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Wednesday 3 April 2024
Biden, Xi spoke by phone about AI risks, Russia, and Fentanyl
US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke by telephone on Tuesday, their first one-on-one communication since meeting in California last November.
Wednesday 3 April 2024
One pile of Nvidia chips to rule them all
Whoever has the most high-end Nvidia Artificial Intelligence (AI) chips will be in poll position GenAI grand prix.
Wednesday 3 April 2024
Suppliers more optimistic about Huawei's car business than Xiaomi's. Why?
Chinese tech behemoths are expanding their territories to the automotive sector, stirring the market. Taiwan-based suppliers play a critical part in these companies' car ventures...
Wednesday 3 April 2024
Taiwan chip supply chain likely to resume normal operation in 1 day amid strongest earthquake in 25 years
Despite a 7.4 magnitude earthquake disrupting the semiconductor supply chains in Taiwan, no major impact is expected, and operations remained stable, according to Taiwan's Hsinchu...
Wednesday 3 April 2024
Volocopter poised to make history with electric air taxis in Paris
As the world's attention turns to Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Volocopter, a German aviation company, is gearing up to make history by launching their electric air taxi service...
Wednesday 3 April 2024
UMC sells shares of Chinese affiliate
United Microelectronics (UMC) has announced the transfer of its entire stake in UnitedDS Semiconductor (UDS), an IC design affiliate, on behalf of its subsidiary Hejian Technology...
Wednesday 3 April 2024
No single country can monopolize semiconductors, says former TSMC R&D chief
Semiconductors encompass a wide spectrum of critical technologies, making it difficult for any single country to dominate, according to Burn-Jeng Lin, former TSMC VP of R&D.
Tuesday 2 April 2024
Russia de-risks through Chinese foundry and RISC-V
Since Western countries imposed sanctions against Russia, Russia-based Baikal Electronics is looking to switch to RISC-V and may have turned to a certain China-based pure-play foundry...
Tuesday 2 April 2024
Notebooks exported to China may be subjected to case-by-case review due to built-in AI chips
The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) under the Department of Commerce (DOC) issued additional export controls on March 29 local time.
Tuesday 2 April 2024
Chinese SiC prices plummet amid production expansion and intensifying competition
Multiple Chinese media reported that prices of Silicon Carbide (SiC) substrate and epitaxy have fallen rapidly in recent months in China, as manufacturers from China and abroad are...
Tuesday 2 April 2024
Did Huawei achieve smartphone win at the expense of SMIC?
Is Huawei building its smartphone victory at the cost of SMIC's advanced chip manufacturing capacities?
Tuesday 2 April 2024
Xiaomi EV sheds light on issues of Apple's car project
Two pieces of news regarding smartphone makers-turned-car producers stood out in the first quarter of 2024: Apple reportedly canceled its vehicle project, and Xiaomi rolled out its...
Tuesday 2 April 2024
Industry reads tea leaves on China consumer market recovery, AI to remain top dog
The 2024 AI hype train has steamed through exhibition halls and made an ostentious stop at the NVIDIA GTC conference.
Tuesday 2 April 2024
25% of EVs sold in EU in 2024 will be made in China
EU car manufacturers have warned that cheap EVs from China will weaken the market competitiveness of vehicles produced locally in Europe.
Tuesday 2 April 2024
Samsung, Huawei to clash with affordable foldables in 2H24
Samsung and Huawei could go head-to-head with their affordable foldable smartphones in the latter half of 2024.