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Sunday 13 July 2025
Despite exchange rates hurting June revenue, Laster Tech's 1H25 still posts record high
Despite foreign exchange fluctuations and seasonal factors decreasing June revenue, LED automotive lighting module manufacturer Laster Tech still achieved a record-high consolidated...
Sunday 13 July 2025
xMEMS to begin mass production of active cooling chips for XR smart glasses in 2026
xMEMS, a US-based supplier specializing in monocrystalline silicon microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) air pumps, has announced plans to expand its μCooling micro air-cooled...
Friday 11 July 2025
Google DeepMind spinoff Biotech moves AI-designed drug to human trials
The biotechnology sector is hailing a major milestone as Isomorphic Labs, a startup incubated by Google DeepMind, prepares to enter human trials with a drug candidate designed using...
Friday 11 July 2025
Bionet, Dassault team up for AI foundry model in drug development
With AI promising to massively transform research and development in the biomedical industry, Bionet Corp. has launched its AI foundry platform for human and animal pharmaceutical...
Friday 11 July 2025
Malaysia's Penang eyes semiconductor upgrade as AI demand reshapes industry
Malaysia's Penang state, home to about 13% of global semiconductor assembly and testing capacity, is positioning itself to capture more advanced chip manufacturing as artificial intelligence...
Friday 11 July 2025
SiPearl raises EUR130 million to mass-produce Rhea1 chip with TSMC, advancing Europe's AI and HPC goals
French microprocessor startup SiPearl has secured EUR130 million (US$152.53 million) in a Series A funding round, with investors including Taiwan's Cathay Venture Inc. The company...
Thursday 10 July 2025
OpenAI completes merger with Jony Ive's io products
OpenAI has officially merged with io Products, Inc., a hardware-focused startup founded by former Apple designer Jony Ive. The move formalizes a two-year collaboration that began...
Thursday 10 July 2025
China's EDA shakeup stalls as Empyrean nixes Xpeedic deal

Empyrean Technology, one of China's top electronic design automation (EDA) vendors, announced on July 9 that it has terminated its proposed...

Thursday 10 July 2025
Humanoid robots aren't ready yet, but linear actuators might change that
Tesla's decision to pause parts procurement and development for its Optimus humanoid robot has raised questions about the pace of progress in the humanoid robotics market. But supply...
Thursday 10 July 2025
AgiBot's Lingxi X2-N raises the bar for humanoid robots with dual-mode mobility
On July 7, 2025, Shanghai Zhiyuan New Innovation Technology, better known as AgiBot, unveiled its next-generation humanoid robot, the Lingxi X2-N. Featuring an innovative dual-mode...
Wednesday 9 July 2025
South Korea's Hana cracks TGV glass substrate market with eye on AI chip boom
Hana Technology, a South Korean equipment maker formerly focused on battery solutions, has developed core Through Glass Via (TGV) technology for semiconductor glass substrates, signaling...
Wednesday 9 July 2025
Apple COO shake-up comes amid trade tensions and AI competition
Apple has announced that Jeff Williams will step down as chief operating officer (COO) later this month, with Sabih Khan, the company's senior vice president of Operations, set to...
Wednesday 9 July 2025
GlobalFoundries goes full-stack on AI chips with MIPS buy
GlobalFoundries has announced an agreement to acquire MIPS, a supplier of AI and processor intellectual property (IP). The acquisition aims to broaden GlobalFoundries' customizable...
Wednesday 9 July 2025
US lifts EDA ban, revives Synopsys-Ansys China deal prospects
The US and China have reached a preliminary trade agreement that includes the resumption of rare earth exports from China. In tandem, several electronic design automation (EDA) software...
Tuesday 8 July 2025
US-China semiconductor standoff sees tactical shifts as rare earths and EDA tools enter the fray

Industry insiders said US-China relations have been flammable ever since the trade war ignited, especially in the high-stakes arena of...