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Wednesday 24 December 2025
US sets June 2027 deadline for China chip tariff spike
The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has concluded a year-long Section 301 investigation into China's acts, policies, and practices related to its semiconductor industry,...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Nvidia targets pre-holiday H200 shipments to China via inventory; production ramp remains uncertain
Nvidia is reportedly planning to resume shipments of its second-most powerful artificial intelligence chips to China before the Lunar New Year holiday in mid-February, underscoring...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Wingtech-Nexperia talks continue as chair warns dispute threatens global chip supply
Talks between China's Wingtech Technology and its Dutch subsidiary Nexperia are ongoing as the companies seek to resolve a governance dispute that has disrupted semiconductor supplies,...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Nexperia's China unit secures local wafer supply under governance dispute
The Chinese subsidiary of Nexperia, the Dutch semiconductor manufacturer, has moved to secure wafer capacity from domestic suppliers to support production of key products in 2026,...
Friday 19 December 2025
TikTok signs binding deal to create US joint venture controlled by American investors
TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have signed binding agreements to create a new US-based joint venture that will be majority-owned and controlled by American investors, TikTok...
Thursday 18 December 2025
The Nexperia fallout: Honda's factories go quiet in fresh blow to supply chain

Honda Motor Company announced on Wednesday that it would suspend or reduce production at several factories in Japan and China starting late this...

Thursday 18 December 2025
Trump admin positions humanoid robots as critical front in US-China tech competition
Five months after launching an accelerated artificial intelligence (AI) development plan, the Trump administration is shifting its focus to robotics. Following semiconductors and...
Thursday 18 December 2025
China's EUV prototype forces a rethink of the AI chip order
China has quietly crossed a psychological and potentially strategic threshold in the global semiconductor race. In a tightly controlled laboratory in Shenzhen, Chinese scientists...
Thursday 18 December 2025
US-China AI rivalry shifts to the power front
Texas has become one of the world's leading regions for AI data center construction. However, this trend has put its power grid under dangerous pressure, exceeding what realistic...
Wednesday 17 December 2025
EU and US chart divergent paths to counter China's EV battery dominance
China continues to dominate the electric vehicle (EV) and battery supply chain. In response, the EU and the US have unveiled comprehensive measures to counterbalance Beijing's lead...
Monday 15 December 2025
The H200 gambit: Why China may buy less than Washington expects
The US government is rethinking the impact of Washington's decision to clear Nvidia's H200 exports to China after a Financial Times report suggested Beijing is prioritizing...
Thursday 11 December 2025
Nvidia says no concrete evidence yet in alleged DeepSeek GPU smuggling case
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is under scrutiny for allegedly circumventing US export restrictions by illegally acquiring thousands of Nvidia's Blackwell architecture...
Thursday 11 December 2025
Mexico breaks from free-trade tradition with sweeping tariffs on Asian imports
Mexico is preparing a major shift in its trade policy, approving broad tariffs on imports from Asian countries without free-trade agreements, including China, India, and South Korea...
Thursday 11 December 2025
US eases H200 curbs, but China may no longer need the chip, says DIGITIMES analyst
In the latest episode of Tech Insights, DIGITIMES analyst Luke Lin argues that Washington's decision to lift export restrictions on Nvidia's H200 accelerator to China signals a shift...
Thursday 11 December 2025
China weighs Nvidia's H200 amid US export shift and supply constraints
The US government's decision to allow Nvidia to export its H200 AI chips to China has reopened a major channel for American semiconductor revenue, but whether Beijing will embrace...