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Tuesday 29 July 2025
China's PCB industry hit hard by continued bankruptcy wave
China's PCB upstream and downstream supply chain has seen massive expansion supported by government policies in recent years. However, the subsequent industry downturn has led to...
Tuesday 29 July 2025
China fills PFAS-based coolant supply gap in South Korea's chip sector after 3M exit
Chinese chemical makers are rapidly entering South Korea's semiconductor coolant supply chain following 3M's planned exit from the business. Firms like Juhua, ChemPacific, and Noah...
Monday 28 July 2025
Geoffrey Hinton’s first China visit: Can AI grow up without turning on us?
The 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) was held in Shanghai from July 26 to July 29, 2025. Geoffrey Hinton, the 78-year-old AI pioneer, who won both the 2018 Turing...
Monday 28 July 2025
Endless tariff negotiations make August 1 deadline unlikely
US President Donald Trump, leveraging the vast domestic consumer market, has used tariffs as a powerful tool to steer global economic and trade dynamics. He has successfully opened...
Monday 28 July 2025
Huawei's shadow fab (3): key 'mature process' piece on the US radar
While global attention focuses on the arms race in advanced semiconductor processes below 7nm, China is quietly setting up a formidable strategy in another area considered a "non-strategic...
Monday 28 July 2025
Trump tariffs leave costly China supply question unanswered
President Donald Trump's recent flurry of trade deals have given Asian exporters some clarity on tariffs, but missing are key details on how to avoid punitive rates that target China's...
Monday 28 July 2025
Chinese EMS providers pivot to smart glasses and robots as AI server boom bypasses them
While Taiwanese EMS firms aggressively capitalize on booming AI server demand, their Chinese counterparts are exploring alternative growth engines amid continued weakness in the consumer...
Monday 28 July 2025
Huawei debuts Nvidia's supernode rival at WAIC 2025 as local firms display advanced intelligent computing solutions
The 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) opened on July 26 at the Shanghai Expo Center, highlighting the latest advancements in intelligent computing. Among the many...
Monday 28 July 2025
Humanoid robotics, 2025 - Market trends, critical components & strategic shifts
Global demand for robots has been driven by multiple factors, including labor shortages and rising costs, the advancement of Industry 4.0, and the integration of AI technologies....
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
Samsung's marketing of 'non-self-emissive MicroLED' sparks confusion over flagship TVs
To secure its market leadership, Samsung Electronics has positioned MicroLED technology as the exclusive feature for its flagship models. However, Samsung reportedly plans to market...
Monday 28 July 2025
Dixon Technologies gets Indian nod for JV with China-based Longcheer's unit
Dixon Technologies has received approval from India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) to set up a joint venture with Longcheer Intelligence. The clearance...
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...
Saturday 26 July 2025
In China's EV war, Huawei quietly takes the wheel

When Jensen Huang, the CEO of global tech titan Nvidia, publicly praised Huawei as a "formidable competitor" and acknowledged its strengths...

Friday 25 July 2025
Nvidia's flagship chips pour into China via gray channels: US$1B smuggled in 3 months
Despite stricter AI chip export controls under the Trump administration, over US$1 billion worth of Nvidia's high-end GPUs have reportedly entered China through black-market channels...