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Thursday 14 August 2025
Commentary: Huawei's Mate 80 showcases near-100% China supply chain in high-end smartphone drive
Over the past five years, Huawei's drive to localize smartphone components has shifted from a crisis response into a calculated, strategic effort to build a self-reliant supply chain...
Thursday 14 August 2025
Japan, US to launch talks on US$550B investment projects following tariff deal
Japan and the US are moving to set up a joint forum to advance US$550 billion (around JPY80 trillion) worth of Japanese investment and loan projects in the US, following their July...
Thursday 14 August 2025
India, China signal diplomatic thaw as US tariff pressure mounts
India and China are edging toward a diplomatic thaw, just weeks after US President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50%. New Delhi and Beijing are rolling out trade,...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Rising G2 competition impacts American cloud services in China and Hong Kong
Nextlink, a cloud service agent, reported a 6.6% increase in revenue to approximately NT$2.086 billion (approx. US$69.5 million) in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
China orders Alibaba, ByteDance to stop buying Nvidia H20 chips as tech tensions escalate
China's growing mistrust of Nvidia's H20 GPU is spilling into open confrontation, with regulators ordering leading internet firms, including Alibaba and ByteDance, to suspend orders...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Inside TSMC's 2nm leak involving TEL: How a job application became an international incident
The alleged leak of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's (TSMC) 2-nanometer technology by former and current employees from TSMC and Tokyo Electron (TEL) has sparked intense speculation...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
US export levy targeting Nvidia and AMD may expand to other semiconductor firms
The White House confirmed on August 12, 2025, that the Trump administration is still finalizing details around a 15% "export levy" applied to Nvidia and AMD's AI chip sales to China,...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Micron walks away from China's mobile NAND market, opening doors for rivals
Micron Technology is retreating from the mobile NAND flash market and cutting its China footprint, a shift set to benefit Samsung Electronics and Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC)...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Trump’s 15% Nvidia chip levy hints at new trade game
US President Donald Trump's decision to impose a 15% revenue levy on Nvidia Corporation's downgraded AI chips, such as the H20 model, sold to China, has ignited intense reactions...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Why Taiwanese tech giants pour record funds into US AI server hubs
Taiwanese EMS accelerates US and global investments amid AI server demand and geopolitical dynamics
Tuesday 12 August 2025
Global manufacturing shift to regional production proves unstoppable despite Trump tariff relief
US President Donald Trump announced that Apple will gain tariff exemptions as part of a US$600 billion investment push in the US. While this move is designed to alleviate supply chain...
Tuesday 12 August 2025
Trump grants last-minute 90-day tariff truce with China, averting holiday season price surge
According to CNBC and Reuters, citing White House officials, US President Donald Trump on August 11 granted a 90-day extension to the tariff truce with China, averting...
Tuesday 12 August 2025
Samsung's potential US$50 billion US chip expansion puts pressure on TSMC
Samsung Electronics is reportedly weighing a major expansion of its semiconductor investments in the US, a move that could push total spending to US$50 billion after securing multibillion-dollar...
Monday 11 August 2025
Airtel's Xtelify unveils sovereign cloud and AI tools to target telecom and enterprise growth
India-based Bharti Airtel's digital services arm, Xtelify, has launched Airtel Cloud, a sovereign cloud platform, along with an AI-powered software suite aimed at boosting efficiency...
Friday 8 August 2025
Chinese companies investigated for illegal poaching of Taiwanese tech talent
The Taiwan Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau is investigating 16 Chinese companies, including major firms such as Victory Giant Technology, Huntkey, and GoerTek, for allegedly...