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Tuesday 23 April 2024
China and Southeast Asia clear winners in Apple supply chain diversification
The latest Apple supplier list shows that the tech giant has grown its global supplier network, especially in Southeast Asian countries
Tuesday 23 April 2024
BYD reportedly not eligible for Indian EV policy
India introduced a policy to lower the tariffs on imported EVs to attract global EV manufacturers to set up manufacturing facilities in the country. Still, despite a growing presence in the global EV market, China-based EV manufacturers may not benefit from India's latest policy
Tuesday 23 April 2024
Beijing auto show to return this week
The Beijing International Automotive Exhibition will return this week following a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with major car vendors and startups all raring to go
Tuesday 23 April 2024
Bickering between EV vendors underscores SiC popularity
The recent bickering between two Chinese Electric Vehicle (EV) vendors has highlighted the growing popularity of SiC power components
Monday 22 April 2024
Tesla's price cuts trigger new round in China EV price war
Tesla Inc.'s weekend move to slash prices across its range in China risks triggering a new round in the nation's bruising price war, with Li Auto Inc. immediately responding with discounts and cash rebates on new models
Monday 22 April 2024
Raimondo says Huawei's chip breakthrough is years behind US tech
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Huawei Technologies Co.'s latest phone shows that China remains behind on cutting-edge chip technology
Monday 22 April 2024
Nvidia to help Japan's AIST build quantum supercomputer
Nvidia announced that Japan's new quantum supercomputer — designed to advance the nation's quantum computing initiative — will be powered by Nvidia platforms for accelerated and quantum computing
Monday 22 April 2024
Samsung's NAND utilization rate reportedly reaches 90%
After the memory market, led by DRAM, began to rebound, NAND Flash has also entered the final stages of its downturn. Customer inventories have been consumed, and with the growth in demand driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), it's reported that Samsung Electronics' NAND utilization rate has increased to nearly 90%
Monday 22 April 2024
Japan's GenAI boost: US$480 million subsidy fuels domestic cloud computing services
Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) unveils a JPY 72.5 billion (US$480 million) subsidy to back Generative AI (GenAI) development by five local firms, including telecom leader KDDI
Monday 22 April 2024
Shinko Electric revises revenue downward amid weak flip chip demand
Japanese IC substrate manufacturer Shinko Electric Industries has announced that due to poor sales of its main product, flip chip packaging substrates, the upcoming fiscal report for the fiscal year 2023 (April 2023 to March 2024) will see a comprehensive downward revision in both revenue and profit. This marks the second downward revision for Shinko Electric
Monday 22 April 2024
Honda will utilize cheaper steel vehicle bodies to counter China-made EVs
Reducing production costs has been a major task for carmakers as a price war persists in the EV market. According to Nikkei, Honda Motor is trying to produce integrated vehicle bodies with cheaper steel through collaboration with Europe-based steel maker ArcelorMittal
Monday 22 April 2024
Will reported Mexican policy change impact BYD and Tesla ambition?
Mexico has reportedly declined to offer incentives to China-based EV players for their sites in the country due to pressure from the US
Monday 22 April 2024
High-NA EUV delay might cost Samsung its edge against Intel
Intel recently completed the assembly of the industry's first High-NA Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment and announced plans to start producing 1nm-level semiconductors as early as 2025
Monday 22 April 2024
China has become an insatiable market for lithography equipment
With ASML recently stating that 20% of their recent orders are held by Chinese customers and nearly half of their revenue comes from China, the future operation trend of the world's largest lithography maker can be said to be deeply tied to China
Monday 22 April 2024
Samsung doubles AP developers, introduces Google's Gemini Nano 2 into Galaxy S25
Samsung has announced plans to double the number of software developers for mobile Application Processors (APs) within the next 2-3 years
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