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Monday 12 May 2025
Sharp offloads iconic LCD factory to Foxconn amid deepening losses
Sharp plans to sell its Kameyama No. 2 factory in Japan's Mie Prefecture to its parent company, Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), as the company continues to scale back its once-dominant...
Monday 12 May 2025
China and US announce tariff rollbacks and renewed trade talks amid easing tensions

The governments of China and the US released a joint statement on May 12, 2025, announcing a significant easing of trade tensions, with...

Monday 12 May 2025
Naver's AI-driven growth contrasts Kakao's struggles in 1Q25
South Korea's leading internet companies, Naver and Kakao, released their first-quarter financial results for 2025, revealing starkly different outcomes driven by their respective...
Monday 12 May 2025
Jarllytech April 2025 revenue hits second-highest record on Chinese foldable device boom
Jarllytech, a hinge manufacturer, experienced significant growth in April 2025, with its consumer electronics line boosted by strong shipments of new foldable devices from a Chinese...
Monday 12 May 2025
China's trade-in stimulus fades by mid-2025 amid ongoing challenges for tech sector growth
China's trade-in stimulus, bolstering the tech supply chain from late 2024 to early 2025, has waned by the second quarter of 2025. Despite ongoing provincial subsidies aimed at boosting...
Monday 12 May 2025
Panasonic announces 10,000 layoffs to boost profitability
Panasonic Holdings has unveiled plans to lay off approximately 10,000 employees, split evenly between Japan and overseas, as part of structural reforms to improve profitability. The...
Monday 12 May 2025
SoftBank enters AI memory race with IP-led strategy for next-gen data centers
SoftBank Group revealed on May 8, 2025, that it is developing next-generation high-efficiency memory specifically designed for AI data centers. Rather than producing the chips in-house,...
Monday 12 May 2025
CATL starts taking investor orders for world's biggest listing this year
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) has started taking investor orders for a Hong Kong stock offering that is likely to be the world's biggest listing this year.
Monday 12 May 2025
Weekly news roundup: China unveils 10nm chip tool, Huawei stealth-builds fabs, rare earth prices spike
These are the top-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of May 5 – May 11. From major chipmakers reshaping strategies under geopolitical pressure to rare earth...
Monday 12 May 2025
US-China trade talks in Geneva yield significant progress
High-level trade negotiations between the US and China, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 10-11, concluded with both sides reporting substantial progress and key agreements, signaling...
Friday 9 May 2025
Lee Jae-Yong's 10-year smart M&A strategy builds Samsung's technology ecosystem
Over the past decade, Samsung Electronics executive chairman Lee Jae-Yong has leveraged global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to transform Samsung into a "technology-first" company...
Friday 9 May 2025
Japan's Denso, Rohm forge chip alliance targeting EVs and autonomous driving
On May 8, Japanese automotive parts supplier Denso and chipmaker Rohm Semiconductor announced a strategic partnership aimed at deepening collaboration in semiconductor development...
Friday 9 May 2025
Huawei unveils HarmonyOS PC ahead of HDC 2025 debut to challenge Windows dominance

Huawei officially launched its HarmonyOS PC operating system on May 8, expanding into the computer market with a rebuilt OS featuring enhanced...

Friday 9 May 2025
Taiwan and Japan forge strategic semiconductor alliance to bolster global chip supply chain
As global tech competition intensifies, Taiwan and Japan, two semiconductor powerhouses, are deepening ties with the launch of a new strategic alliance. On May 7, the Taiwan-Japan...
Friday 9 May 2025
As US-China tech decoupling deepens, Chinese firm breaks ground in advanced chip inspection equipment

As tensions escalate between the US and China over semiconductor technology, China has placed domestic innovation in chipmaking tools...