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Friday 16 May 2025
Microsoft shifts focus to Asia-Pacific amid massive job cuts
Microsoft is reportedly laying off around 6,000 employees, or about 3% of its global workforce, with most of the cuts concentrated in the US. The tech giant has also made organizational...
Friday 16 May 2025
Applied Materials looks beyond China, leans into AI and memory
Applied Materials sees 2Q25 strength amid China spending slowdown and rising competition from SiCarrier
Thursday 15 May 2025
China's fallen chip czar and the bullet Taiwan dodged
Zhao Weiguo, the former chairman of China's Tsinghua Unigroup and once a high-profile figure in China's semiconductor ambitions, was sentenced on May 14, 2025, to death with a two-year...
Thursday 15 May 2025
Current status of China's lithography equipment development: DUV
In the US-China trade war, the focus of US pressure has been on curbing the development of China's high-tech sectors—especially semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI),...
Thursday 15 May 2025
Huawei's quiet IDM ambition: 11 shadow fabs across China under the spotlight
Huawei is now believed to operate at least 11 semiconductor fabrication plants across China, covering memory, logic, and foundry segments—underscoring its strategic shift toward...
Thursday 15 May 2025
China surges in OLED push after LCD triumph, as Samsung, LG escalate tech rivalry
China, having solidified its dominance in the LCD panel market, is now intensifying its push into organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology. A government-driven "trade-in" program...
Thursday 15 May 2025
Trump reciprocal tariff impact on global industries

US President Donald Trump's implementation of reciprocal tariffs marked a significant shift in global trade dynamics. Designed to counter...

Thursday 15 May 2025
US-China tariff truce eases PC component price hikes
In a notable breakthrough for global trade, senior officials from the US and China convened in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss a preliminary trade deal. Both nations have agreed to...
Thursday 15 May 2025
Huawei cornered in Middle East: Trump, Nvidia redraw AI frontlines
The US-China tech conflict is intensifying even as leaders project a veneer of diplomacy. During trade talks in Geneva, President Donald Trump said the US was "not looking to hurt...
Thursday 15 May 2025
SMIC and Hua Hong reportedly seek more orders from US IC design firms amid China foundry competition
Chinese foundries SMIC and Hua Hong Semiconductor are reportedly stepping up efforts to expand their American presence, not by building fabs there, but by securing orders from US-based...
Thursday 15 May 2025
China's IC innovation forum reports 94% mass production rate among 118 showcased chips
VeriSilicon Holdings Co. launched the 15th Songshan Lake China IC Innovation Summit Forum on May 13, 2025, in Dongguan's Songshan Lake district. This year's forum highlights 10 domestically...
Wednesday 14 May 2025
China clears rare earth exports for 5 firms in strategic nod to Europe, Vietnam
China has granted rare earth export permits to domestic magnet manufacturers for the first time since introducing sweeping restrictions in April 2025, in a move reflecting a calibrated...
Wednesday 14 May 2025
From flagship to family car: SiC drives China's EV boom amid intense price wars
Although the 2025 Shanghai International Auto Show has concluded, its ripple effects continue to shape the automotive landscape. Bolstered by the Chinese government's early implementation...
Wednesday 14 May 2025
Chinese panel makers scale back LCD production as tariffs bite
Chinese panel manufacturers BOE Technology and TCL China Star Optoelectronics (TCL CSOT) have reportedly begun scaling back their LCD panel production in response to the tariff policies...
Wednesday 14 May 2025
Huawei-tied SiCarrier guns for US$2.8 billion funding as China advances chip tool self-sufficiency
SiCarrier, a Chinese semiconductor equipment startup backed by the Shenzhen municipal government, is seeking to raise US$2.8 billion in its first funding round, targeting a valuation...