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Monday 13 October 2025

Weekly news roundup: China pushes DUV breakthroughs, Intel and AMD weigh partnership, Arm CEO reflects on Nvidia's strategic pivot

Below are the top DIGITIMES Asia stories from October 6 to 12, 2025.

Monday 13 October 2025

Geopolitics and protectionism test China's auto dominance in Russia

When global automakers fled Russia in the wake of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Chinese car companies moved in with astonishing...

Monday 13 October 2025

Autopass unveils standardized platform to streamline EV charging in Taiwan

With electric vehicles (EVs) gaining momentum across Taiwan, the demand for charging infrastructure is rising rapidly. Yet payment systems for EV charging remain fragmented and inefficient,...

Monday 13 October 2025

Research insight: How agentic AI is driving the next phase of automotive innovation

As the automotive industry races toward smarter, more autonomous vehicles, a new generation of artificial intelligence (AI) is taking...

Monday 13 October 2025

OpenAI's South Korean partnerships raise questions over spending sustainability

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's recent multibillion-dollar partnerships with Samsung Group and SK Group for the Stargate AI infrastructure project have intensified scrutiny over the company's...

Monday 13 October 2025

India roundup: AI firms accelerate R&D expansion in India

Anthropic and Graphcore plan to tap Indian talents and huge market potential by expanding local presence as Nvidia and OpenAI have shown interest in the country.

Sunday 12 October 2025

Inside Tesla's plan to rewire itself for AI future

Long known for its disruptive innovations in electric vehicles, Tesla is now undergoing a deeper transformation, one that extends far...

Saturday 11 October 2025

Analysis: Larry Ellison overtakes Musk as world's richest man

Larry Ellison, the 81-year-old head of long-standing Silicon Valley tech giant Oracle, has surpassed Elon Musk to become the world's richest person. Ellison transformed the company...

Saturday 11 October 2025

Samsung to join Nvidia supply chain with HBM3E for GB300, shaking up market dynamics

Nvidia has reportedly confirmed it will use Samsung Electronics' fifth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM3E) in its latest AI accelerator, the GB300. Additionally, Samsung plans...

Friday 10 October 2025

How a misread partnership exposed Nissan’s deeper uncertainties

A breakdown in the proposed partnership between Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) and Nissan Motor, regarding the automaker's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, has...

Friday 10 October 2025

SEMICON West 2025: Chip leaders urge policy stability to counter China

At the geopolitics forum of SEMICON West 2025, corporate government affairs executives from Arm Holdings, ASML, Entegris, Intel, and Lam Research all presented policy recommendations...

Friday 10 October 2025

FuriosaAI leads South Korea's physical AI push

As South Korea aims to become a top-three global AI powerhouse, neural processing unit (NPU) startup FuriosaAI envisions AI's ultimate evolution into physical AI. The company believes...

Thursday 9 October 2025

Foxconn walks away from Nissan factory deal amid stalled talks

Struggling with prolonged financial headwinds, Nissan Motor Co. has announced plans to shutter one of its core production sites, the Oppama plant, by March 2028. Talks to sell the...

Thursday 9 October 2025

NSTC gathers global experts to explore future of humanoid robots

Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) will soon host a Smart Robotics Forum, inviting experts from the US, Japan, and Germany to share insights on the latest humanoid...

Thursday 9 October 2025

AI surge drives new era in sealed, corrosion-resistant connector design

The global AI boom is fueling demand for high-performance servers, pushing liquid cooling to the forefront of data center architecture to handle GPU power and density. Research firms...

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