensifying tech...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
China delays Synopsys–Ansys deal amid heightened US tech export curbs
Despite recent consensus between Washington and Beijing on a trade framework agreement in London, escalating US export restrictions on artificial intelligence (AI) chip design tools...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2): Breaking through bottlenecks to achieve equipment self-reliance and strength
Amid the global shift in technology dynamics, China's semiconductor industry stands at a critical strategic turning point. As the 15th Five-Year Plan approaches, semiconductor equipment—being...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
Taiwan imposes new export controls on products sold to Huawei, SMIC, and other Chinese firms

the International Trade Administration (ITA), under Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs, has announced a new export control measure...

Tuesday 17 June 2025
Naver to build AI data center in Morocco with Nvidia, targeting EMEA market

Naver announced plans to build a next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) data center in Morocco in partnership with Nvidia and other...

Tuesday 17 June 2025
Johor–Singapore Economic Zone's grand ambition to transform SEA's tech landscape
Just across the narrow Johor Strait from Singapore lies Malaysia's Johor state, a region that for decades has shared deep economic ties with the city-state. Yet despite their geographic...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
AI ASIC drives expansion in semiconductor test market, intensifying competition among Taiwanese test interface firms
As artificial intelligence (AI) applications extend from the cloud to the edge, the surge in AI application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) is accelerating growth in the semiconductor...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
China joins US in brain implant race with clinical trial
China's first clinical trial of a technology that allows signals from the brain to control an external device has proved successful, making it only the second country after the US...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
AMD takes on Nvidia with six AI acquisitions
In a rapidly evolving AI landscape, AMD's CEO, Lisa Su, has emerged as a formidable challenger to Nvidia's dominance, particularly in the AI hardware sector. Su, having led AMD to...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
Qualcomm eyes cloud AI with Alphawave deal as MediaTek bets on Google
Qualcomm is accelerating its pivot toward the cloud with the acquisition of Alphawave, a company known for its high-speed data transmission solutions. The deal signals Qualcomm's...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
Huawei hits a ceiling? US caps Huawei's 2025 AI chip output at 200,000 units
Huawei Technologies is expected to produce no more than 200,000 Ascend-series AI chips in 2025, according to the US Department of Commerce, highlighting China's advancing chip design...
Monday 16 June 2025
Intelligo leverages AI acoustics to power Switch 2, drive 150% revenue surge in 2025
Taiwan-based Intelligo, an ASIC design firm focused on AI acoustics and voice recognition, expects substantial growth in 2025 driven by three core segments—gaming consoles,...
Monday 16 June 2025
Sony delays image sensor market share target amid customer slowdown and China competition
Sony has pushed back its target to capture a 60% revenue market share in image sensors, originally set for 2025, citing sluggish growth and rising competition. The announcement was...
Monday 16 June 2025
China's 15th Five-Year Plan (1): National-level expert discusses equipment challenges and new opportunities
China is set to launch its 15th Five-Year Plan in 2026. Reviewing the progress of China's semiconductor equipment industry over the past five years and gaining insight into its trajectory...
Monday 16 June 2025
Analog chipmakers defy semiconductor gloom with optimistic outlook

While many chipmakers remain cautious about market conditions heading into 2025—especially those outside the booming cloud AI sector—companies...