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Wednesday 7 May 2025
Russia's Baikal Electronics ships 85,000 CPUs under sanctions, eyes China ties for next-gen chips
Founded in 2012, Russian CPU developer Baikal Electronics has shipped 85,000 processors as of the end of 2024, defying international sanctions and growing technological isolation...
Wednesday 7 May 2025
Xiaomi reportedly separates Xring chip division in move to preempt US action
Xiaomi is reportedly planning to debut its first in-house smartphone System on Chip (SoC) by late May, with sources indicating the company will restructure its chip division to reduce...
Tuesday 6 May 2025
Tata reportedly in talks to onboard NXP semiconductors for OSAT facility
Tata Electronics is negotiating to onboard Dutch semiconductor firm NXP Semiconductors as a customer for its upcoming fabrication plant in Gujarat and Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly...
Tuesday 6 May 2025
Onsemi sharpens focus on cost control, portfolio streamlining, and SiC gains to navigate downturn
On May 5, On Semiconductor (Onsemi) reported a 22% revenue drop to US$1.45 billion in the first quarter of 2025, with margins squeezed by lower utilization and pricing pressures....
Tuesday 6 May 2025
Chinese CIS vendors close gap as local fabs go full throttle, Xiaomi backs innovation
Following SK Hynix's exit from the CMOS image sensor (CIS) market, Chinese vendors are aggressively scaling shipments, gaining market share, and climbing the value chain by deepening...
Monday 5 May 2025
Lip-Bu Tan's Intel: leaner, flatter, and betting big on packaging

Intel is undergoing its most sweeping transformation in decades under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who is steering the company away from the ambitious—but...

Monday 5 May 2025
Indian smartphone market sees decline in shipments as Mediatek dominates chipset share, Apple gains premium traction
According to Counterpoint, India's smartphone market experienced a 7% year-over-year shipment decline in the first quarter of 2025, impacted by high inventory levels and fewer product...
Monday 5 May 2025
China leans on industrial policy, not tariffs, to fast-track domestic GPU ascendancy
As US-China tech tensions escalate, Washington's tightened export controls—particularly targeting Nvidia's H20 chips designed for the Chinese market—are deepening compute...
Monday 5 May 2025
Qualcomm clinches full Samsung S25 win, yet real growth rides on auto and AI bets
After delays, Samsung Electronics dropped its in-house Exynos 2500 from the Galaxy S25 lineup, opting instead to power the entire series with Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips, securing...
Monday 5 May 2025
Weekly news roundup: EUV leap, Intel reboot, Nvidia's China reckoning, and TSMC's AI power play
These are the top-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of April 28 – May 4. From China's EUV light source milestone and Intel's turnaround push to Nvidia's evolving...
Monday 5 May 2025
Silicon Motion optimistic about consumer recovery in second half of 2025 amid strong AI inference demand
Silicon Motion, a NAND controller provider, reported that its first-quarter revenue and profit almost met the high end of prior forecasts, largely due to increased demand for AI inference...
Friday 2 May 2025
Intel and AMD reap nearly 30% of revenue from China, yet US semiconductor imports are just 3%—What's behind the discrepancy?
Washington's export controls and escalating US-China chip tensions have dominated headlines, but American semiconductor leaders continue to rely heavily on the Chinese market. In...
Friday 2 May 2025
Taiwan's AI, semiconductor export growth remains strong despite US tariff hikes
Despite the recent tariff hikes by the US and the high degree of uncertainty surrounding supply chain relocation, one thing for certain is the demand for Taiwan's AI and semiconductors...
Friday 2 May 2025
Nvidia braces for regulatory headwinds ahead of 1Q earnings
Nvidia faces multiple challenges as it approaches its fiscal first quarter 2026 earnings release on May 28, with new AI export controls taking effect on May 15 and potential tariffs...
Friday 2 May 2025
Amazon's AI ambition runs on self-designed silicon
Amazon is racing to redefine the future of AI—and it's building that future on silicon of its own design.