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Tuesday 19 August 2025

SK Hynix signals slowing demand for TCB equipment, putting Hanmi at risk

The market for thermo-compression bonders, or TCB, has surged on the back of booming demand for AI. But signals out of South Korea now show signs of a slowdown. New orders in the...

Tuesday 19 August 2025

Countries step up anti-dumping measures against Chinese imports amid origin washing concerns

Countries are actively enforcing anti-dumping measures against Chinese imports amid concerns over "origin washing," a practice that involves rerouting products through third countries...

Monday 18 August 2025

China smartphone market, 2Q 2025

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Monday 18 August 2025

Advent International acquires Swiss positioning chipmaker U-blox, expanding European footprint

Advent International has acquired Swiss positioning chip company U-blox in a deal valued at CHF1.05 billion (approx. US$1.86 billion). On August 18, 2025, U-blox announced that ZI...

Monday 18 August 2025

Qisda-backed Diva Labs rolls out new display tech for hospitals and industrial control

Diva Laboratories, a medical display unit of Taiwan's Qisda Corp., is expanding with three growth drivers: the world's first 55- and 65-inch optical bonding (OB) LCDs for operating...

Monday 18 August 2025

Beijing reportedly pushes local chip usage as H20 sales resume in China

As Nvidia's H20 artificial intelligence (AI) chips become a focal point in US-China tech competition, Beijing is taking a cautious and increasingly assertive approach toward their...

Monday 18 August 2025

Empyrean Technology's revenue climbs, but profit plunges 92% in EDA spending squeeze

Empyrean Technology Co., one of China's leading EDA software developers, posted first-half 2025 revenue of CNY502 million (approx. US$70...

Monday 18 August 2025

AI agents boost operational efficiency as Appier reports record revenue and gross profit

Tokyo-listed Appier reported record revenue of JPY10.3 billion (US$98.3 million) for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025, marking its fastest growth in nearly two years. The company...

Monday 18 August 2025

Strong demand for advanced nodes drives Topco's 1H25 revenue growth

Topco Scientific (TSC) stated during an earnings call on August 14, 2025, that current semiconductor market conditions are on par with the first quarter of 2025, adding that advanced...

Monday 18 August 2025

Huawei tests China's first HBM3 as CXMT accelerates expansion to counter supply squeeze

China's push for self-reliance in artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors is running into fresh obstacles as Washington tightens controls on advanced memory. In response, ChangXin...

Monday 18 August 2025

Weekly news roundup: Apple's US$599 MacBook, China's HBM3 breakthrough, and TSMC 2nm leak update

Below are the top DIGITIMES Asia stories from August 11 to 17, 2025. Leading the headlines: Apple is preparing to launch a US$599 MacBook, with mass production of key components expected...

Monday 18 August 2025

SK Hynix labor dispute delays Nvidia HBM supply talks

A proposed bonus exceeding KRW100 million (US$72,000) per employee threatens to spark SK Hynix's first full-scale strike, with stalled high-bandwidth memory (HBM) supply talks heightening...

Monday 18 August 2025

Samsung DRAM market share sinks to decade low, consumer electronics cushion the blow

Samsung Electronics' global DRAM market share slipped to 32.7% in the first half of 2025, down 8.8% from 41.5% a year earlier, according to its August 14 semiannual earnings report,...

Monday 18 August 2025

Tariff standoff, soft demand threaten to undercut Taiwan’s auto supply chain

In Taiwan, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) form the backbone of the domestic auto supply chain—supplying everything from...

Monday 18 August 2025

China commands 60% of global AI patents, races to close US gap in computing power

China is entering the second half of 2025 by reviewing its "14th Five-Year Plan" technology milestones and mapping priorities for the upcoming "15th Five-Year Plan." Liu Liehong,...

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