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Monday 28 July 2025
Weekly News Roundup: MediaTek wins Meta's ASIC orders, Asus revives Xbox hardware, and YMTC plans China-made NAND Line
Below are the top DIGITIMES Asia stories from July 21 to 27, 2025. The top three topics include MediaTek winning Meta's order for 2nm ASIC; Asus, Microsoft revive Xbox hardware with...
Monday 28 July 2025
India roundup: China's rare-earth export curbs hit India's EMS ambition
China's tighter rare earth export controls are disrupting Apple's plan to expand manufacturing in India as Dixon Technologies solidifies its status as the local largest mobile phone...
Monday 28 July 2025
BYD's South Asia play: EV assembly in Pakistan set for 2026 launch
BYD, the world's largest electric vehicle maker, plans to begin assembling electric and plug-in hybrid cars in Pakistan by mid-2026, aiming to capture surging demand across South...
Sunday 27 July 2025
Missed connection with Nvidia haunts Samsung as Lee Jae-yong marks 1000 days of leadership
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong recently marked his 1,000th day in office, a tenure that Korean media describes as filled with challenges and crises. Even though Lee officially...
Saturday 26 July 2025
Southern Taiwan Science Park partners with startups to showcase AI biotech cluster
The 2025 BIO Asia-Taiwan Exhibition has begun, with the Southern Taiwan Science Park Administration (STSPA) collaborating with 12 emerging biotech companies from the park to exhibit...
Friday 25 July 2025
Ezconn hits 12-year revenue high despite FX losses
Global AI momentum and continued US infrastructure development have paved the path for optical communications company EZconn, which has received strong order demand from US clients...
Friday 25 July 2025
Global defense firms flock to Taipei as Taiwan Strait tensions escalate
More than three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, peace remains out of reach—and fears of another flashpoint are growing in the Taiwan Strait. With backing from the US, Taiwan...
Friday 25 July 2025
SK Hynix accelerates investment for 2025 HBM boom as Samsung targets Nvidia certification in third quarter
The surge in demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) driven by AI servers has positioned SK Hynix as the clear leader in the HBM market, with Micron also posting strong operational...
Friday 25 July 2025
Wolfspeed collapse triggers Renesas's first interim loss in 5 years
Renesas Electronics posted a net loss of JPY175.3 billion (approx. US$1.19 billion) in the first half of 2025, swinging from a JPY139.5 billion profit a year earlier. It was the Japanese...
Friday 25 July 2025
Tech giants ramp up AI spending in heated infrastructure race
Alphabet has raised its 2025 capital expenditure to US$85 billion from US$75 billion as technology companies accelerate artificial intelligence infrastructure investments despite...
Friday 25 July 2025
Tesla's price cuts challenge premium brand positioning as EV competition intensifies
Tesla's aggressive price-cutting strategy risks undermining its luxury brand status as the electric vehicle (EV) pioneer prepares to launch affordable models in the second half of...
Friday 25 July 2025
Intel to cut 21,000 jobs, pause Europe fab projects under restructuring drive
Intel will cut around 21,000 jobs by the end of 2025 and suspend wafer fab construction projects in Europe, as part of a sweeping cost-reduction and restructuring effort, according...
Friday 25 July 2025
Auto market instability moves PCB makers toward AI servers & LEO satellites
As global carmakers transition from gas vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs), Taiwanese automotive PCB suppliers report that end-user demand has entered a cooling-off period. Forecasts...
Friday 25 July 2025
Chromebook sales rebound: Google targets 19.5M units shipped in 2025
Since the pandemic-driven surge ended in mid-2022, Chromebook shipments have steadily declined. According to notebook supply chain sources, Chromebook shipments fell to 17.5 million...
Friday 25 July 2025
Formosat-8 set for October SpaceX launch after completing full functional testing
On July 24, 2025, Taiwan's first domestically developed optical remote sensing satellite constellation, Formosat-8 (FS-8A), completed full functionality testing following a series...