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Friday 28 November 2025
China's fast-iterating humanoid robots challenge US leadership
The United States and China remain locked in a humanoid-robotics competition. Solomon Technology chairman Johnny Chen says the US leads in software and foundation models, while China...
Friday 28 November 2025
Chinese smartphone makers face cost pressures, plan product cuts or price hikes
Amid surging demand from artificial intelligence (AI) servers and high-end personal computers, prices of DRAM and LPDDR5 memory have soared, placing heavy cost pressures on budget...
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Ubtech estimates 20-30% annual reduction in humanoid robot manufacturing
Chinese humanoid robot maker Ubtech Robotics said that in benefiting from China's manufacturing scale and supply chain advantages, the manufacturing cost of humanoid robots could...
Tuesday 25 November 2025
MediaTek and Qualcomm face 2nm, memory cost pressures driving flagship SoC price hikes
Leading smartphone chip designers Qualcomm and MediaTek are reportedly set to increase prices for their 2026 flagship mobile SoCs due to dual pressures from advanced wafer foundry...
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Commentary: Tariffs and policy hurdles stall energy storage growth in US and Taiwan
Taiwan's energy storage industry struggles with internal policy and structural issues, while the US faces supply chain disruptions and tariff uncertainties. Both markets encounter...
Monday 24 November 2025
When EV know-how meets humanoid robots: Chinese automakers' pivot to 'physical AI'
China's electric vehicle (EV) makers are shifting more of their R&D toward humanoid robots, betting the next phase of AI competition will centre on physical-world applications...
Monday 24 November 2025
Microsoft taps cloud veteran to map the economics of its AI future
Microsoft is making strategic shifts in response to the AI revolution by appointing Rolf Harms, a key architect of its cloud transformation, as an AI economic strategy advisor. The...
Friday 21 November 2025
AMPACS expects 2025 revenue decline amid weak markets but projects improved margins
During its November 20 earnings call, AMPACS has forecasted a year-on-year revenue decline in 2025 due to continued softness in global consumer electronics demand. Despite this, the...
Thursday 20 November 2025
China's top passive-component maker ignites 30% price surge
Price hikes are spreading across the passive component sector again. Following increases by several Taiwan-based suppliers, Guangdong Fenghua Advanced Technology (Fenghua Hi-Tech)...
Thursday 20 November 2025
Rising memory prices put consumer electronics on edge

The recent memory shortage has widespread to affect all products, given that the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) demanded by cloud-based...

Thursday 20 November 2025
Memory inflation hits IT market
Driven by a sharp surge in memory prices, the market widely expects that IT products such as servers, smartphones, and PCs will see significant price increases in 2026. Analysts believe...
Wednesday 19 November 2025
Xiaomi warns of deeper margin pressure from rising memory costs as EV business posts record deliveries
Xiaomi highlighted mounting pressure from sharply rising memory prices even as its electric vehicle business continued its rapid expansion and achieved first-time quarterly profitability...
Tuesday 18 November 2025
Eric Schmidt warns global rise of Chinese AI models poses geopolitical risks
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has raised concerns about developing countries adopting Chinese AI models, mostly because of cost. According to Business Insider, Schmidt stated...
Monday 17 November 2025
Korean startup Stratio tackles recycling crisis with new infrared sensor
Stratio, a Korean deep-tech startup founded by three Stanford Ph.D. graduates, is introducing what it claims is the first germanium-based short-wave infrared sensor designed for large-scale...
Saturday 15 November 2025
Research insight: SpaceX strengthens lead in LEO satellites with reusable rockets, standardized bus, and cost-efficient components
The US satellite industry has evolved over nearly seven decades through sustained investment from NASA and the Department of Defense (DoD). Early NASA commercial resupply and launch...