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Wednesday 1 October 2025
Kioxia and SanDisk launch new Japan facility amid rising AI demand for advanced memory chips
Kioxia and its long-time partner SanDisk announced on September 30 that their new chip factory in northern Japan has officially begun operations, a strategic move to meet the surging...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Nvidia falters in China; Huawei moves to fill AI chip vacuum
Huawei is set to expand Ascend AI chip output, seizing on Nvidia's shrinking position in China as US export curbs and Beijing's security mandates squeeze the American company's market...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
Richard Yu to lead Huawei's Investment Review Board in strategic AI pivot

Huawei is doubling down on its artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions. On September 29, company founder Ren Zhengfei personally signed...

Tuesday 30 September 2025
Lei Jun’s ten-year bet: Why Xiaomi chose hard road to chip independence

On the evening of September 25, Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun took the stage for his sixth annual keynote, titled simply: "Change."...

Tuesday 30 September 2025
China's Zhaoxin breaks into healthcare: 6,000+ hospital PCs run x86 chips against Intel, AMD

Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor has scored a breakthrough in China's healthcare sector. On September 23, the x86 chipmaker announced that...

Tuesday 30 September 2025
South Korea's Rebellions raises US$250M from Arm and Samsung, valued at US$1.4B
South Korean AI semiconductor startup Rebellions has raised US$250 million in a Series C round, backed by Arm Holdings Plc, Samsung Ventures, and Pegatron's VC arm, accelerating its...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
Non-China supply chain pushes 12-inch SiC into advanced packaging, but China stands to gain
The surge in AI chips fueling CoWoS packaging demand has put silicon carbide (SiC), a third-generation semiconductor, on the verge of entering this high-value arena. The shift is...
Saturday 27 September 2025
When LLMs outgrow the chip: Huawei's P/D separation redefines design choices
At Huawei Connect 2025, Huawei rolled out its Ascend 950, 960, and 970 AI chips with a three-year roadmap, headlined by the Ascend 950's new "P/D separation" design. The architecture...
Friday 26 September 2025
Xiaomi to invest US$7b in chip R&D over 10 years
Xiaomi founder Lei Jun said in his September 25 keynote livestream that the company will invest at least CNY50 billion (US$7.01 billion) over the next decade in self-developed chips,...
Friday 26 September 2025
Apple, Qualcomm, and MediaTek pivot toward AI accelerators as 3nm era closes

The 2025 generation of flagship smartphone chips will mark the final run for 3nm processors — closing a chapter in semiconductor...

Friday 26 September 2025
YMTC joins DRAM arena to ease China's AI memory crunch
China's growing demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) is reshaping its chip sector. Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC), long centered on NAND flash, is planning to expand into...
Friday 26 September 2025
Commentary: Huawei's EV blitz tests Xiaomi's viability
On September 24, Xiaomi founder Lei Jun confessed on Weibo that launching both cars and chips at once was like "supporting two children through college." The pressure, he said, was...
Thursday 25 September 2025
TSMC and EDA partners use AI to boost chip design energy efficiency tenfold
TSMC and its partners have leveraged artificial intelligence (AI) software to enhance the energy efficiency of AI computing chips by roughly ten times. The company presented its latest...
Thursday 25 September 2025
Qualcomm CEO outlines six key points on realizing the edge AI ecosystem beyond chips
At Qualcomm's 2025 Snapdragon Summit marking its tenth anniversary, CEO Cristiano Amon highlighted in his opening keynote that this is a pivotal moment for Snapdragon to enter a new...
Thursday 25 September 2025
Alibaba stakes out AI chip ecosystem, setting up a clash with Huawei
Alibaba is steadily building a vertically integrated chip ecosystem that spans cloud computing, AI chip design, and advanced packaging. People's Daily recently revealed a...