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Friday 22 November 2024
China's solar energy market still plagued by price war
It has been almost a month since China's solar industry set a floor price in order to curb cut-throat competition among its members, but some opportunists are taking advantage of...
Wednesday 20 November 2024
Indian antitrust regulator fines Meta for anti-competitive practices
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposed a substantial fine of INR2.13 billion (approx. US$25.3 million) on Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, citing the abuse of its...
Wednesday 20 November 2024
Competition in automotive chips intensifies as Taiwan-based companies target mid-to-high-end market
In recent years, Taiwan-based IC design companies have massively entered the automotive chip sector, seeking growth opportunities beyond consumer electronics. The automotive chip...
Wednesday 20 November 2024
China slashes export tax rebates for solar panels and lithium batteries by 30%
China's Ministry of Finance and State Taxation Administration has announced significant changes to its export tax rebate policy, effective December 1. The new policy eliminates rebates...
Tuesday 19 November 2024
Taiwan Cement accelerates low-carbon push amid regulatory hurdles
Taiwan Cement hosted the Low-Carbon Construction Pioneer Alliance conference on November 18, with Chairman An-ping Chang highlighting the company's global leadership in low-carbon...
Tuesday 19 November 2024
Fierce price war in the PMIC sector begins to ease as inventory stabilizes
Fierce price competition in the power management IC (PMIC) industry, led by companies like Texas Instruments (TI), shows signs of abating. With limited room for further price cuts...
Monday 18 November 2024
Huawei and Xiaomi claim over half of China's AI smartphone market
As AI smartphones reach a critical juncture, major manufacturers are ramping up their hardware and AI application development. Industry watchers expect competition to intensify when...
Thursday 14 November 2024
Chairman of top Chinese OSAT 'JCET' resigns after state-owned company becomes largest shareholder
JCET Group, China's top semiconductor packaging and testing firm, announced on November 13, 2024, that chairman Yonggang Gao, along with directors Peng Jin and Chunsheng Zhang, have...
Wednesday 13 November 2024
PMIC firm GMT steps up non-consumer applications developments
Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), a supplier of power management IC (PMIC), has expanded into non-consumer electronics to avoid competition in mass-market applications.
Friday 8 November 2024
Bolstered by US partnerships, Micron's HBM3E progress outpaces Samsung
The competition in the high bandwidth memory (HBM) market intensifies between South Korea's two major DRAM giants, Samsung Electronics (Samsung) and SK Hynix. Meanwhile, US manufacturer...
Friday 8 November 2024
SMIC reports record revenue, but faces competition with limited gross margin
SMIC, China's largest pure-play semiconductor foundry, recorded US$2 billion in revenue in a single quarter, with its utilization rate surpassing 90%. However, its relatively limited...
Thursday 7 November 2024
Chinese lithium battery makers face domestic price wars amid global expansion hurdles
Despite their dominance of over 60% of the global lithium battery market, Chinese manufacturers are increasingly seeking to expand abroad to escape fierce competition and price wars...
Thursday 7 November 2024
Drone market growth driven by service applications rather than hardware
With heightened US-China tech competition looming ahead of the US presidential election, one outcome seems certain: the rivalry—especially in drones—will only accelerate...
Wednesday 6 November 2024
Mature process fab capacity stays oversupplied; VIS sees price war ease but pressure remains
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) reports that while price competition has diminished, market competition pressure persists due to continued mature process fabrication capacity...
Tuesday 5 November 2024
Southeast Asia's digital economy slows as consumers cut spending
Southeast Asia's internet economy will log its slowest growth on record this year, a group of researchers said, underscoring weakness in consumer demand and a push to show profits...