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Wednesday 25 June 2025
China's 618 shopping festival sparks cautious optimism in MCU market amid subsidy boost
The 2025 China 618 shopping festival has prompted a noticeable uptick in microcontroller unit (MCU) sales, signaling a tentative recovery in consumer electronics demand after sluggish...
Wednesday 25 June 2025
Ukraine delegation visits Taiwan to strengthen cooperation on drones, energy, and healthcare
Following its appearance at the Smart City Summit in March 2025, a Ukrainian business delegation has returned to Taiwan to deepen cooperation across four key sectors as part of Ukraine's...
Wednesday 25 June 2025
PSA eyes Southeast Asia, rare earths as AI and auto demand boost growth outlook
At the recent PSA Annual Shareholders' Meeting, CEO Anthony Chiao announced that GLOBAL BRS MANUFACTURE (GBM) has acquired two significant strategic assets: Japan's PCB manufacturer...
Wednesday 25 June 2025
How Trump blocked China's ambition to rule US energy storage
If not for a flurry of tariffs and mounting regulatory pressure under President Donald Trump, Chinese energy storage giants were poised to dominate the American market by 2025, so...
Wednesday 25 June 2025
Huawei's benchmarks show CloudMatrix 384 helps put Ascend chips ahead of Nvidia H800
Huawei has released new benchmark results showing its CloudMatrix 384 AI infrastructure outperforming Nvidia's H800 GPU in running DeepSeek's R1 reasoning model, which contains 671...
Tuesday 24 June 2025
China Telecom forms AI network alliance, gunning for global standards
As tensions between the United States and China in technology escalate, China is pushing to establish a new AI-driven path in the telecom sector. At the 2025 Mobile World Congress...
Tuesday 24 June 2025
Exclusive: 'A Chip Odyssey' director crafts semiconductor epic
The documentary 'A Chip Odyssey,' which chronicles the development of Taiwan's semiconductor industry, premiered on June 13, 2025. It quickly surpassed NT$5 million (approx. US$169,141)...
Tuesday 24 June 2025
Japan races to build domestic drone supply chain as China tightens grip
Japanese drone makers, long proud of their "Made in Japan" branding, remain heavily reliant on low-cost components from China, including key parts like electronic speed controllers,...
Tuesday 24 June 2025
1.4nm put on ice: Samsung reportedly reroutes foundry push to 2nm yield gains
Samsung Electronics is reportedly pushing back plans to build its 1.4nm test production line, shifting its focus toward improving yield and capacity for the 2nm node, now expected...
Tuesday 24 June 2025
South Korea's chip firms target Japan in bid to break global design bottleneck
South Korean semiconductor companies are making a concerted push into Japan, positioning themselves to capture opportunities in one of the world's most underpenetrated but promising...
Tuesday 24 June 2025
Taiwan accelerates autonomous bus trials and EV adoption to tackle 5,000-driver shortage
Taiwan is currently grappling with a shortage of approximately 5,000 bus drivers, prompting the government to accelerate the integration of autonomous driving technology into its...
Tuesday 24 June 2025
Vietnam extends VAT reduction to end of 2026 to boost economy
The Vietnamese National Assembly has approved an extension of the value-added tax (VAT) cut, reducing the rate from 10% to 8% until the end of 2026 to support domestic economic growth...
Tuesday 24 June 2025
China’s AI firms exploit Southeast Asia detour, weakening Huawei’s domestic chip ambitions
Chinese AI firms are reportedly utilizing AI compute resources in Southeast Asian nations to bypass US sanctions, exploiting regulatory frameworks that align with local laws and limit...
Monday 23 June 2025
Huawei 5nm's hard reality check
Huawei's next-generation chip ambitions are running into technical and geopolitical headwinds. While Chinese state media CCTV recently claimed a breakthrough in 5nm production through...
Monday 23 June 2025
Huawei HarmonyOS 6.0 preview: AI evolution targets Apple iOS 26
Huawei officially unveiled the HarmonyOS 6.0 Beta version at the "Huawei Developer Conference 2025" (HDC 2025) held in Songshan Lake on June 20, 2025, opening developer preview opportunities...