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Wednesday 25 June 2025
China vows response after Taiwan blacklists Huawei and SMIC
Beijing has strongly condemned Taiwan's recent decision to blacklist Chinese companies, including Huawei Technologies Co. and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC),...
Wednesday 25 June 2025
China's 618 shopping festival fizzles as subsidy impact wanes, IC demand stalls
China's month-long 618 shopping festival ended last week, with supply chain sources viewing it as the final boost from fading government subsidies. While past shopping events often...
Wednesday 25 June 2025
China’s 618 shopping festival fails to ignite memory market as prices outpace demand

China's annual 618 mid-year shopping festival — once a bellwether of consumer strength — wrapped up with mixed results this...

Wednesday 25 June 2025
Trade uncertainty weighs on Taiwan despite strong tech demand
After nearly two weeks of conflict, a ceasefire between Israel and Iran has brought a temporary halt to hostilities, easing fears of disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and triggering...
Wednesday 25 June 2025
Chip capital to compute catalyst—Taiwan's pivot to innovation leadership
Taiwan is accelerating its shift from a manufacturing base to a tech innovation hub, driven by advances in high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI). On June...
Wednesday 25 June 2025
Chinese GPU startups rush to IPO as US sanctions bite
As the global race for AI computing power heats up, Chinese GPU startups are rushing to go public. Companies such as Moore Threads, MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) Co., Shanghai...
Wednesday 25 June 2025
Local investment momentum remains strong despite Chinese firms reportedly tapping Malaysian data centers to access US AI chips
Amid US export controls on advanced AI chips, Chinese firms are turning to Southeast Asia to maintain their AI development momentum. According to The Wall Street Journal,...
Wednesday 25 June 2025
Trump's chip tariff threat sparks pushback from auto industry to tech
Blowback to President Donald Trump's idea of tariffs on imported semiconductors is proving to be broad and deep, stretching from auto companies and boat makers to the technology industry...
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...
Tuesday 24 June 2025
Rapidus and Siemens partner to advance 2nm semiconductor design and manufacturing processes
On June 23, 2025, Rapidus announced a strategic collaboration with Siemens Digital Industries Software to enhance semiconductor design and manufacturing processes for the 2nm technology...
Tuesday 24 June 2025
IC design sector 2Q25 operations remain stable amid currency volatility
As the second quarter of 2025 gradually comes to a close, Taiwan's IC design sector is facing the traditional off-season with a generally optimistic outlook. Industry players believe...
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
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
Taiwan electronic product export orders break US$100 billion in January-May 2025, driven by AI and HPC applications
Taiwan's export orders for January-May 2024 rose 15% year on year to reach US$263.8 billion, with electronics products recording an over 25% annual growth to break the US$100 billion...
Monday 23 June 2025
Top-100 firms contribute KRW1.6 quadrillion to South Korea economy in 2024

In 2024, South Korea's top-100 companies generated an estimated KRW1,615 trillion (US$1.16 trillion) in total economic contribution,...