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Wednesday 3 December 2025
AI companion toys break out in China after Huawei's sell-out launch

AI-driven emotional-companion toys are becoming a new growth driver for the consumer electronics sector as advances in AI accelerate.

Wednesday 3 December 2025
OpenAI declares 'code red': tests ad formats as Google gains ground
OpenAI has declared a "code red" status, concentrating efforts on improving ChatGPT and delaying other initiatives such as advertising, according to Reuters, citing
Wednesday 3 December 2025
China's AI glasses market splits in two as ultra-low-cost models flood in
AI glasses have become a new competitive front for global tech giants. Since 2025, China's smart-glasses sector has accelerated into what analysts describe as a "hundred-model race,"...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Supply chain strains mount as Europe's carmakers lag in electrification and software
The global wave of automotive electronics and electrification was supposed to be Europe's biggest opportunity for reinvention in a century. Instead, sluggish transformation and geopolitical...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Samsung sixth-gen HBM reportedly cleared for production readiness, targets Nvidia supply chain
Samsung Electronics has reportedly completed the Production Readiness Approval (PRA) for its sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM), officially entering the production preparation...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
South Korea receives first 13,000 Nvidia GPUs under Jensen Huang's AI infrastructure pledge
Following Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's commitment to supply 260,000 GPUs to South Korea, the government has received its first shipment of approximately 13,000 units, including the latest...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Trio of Chinese humanoid-robot giants seize majority of 2025 contracts
China's humanoid robotics sector remains some way from mass deployment, but commercialization is accelerating in 2025, with Ubtech, Unitree Robotics , and AgiBot securing 60% of disclosed...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
China props up global EV market as growth slows
As global demand for electric vehicles cools, suppliers across the EV supply chain are shifting toward hybrid and plug-in hybrid models to maintain steady growth. Yet despite intensifying...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
AI pivot opens fresh opportunities across the global supply chain, says DIGITIMES president
The DIGITIMES Tech Forum commences on December 3, drawing over 1,500 participants from the technology sector. The hybrid event spotlighted the industry's focus on global supply chain...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Marvell to acquire Celestial AI to accelerate shift toward optical interconnects for AI data centers
Marvell's planned acquisition of Celestial AI signals a major shift toward all-optical interconnects in AI data centers, with the company positioning itself to capture a rapidly expanding...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
AWS plays both sides as Trainium 4 leans into NVLink
In a bid to maintain its dominance in cloud computing and challenge Nvidia's chokehold on the artificial intelligence (AI) chip market, Amazon Web Services (AWS) used its annual re:Invent...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Marvell reports strong third-quarter growth driven by data center demand
Marvell Technology reported strong third-quarter results driven by accelerating demand for AI data center products, with revenue, profit, and key business segments posting sharp year-over-year...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
North American EMS providers see growth from AI data-center boom
North American electronics manufacturing services (EMS) and original design manufacturing (ODM) providers are seeing sustained, broad-based growth as accelerating investment in AI...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
3Q25 Global ODM/EMS rankings: AI continues to drive revenue growth
In December 2025, DIGITIMES tracked global EMS/ODM companies and compiled the rankings of the top 20 companies for the third quarter of 2025. Generative AI has driven a paradigm shift...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
ZDT, Topoint forge drilling alliance for AI server and IC substrate PCBs
Zhen Ding Technology (ZDT) has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with drill-bit supplier Topoint Technology, creating a partnership centred on high-end PCB precision drilling,...