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Wednesday 5 November 2025
Mature semiconductor process price wars ease as foundries report stabilizing ASPs
The semiconductor industry is witnessing a shift in the competitive dynamics of the mature process segment, with the intense price wars that had been predicted to escalate in 2025...
Wednesday 5 November 2025
AI drives memory price spike; Xiaomi braces for cost shock, GigaDevice cashes in
Since early 2025, global memory and storage chip prices have surged past industry expectations. Analysts say booming demand for AI infrastructure and high-performance servers is driving...
Wednesday 5 November 2025
Apple’s MacBooks shine in a dull PC market
Apple's iPhone 16 sales have exceeded expectations for its fourth quarter of 2025 earnings after being initially doubted at its launch. The upcoming lower-priced MacBook will drive...
Wednesday 5 November 2025
China's chipmakers cash in on localization momentum
China's semiconductor sector is entering a structural growth phase in 2025, fueled by persistent demand from artificial intelligence (AI), electric vehicles (EVs), and advanced man...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
iPhone 17 sales exceed expectations to drive strong momentum in China for first quarter of FY26
Just two weeks after its launch, the iPhone 17 has provided strong momentum for Apple's fiscal 2025 fourth quarter, and the trend is expected to continue into the fiscal 2026 first...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Apple enters top five brands in India for the first time as iPhone 17 demand soars; MediaTek retains 46% share in smartphone chipsets
India's smartphone market grew 5% year-over-year in shipments and 18% in value in the third quarter of 2025, reaching its highest-ever quarterly value, according to Counterpoint Research...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Cisco unveils Unified Edge platform to capture AI inference market
Targeting the shift of AI workloads toward distributed computing, Cisco has unveiled its new Unified Edge solution. The platform integrates computing, networking, storage, and security...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
IT panel market slows in 4Q25, makers look to AI PCs for 2026 recovery
As the fourth quarter begins, IT panel demand has entered its usual seasonal lull, with shipments expected to fall from third-quarter levels. Notebook panel prices are forecasted...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
HPC and smart power reshape auto semiconductor market
The global automotive semiconductor market is expected to reach US$78 billion in 2025, according to Mike Cheng, regional president of Avnet Taiwan, one of the world's largest electronic...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Merry Electronics drives growth with headsets, medical products in 3Q25
Acoustics specialist Merry Electronics delivered solid operational results in the third quarter of 2025, with revenue reaching a nearly three-year high for the same period. This reflects...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
China localizes network infrastructure chips; Taiwanese IC design houses turn to the West

China's push for semiconductor self-sufficiency has extended to networking infrastructure, with Taiwanese IC design firms Realtek Semiconductor...

Tuesday 4 November 2025
Global smartphone shipments hit record high in 3Q25 amid new product wave
Despite ongoing challenges from tariffs, inflation, and geopolitical tensions impacting the 3C and consumer sectors, the smartphone industry showed unexpectedly resilient demand in...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Intel veteran takes helm at Hua Hong to drive 'China for China' strategy
Amid intensifying competition in China's foundry sector, Hua Hong Semiconductor announced a leadership overhaul on October 31, 2025, naming 62-year-old Dr. Peng Bai as chairman and...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Global VCs shift focus to AI, quantum, and defense
Global venture capital markets have shown signs of recovery in 2025 despite challenging conditions, including reciprocal tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump and ongoing...
Tuesday 4 November 2025
MediaTek and Realtek see glimmers of growth in a sluggish auto market
While global carmakers and supply chain players remain cautious about automotive market prospects, several Taiwanese chip designers are signaling quiet optimism. Leading international...
Wednesday 23 December 2015
Samsung PRO Plus 128GB microSD cards
Samsung Electronics has unveiled its PRO Plus 128GB microSD card series, which is built with company's MLC NAND flash solution. With the introduction of its new 128GB microSD card, Samsung provides consumers with a memory card solution for capturing heavy-loaded, high-resolution video, photography and multimedia contents for use in today's mobile devices. The PRO Plus 128GB microSD is the newest addition to Samsung's PRO Plus lineup, which was first introduced in 32GB and 64GB versions in May 2015. The 128GB microSD features the highest-quality MLC NAND flash memory and UHS-I Speed Class 3 (U3) and Speed Class 10 support, offering the industry's fastest speeds of up to 95MB/s and 90MB/s for read and write respectively, Samsung said. The new PRO Plus 128GB microSD is meant for use in high-end smartphones and tablets, as well as fulfilling the security, capacity, performance and environment requirements inherent in newly emerging audio and video consumer electronics, specifically action cameras and drones. The new memory card is equipped to handle storing and transferring professional-grade photos and 4K UHD video recording and playback. It can record up to three hours and 50 minutes of 4K UHD video or 16 hours and 20 minutes of Full HD video in action cameras without the need to change or replace the memory card. In addition, the PRO Plus 128GB microSD can store a maximum of 10,940 photos or 30,670 MP3 songs based on Samsung's estimated user settings and configurations. Samsung will now offer the new PRO Plus 128GB microSD memory card in more than 50 countries including China, Europe, Korea, the US and other regions.