As the European Union imposes steep anti-subsidy tariffs on Chinese-made battery electric vehicles (BEVs), a new mode of cross-border cooperation is quietly reshaping the continent's automotive landscape

Despite rising labor costs and challenges from a declining birthrate and aging society, South Korea's robotics market has failed to meet high demand expectations. Many robotics companies are facing revenue declines and increasing losses in the first half of 2025. According to South Korean startup BigWave Robotics, the robot as a service (RaaS) business model will be the solution to address insufficient robot demand and navigate the emerging humanoid robot era

As the world races ahead with cutting-edge advances in artificial intelligence, the automotive sector faces a quieter but potentially disruptive challenge: the slow, steady disappearance of legacy semiconductor manufacturing

Arm has opened a new chip design center in Bengaluru focused on advanced 2nm chips. Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw called it a milestone for India's semiconductor goals, making Arm the second company after Renesas to reach this level domestically

Advanced packaging has emerged as the centerpiece of semiconductor innovation, with industry attention now focused on what will replace the dominant chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) process. Many suppliers see chip-on-panel-on-substrate (CoPoS) —a panel-level packaging method that converts round wafers into square panels— as the frontrunner for near-term adoption

China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) announced on September 15, 2025, that Nvidia had breached Chinese antitrust law and conditions imposed when Beijing cleared its 2020 acquisition of Mellanox. The watchdog decided to open a deeper antitrust investigation

Vietnamese technology giant FPT Corporation is intensifying its push into the semiconductor industry with plans to establish a new backend semiconductor manufacturing facility in the central city of Đà Nẵng

Tencent said this week it has integrated AI chips from Chinese suppliers and plans to scale up its use in cloud-based AI services. Alongside Alibaba and Baidu, which have already adopted domestic or in-house processors, the 'BAT' tech giants are accelerating a pivot away from Nvidia's dominance in advanced computing

A pair of major technology expositions in China has concluded, offering a look into the country's tech supply chain, which is navigating US trade tensions with a firm commitment to self-reliance. The China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) and the SEMI-e Shenzhen International Semiconductor Exhibition underscored both the ambition and inherent challenges facing the industry

Baidu, one of China's leading internet companies, has cultivated its in-house Kunlun chip for years and recently secured a significant contract with China Mobile, marking the first step in its commercialization process of supplying external customers

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has stepped back into the spotlight, reclaiming a central role in the company's strategy after years of relative absence since his 2019 exit as chairman. Multiple reports suggest Ma is once again actively steering key decisions, with a sharpened focus on artificial intelligence and Alibaba Cloud — areas critical to the company's long-term competitiveness

Nissan Motor held a media briefing on September 17 to outline its plans to reduce variable costs in vehicle production, aiming to cut JPY250 billion (approx. US$1.7 billion) by fiscal 2026 (April 2026-March 2027) compared with fiscal 2024. The company plans to achieve these savings through wider adoption of Chinese-made components and a review of logistics operations, according to reports by Nikkei and Reuters

The Taiwan Expo in the Philippines opened on September 17, 2025 in Manila after a six-year hiatus. James Huang, chairman of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), noted that Taiwan's return to the Philippines comes amid drastically changed international supply chains and geopolitical dynamics. Both the Philippine government and business sectors now have stronger trust in the technological solutions Taiwan offers

Amid uncertainties posed by major powers such as the US and China, Japan and Europe are strengthening their ties. The scope of Japan-EU cooperation could potentially expand to include the development of rare earth resources in Greenland