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Monday 20 October 2025
China's rare earth clampdown reopens fault lines in US trade relations
China's rare earth exports plunged in September 2025, reflecting deepening tensions between Beijing and Washington as the world's dominant supplier of strategic minerals tightens...
Monday 20 October 2025
Arrow Electronics regains US export license after delisting from Entity List
The US Department of Commerce has removed export restrictions on Arrow Electronics' China and Hong Kong units, taking the semiconductor distributor off the Entity List. Arrow Electronics...
Monday 20 October 2025
Intel CEO courts Saudi Arabia for chip manufacturing partnership
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan met recently with Saudi Arabia's Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Abdullah Al-Swaha, to discuss potential collaborations in semiconductor...
Monday 20 October 2025
Weekly news roundup: Nvidia rises as TSMC's top customer; Netherlands seizes Nexperia; Google considers MediaTek for next Pixel
Below are the top DIGITIMES Asia stories from October 13 to 19, 2025.
Monday 20 October 2025
South Korea forms task force amid China's rare earth crackdown
South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) has launched a Rare Earth Supply Chain Task Force to shield domestic industries from China's tightened export controls.
Monday 20 October 2025
Micron exits China data center market amid policy restrictions
Micron Technology plans to stop supplying server chips to data centers in China but will continue selling chips to customers in the country's automotive and smartphone sectors, according...
Monday 20 October 2025
Exclusive: TSMC tightens China orders after US sanctions; Huawei proxy Sophgo cut off, Bitmain halved

Fueled by strong orders from Apple and Nvidia, TSMC posted record third-quarter results and raised its full-year US dollar revenue growth...

Friday 17 October 2025
Micron's alleged China exit signals accelerating G2 chip decoupling
Micron reportedly plans to stop supplying server chips to data centers in China, according to a Reuters report citing sources familiar with the decision. The move comes two...
Friday 17 October 2025
Alibaba Cloud deepens Middle East bet with new AI-powered Dubai data center
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud unit of Alibaba Group, has opened its second data center in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — its first in nearly a decade — as the Chinese tech...
Thursday 16 October 2025
How a viral Taiwan dinner photo put Nvidia and its partners under Washington’s microscope
A publicly shared photo from a private gathering in Taiwan has set off debate over whether US export rules on advanced technology are being skirted, putting Taiwanese hardware makers...
Thursday 16 October 2025
Dutch seizure of Nexperia raises stakes for Chinese tech assets abroad
In a dramatic escalation of the US-China tech war, the Dutch government has seized control of the Netherlands-based semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia, invoking a Cold War-era emergency...
Wednesday 15 October 2025
China sanctions Hanwha Ocean US units in dual strike against Washington, Seoul
China announced sanctions against five US subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean on October 14, 2025. The move comes on the eve of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation...
Wednesday 15 October 2025
Subsidiary of China's SiCarrier launches home-grown EDA software at SEMiBAY 2025
Qiyunfang, a subsidiary of SiCarrier, officially released two domestically developed Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software products at the SEMiBAY 2025 event on October 15....
Wednesday 15 October 2025
Beijing rallies support for Wingtech as subsidiary Nexperia faces dual sanctions from US and China
Chinese tech conglomerate Wingtech Technology and its Dutch subsidiary Nexperia have been caught in an escalating geopolitical storm, facing export restrictions from both the US and...
Wednesday 15 October 2025
SiCarrier targets process and measurement tools amid push for local chip equipment
Shenzhen state-owned SiCarrier Technologies Co. is intensifying its efforts to localize semiconductor equipment production by integrating manufacturing capabilities with advanced...