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Wednesday 13 August 2025
China to start mass production of domestic HBM3 chips, paving way for Huawei AI integration

China's domestic high-bandwidth memory (HBM) technology has reportedly reached a major milestone, with one of the nation's top DRAM manufacturers...

Wednesday 13 August 2025
Taiwanese IC design houses signal caution on 3Q25 outlook amid weak Chinese consumption and fading pull-in momentum
Taiwan's integrated circuit (IC) design companies have released financial reports and forecasts that signal a cautious outlook for the third quarter of 2025. Tariff-driven pull-ins...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Huawei unveils AI software to boost inference and curb China’s reliance on foreign memory chips

Huawei has launched its Unified Cache Manager (UCM), a software framework designed to speed up inference in large AI models. The company...

Wednesday 13 August 2025
US export levy targeting Nvidia and AMD may expand to other semiconductor firms
The White House confirmed on August 12, 2025, that the Trump administration is still finalizing details around a 15% "export levy" applied to Nvidia and AMD's AI chip sales to China,...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
India approves four chip projects under ISM
India has approved four additional semiconductor projects under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), further strengthening the country's semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. These...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Trump’s 15% Nvidia chip levy hints at new trade game
US President Donald Trump's decision to impose a 15% revenue levy on Nvidia Corporation's downgraded AI chips, such as the H20 model, sold to China, has ignited intense reactions...
Tuesday 12 August 2025
Inside Beijing's quiet campaign to sideline Nvidia's H20 AI chips

China has told domestic companies to steer clear of Nvidia's H20 processors, particularly for government and national security projects,...

Tuesday 12 August 2025
China eyes 2027 BCI breakthrough as it races to build its own chips
China's brain-computer interface (BCI) sector is accelerating, driven by strong state policy support and private-sector advances. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology...
Tuesday 12 August 2025
H20 chip export resumes with 15% revenue remittance condition; industry fears ban is imminent
Despite positive news that Nvidia and AMD's H20 and MI308 chips have received official approval from the US government to resume exports to China, this permission comes with an unprecedented...
Tuesday 12 August 2025
South Korea's DEEPX to supply AI chips for Baidu's drones and robots
South Korean AI semiconductor developer DEEPX has struck a deal to supply chips for Chinese tech giant Baidu, targeting applications in drones and robotics. The partnership will integrate...
Tuesday 12 August 2025
ZillTek looks beyond PCs as automotive and medical sectors gain traction
ZillTek Technology, a digital microphone chipmaker and affiliate of MediaTek, reported lower second quarter 2025 revenue and profit margins on Wednesday, citing the strengthening...
Tuesday 12 August 2025
Samsung DDR4 EOL uncertainty clears, tariffs threaten 2H25 momentum
Contract prices for memory chips have strengthened in the third quarter of 2025, but rumors have swirled surrounding Samsung Electronics slowing down the end-of-life (EOL) for DDR4...
Tuesday 12 August 2025
Could US chip export tariffs be new tool against China?
US President Donald Trump confirmed that Nvidia and AMD will pay 15% of their AI chip sales revenue in China to the US government under a rare deal tied to export licenses. This move...
Tuesday 12 August 2025
Trump floats weakened Blackwell export to China in return for US revenue share
US President Donald Trump signaled on Monday that he'd be open to allowing Nvidia Corp. to sell a scaled-back version of its most advanced AI chip to China.
Tuesday 12 August 2025
Samsung's potential US$50 billion US chip expansion puts pressure on TSMC
Samsung Electronics is reportedly weighing a major expansion of its semiconductor investments in the US, a move that could push total spending to US$50 billion after securing multibillion-dollar...