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Friday 14 November 2025
Applied Materials faces sharp China retreat in 2026, but AI workloads keep the upgrade cycle alive
Applied Materials reported US$6.8 billion in revenue for the quarter ended October 26 in FY25, a 3% year-over-year decline but still ahead of the US$6.68 billion market forecast....
Friday 14 November 2025
G-Shank sees strong AI-driven growth for stamping parts
G-Shank, a supplier of stamping parts, achieved double-digit revenue growth in the first three quarters of 2025, driven by demand for AI servers and high-performance computing (HPC),...
Friday 14 November 2025
SMIC warns of 2026 memory squeeze: AI demand surges, customers turn cautious
SMIC warns that an emerging memory shortage could disrupt production of cars, smartphones, and consumer electronics as early as 2026. Co-CEO Zhao Haijun said Chinese manufacturers...
Friday 14 November 2025
China's Maxone steps into the global probe-card elite with IPO approval, Huawei support

Maxone Semiconductor (Suzhou) has cleared the Shanghai STAR Market IPO review, a notable milestone in China's effort to end foreign control...

Friday 14 November 2025
SMIC's AI-fueled 3Q rebound sets up a US$9B year despite margin pressure
SMIC posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter results as China's surging AI investment and state-backed chip localisation fuelled earnings. Beijing's push for semiconductor self-sufficiency,...
Friday 14 November 2025
China's supernode boom sends warning to Nvidia

Since Huawei debuted the CloudMatrix 384 (CM384) in mid-2025, China's supernode race has taken centre stage in the global AI infrastructure...

Friday 14 November 2025
Baidu sets a new Kunlun chip trajectory as chair questions the AI boom
Baidu used its World 2025 conference on November 13, 2025, to reset its long-term AI strategy, with founder and chairman Robin Li and EVP Shen Dou detailing how the company plans...
Friday 14 November 2025
China's AI silicon enters the Gulf with SenseTime at the helm
President Donald Trump's mid-May visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, joined by Nvidia's Jensen Huang and AMD's Lisa Su, sparked renewed investment interest across the Middle...
Friday 14 November 2025
HBM's breakneck rise is draining DRAM supply, repricing the smartphone sector
The global AI boom is driving up smartphone and tablet production costs, as memory suppliers divert more capacity toward high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for AI accelerators. Samsung Electronics...
Friday 14 November 2025
China's Moonshot AI claims new model rivals GPT-5 despite GPU shortfall
China's Moonshot AI has launched its Kimi K2 Thinking model, which tops OpenAI's GPT-5 in multiple reasoning and coding tests while delivering lower training costs and full commercial...
Thursday 13 November 2025
BenQ Medical eyes 2026 growth with 3 key product lines, targets China surgical robot market
BenQ Medical Technology, a subsidiary of Qisda Corporation, remained profitable through the first three quarters of 2025. The company's president, Michael Guan, said BenQ Medical...
Thursday 13 November 2025
Beijing steps in? SMIC capacity reallocated to Huawei as China's chip shortage worsens
US export controls on advanced chips are starting to show real impact. People familiar with the matter say China is running short of high-end semiconductors, pushing Beijing to step...
Thursday 13 November 2025
Inside China's EV 'involution': fierce competition, falling prices, and global ripples

China's electric vehicle (EV) sector, once a symbol of the nation's manufacturing ascendancy, is now showing signs of strain. As production...

Thursday 13 November 2025
Huawei's new wave of inventions hints at a rewired future for AI computing
Huawei used its sixth Innovation and Intellectual Property Forum on November 11, 2025, to highlight its growing in-house technology portfolio and its effort to position intellectual...
Thursday 13 November 2025
China's rare earth curbs hinder Hyundai Motor's early development
Hyundai Motor is reportedly grappling with shortages of Chinese-made permanent magnets, a key component in electric and hybrid vehicle motors, as Beijing's export controls on rare...