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Tuesday 24 October 2023
New Chinese EV policies expected to boost local demand for next several years, says DIGITIMES Research
The Chinese government announced two critical electric vehicle (EV) industry policies in June 2023. One is a tax exemption and reduction package for EV purchases nationwide, and the...
Tuesday 24 October 2023
How to interpret China's investigations into Foxconn?
The Chinese state-owned media Global Times reported recently, citing sources, that the Chinese tax authorities have conducted audits of Foxconn Group in Guangdong and Jiangsu,...
Tuesday 24 October 2023
Chinese MCU firms eye domestic market opportunities with new product offerings
In the past, price wars had plagued the MCU market, with Chinese companies fiercely competing to capture market share, often through aggressive price cutting. Recently, there have...
Tuesday 24 October 2023
Huawei takes first step in smartphone OS autonomy, followed by Xiaomi and Vivo
Huawei has successfully stimulated the long-slumping consumer electronics market. Besides securing the top spot in Chinese market smartphone sales in September, its self-developed...
Tuesday 24 October 2023
US sanctions boot Nvidia from China will give Huawei a leg up
The tightening of US chip sanctions has sent shockwaves through the high-end AI GPU export market, potentially resulting in short-term supply shortages and cost increases for China's...
Tuesday 24 October 2023
China homegrown AI chip development proceeding despite US ban
The Chinese chipmaking industry continues to make strides in the domestic development of artificial intelligence (AI) processors despite stricter US bans. Prominent Chinese corporations...
Tuesday 24 October 2023
Yangtze Memory develops 120-layer NAND flash, sources say
Yangtze Memory has developed 120-layer NAND flash memory as a "secret weapon" to circumvent US restrictions on the sales of 3D NAND with 128 layers or more to China, according to...
Monday 23 October 2023
AMD China's workforce reduction targets GPU department
The updated chip export control policy by the Biden Administration was unveiled less than a week ago. Recent reports in Chinese media suggest that AMD is preparing for layoffs in...
Monday 23 October 2023
Ichia to see over 70% of 2023 revenue come from automotive sector
Ichia Technologies, a provider of mechanism integration components and flexible PCBs (FPCB), anticipates that automotive product sales will account for more than 70% of its total...
Monday 23 October 2023
Could new US ban sever underground resale trade for DUV machines in China?
In its latest semiconductor-related trade curbs against China, the US government didn't impose specific sanctions associated with 7nm mobile SoC manufactured by SMIC for Huawei and...
Monday 23 October 2023
6-inch SiC wafer shortage set to reverse in 2024; no longer exclusive to Western IDMs
So far, the compound semiconductor silicon carbide (SiC) has been dominated by European and US integrated device manufacturers (IDMs). The IDM model is considered the niche to develop...
Monday 23 October 2023
Foxconn under tax probe in China amid FDI inflow slows
Days after Apple CEO's visit to China, Foxconn has come under tax probes by the Chinese authorities.
Monday 23 October 2023
How China's media interpret the ban on Nvidia's RTX 4090
Following the updated US semiconductor export ban issued on October 17, rumors of the Nvidia flagship consumer graphics card RTX 4090 being banned in China led to a sudden threefold...
Monday 23 October 2023
More than half of the world's SiC wafers might come from China in 2024
In 2023, China's compound semiconductor industry achieved a historic breakthrough. In the field of silicon carbide (SiC) crystal growth, the country especially received recognition...
Monday 23 October 2023
US chip ban on China believed to see diminishing marginal effects
The tightened chip trade ban newly imposed by the US has cast a substantial shadow over major Chinese AI chip makers, potentially blocking their access to advanced chip manufacturing...