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Tuesday 5 August 2025
Canon builds first fab in 20 years to chase back-end boom
Japanese optical giant Canon, which had not built a new semiconductor lithography equipment production plant since 2004 due to a declining market, announced on July 30, 2025, the...
Tuesday 5 August 2025
Korea bets on private sector to fuel its SpaceX dreams
In a milestone move signaling the transition of South Korea's space ambitions from government-led development to commercial enterprise, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)...
Monday 4 August 2025
Samsung foundry utilization reportedly rebounds on AI chip demand and rising orders
Samsung Electronics' foundry production lines for process nodes above 4nm have recently achieved their highest utilization rates, according to South Korean media outlet ChosunBiz,...
Monday 4 August 2025
Doosan Robotics pursues AI transformation and overseas expansion despite declining performance
Facing dual pressures from international instability and slowing growth in its main markets, South Korea's collaborative robot giant Doosan Robotics is actively undergoing a strategic...
Monday 4 August 2025
AI glasses revolution: Chinese ODMs and PCB suppliers seize new wearable opportunities
Starting in 2025, AI glasses are set to become the hottest trend in the smart wearable market. Following Xiaomi, Huawei, Lenovo, Google, and startup Xreal, Alibaba has also announced...
Monday 4 August 2025
BOE faces Pentagon review over possible Chinese military ties under new US defense bill
The US Congress has added a new clause to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), requiring the Pentagon to evaluate whether BOE Technology — China's top display panel...
Monday 4 August 2025
South Korea's IC design competitiveness at risk; KITA urges acceleration in nurturing startups
As the global AI industry continues to expand, competition in semiconductor technology is intensifying. South Korea's industrial sector has begun voicing concerns that to maintain...
Monday 4 August 2025
Nintendo bumps Switch prices as successor pricing looms
Nintendo announced that it would raise the price of the first-generation Switch console in the US beginning August 3, 2025, citing 'market conditions' as the reason in a statement...
Monday 4 August 2025
Weekly news roundup: Tesla's US$16.5 billion Samsung deal, former Intel China executive joins AMD, China advances in mature chips
Below are the top DIGITIMES Asia stories from July 28 to Aug 3, 2025. The top three topics include Tesla striking a US$16.5 billion chip deal with Samsung amid 2nm rumors. Former...
Monday 4 August 2025
South Korea averts major trade blow with 15% automotive tariff compromise
The US has reduced tariffs on imports from South Korea from 25% to 15%. This reduction benefits South Korean automakers like Hyundai Motor by cutting annual losses of around KRW30...
Monday 4 August 2025
Hanmi confident in securing all HBM4 equipment orders as half of 1H25 sales go to Taiwan
Benefiting from the development of the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market, Hanmi Semiconductor's second quarter 2025 performance continues to hit new highs, with overseas markets...
Monday 4 August 2025
Innolux edges past HKC in global LCD TV panel race, 1H25 shipments reshuffle rankings
Early panel procurement, fueled by US tariffs and China's "trade-in" incentives, drove up global LCD TV panel shipments and total shipment area in the first half of 2025. Taiwan's...
Monday 4 August 2025
ASMPT emerges as advanced packaging's next kingmaker amid AI chip boom
Singapore-based ASMPT, founded in Hong Kong in 1975, has grown from a regional distributor into one of the world's most influential semiconductor equipment makers. With AI and hyperscale...
Sunday 3 August 2025
Ex-Cambricon chip architect takes major step at new venture with major angel backing

Former Cambricon Technologies CTO Liang Jun has taken a significant leap with his new venture. On July 30, Shanghai Fangqing Technology...

Sunday 3 August 2025
The subscription car: Industry's next revenue frontier faces consumer revolt
The automobile is undergoing its most dramatic transformation since the assembly line. What was once a purely mechanical machine is rapidly evolving into a complex software-driven...