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Friday 28 March 2025
Hooked by Huawei? SiCarrier's bold debut tests the depth of China's chipmaking ambitions
Semiconductor equipment vendors have historically operated in stealth mode, relying on proprietary technologies and patents as their main defense. Product launches were subdued, often...
Friday 28 March 2025
Chinese expansion floods global UV curing materials market
Chinese manufacturers continue expanding production capacity for UV curing materials, creating market oversupply and triggering intense price competition across global markets. Despite...
Friday 28 March 2025
Lens Technology rides AI wave to double-digit profit growth, expands global footprint
Lens Technology reported CNY69.9 billion (approx. US$9.62 billion) in revenue for 2024, a 28.3% year-over-year increase, according to its annual results released on March 27. Net...
Friday 28 March 2025
China's AgiBot plans new Shanghai facility to scale robot output; Lens deepens role in embodied AI

Zhiyuan Robotics (AgiBot), a Chinese AI startup specializing in embodied intelligence, has become a central player in the humanoid robotics supply...

Friday 28 March 2025
SK Hynix completes final acquisition, obtains Intel's NAND IP
SK Hynix has completed the full acquisition of Intel's NAND Flash division, concluding a four-year process. The assets will be integrated under Solidigm, SK Hynix's US subsidiary,...
Friday 28 March 2025
SenseTime cuts losses by one-third in 2024, generative AI now 64% of revenue
SenseTime reported its full-year 2024 earnings, revealing a significant narrowing of losses alongside a surge in generative AI (GenAI) revenue, underscoring the Chinese AI company's...
Friday 28 March 2025
China plans new chip performance regulations to challenge US AI dominance and strengthen local manufacturers
Recent reports indicate that China plans to introduce new chip performance standards regulations. Officially, the aim is to control the power consumption of chip products to promote...
Friday 28 March 2025
Shibaura to meet with Yageo on April 2 over tender offer
Japan-based Shibaura Electronics has disclosed that it is preparing to hold a meeting on April 2 with Taiwan-based Yageo regarding the latter's proposed tender offer.
Friday 28 March 2025
Japan allocates US$665.8M budget for drones, Taiwan-Japan alliance targets disaster relief missions
The collaboration between Taiwan and Japan in the drone sector is taking shape. The Taiwanese Excellence Drone Alliance (TEDIBOA) has recently formed a new partnership with the Japan...
Friday 28 March 2025
Semiconductor business like DeepSeek may emerge in China, says former TSMC R&D VP
Chinese semiconductors may avoid engagement in traditional advanced process competition, potentially fostering a domestic chip manufacturer similar to "DeepSeek," according to Burn-Jeng...
Friday 28 March 2025
South Korean firms overtake Japanese rivals in high-end auto display market for the first time
South Korean display makers have surpassed Japanese manufacturers in the global high-end automotive display market for the first time. In the future, LG Display (LGD) and Samsung...
Friday 28 March 2025
Mundus Smart Energy enters Japan with 2MW grid-scale storage coming online by year-end
Mundus Smart Energy, a subsidiary of Taiwan's Lealea Group, is expanding into Japan's high-voltage battery storage market with seven approved projects totaling 14MW. The installations...
Friday 28 March 2025
Samsung and SK Hynix profits set to soar with memory chip market recovery
As the memory chip market re-enters a favorable cycle, industry forecasts predict that Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix's operating profits in 2025 could surge by 40% compared to...
Friday 28 March 2025
DeepSeek sparks AI appliance gold rush in China—with commitment still elusive
Since January 2025, the open-source large language model (LLM) DeepSeek has sparked a surge of product launches across China's enterprise AI sector. Nearly 100 vendors—including...
Friday 28 March 2025
AI bubble brewing? Alibaba chair warns of data center frenzy
Alibaba Group Chairman Joe Tsai warned that the ongoing AI data center boom risks creating a market bubble. Speaking at the HSBC Global Investment Summit, he said construction is...