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Monday 16 September 2024
China reportedly discourages EV makers from investing overseas, urging domestic retention of key technologies
As the global electric vehicle (EV) supply chain shifts towards a regionalized production model due to geopolitical and economic factors, the Chinese government is reportedly discouraging...
Friday 13 September 2024
Huawei's triple-fold Mate XT reaches 5 million pre-orders, but converting to actual orders will be challenging
Despite coming at a steep price, pre-orders for Huawei's new Mate XT triple-fold smartphone on the official online store have already surpassed 5 million as of September 11.
Friday 13 September 2024
Samsung counters Apple's Korea strategy with unprecedented US discounts in 3Q24
Apple has, for the first time, included South Korea in the initial wave of countries for the iPhone 16 series launch. In response, Samsung Electronics has raised its alert level and...
Friday 13 September 2024
Niching targets revenue boost from AI server cooling, substrates, and driver ICs
Niching Industrial, a Taiwan-based semiconductor materials and components distributor, has experienced a significant resurgence in orders for its three primary product lines –...
Friday 13 September 2024
RISC-V architecture gaining popularity in AI chips
RISC-V, according to Frankwell Lin, chairman of Andes Technology and chairperson of Taiwan's RISC-V Alliance, provides a variety of advantages, such as flexibility and openness, in...
Friday 13 September 2024
Apple signals flexibility on App Store policies to maintain Chinese market share
At Apple's product launch event on September 10, the company dedicated a segment of the presentation to announce that Tencent's latest game, "Honor of Kings: World" is scheduled to...
Friday 13 September 2024
Apple's cautious AI rollout: supply chain anticipates iPhone 16 3Q24 sales impact
Apple unveiled its AI feature, Apple Intelligence, at its product launch event on September 10, announcing a US rollout in October. However, support for languages such as Chinese,...
Friday 13 September 2024
Momentum for mass NB growth limited by AI PC surrogate marketing
Sunrex, a major notebook (NB) keyboard manufacturer and one of Apple's main Magic Keyboard suppliers, has been actively developing products such as touch modules and backlight modules...
Friday 13 September 2024
PANJIT achieves record automotive revenue in 3Q24, expands global presence
Despite recent disruptions in the automotive supply chain and varying perspectives on the automotive market among industry players, PANJIT, a major power semiconductor and integrated...
Thursday 12 September 2024
iPhone 16 fixes long-standing hardware woes; missing AI spark may stall upgrade frenzy
Apple recently unveiled the iPhone 16 at its latest event. The most notable hardware update is the introduction of a dedicated camera button, while other changes involve standard...
Thursday 12 September 2024
Samsung postpones new Exynos Auto chip while MediaTek accelerates automotive investments
There are reports of Samsung Electronics (Samsung) delaying the R&D of the automotive chip Exynos Auto and instead focusing on the development and mass-production of items including...
Thursday 12 September 2024
Isuzu accelerates self-driving initiatives, aims for level 4 autonomy by 1Q28
Japan-based automotive manufacturer Isuzu Motors (Isuzu) has set an ambitious goal to industrialize Level 4 self-driving trucks and buses by the end of March 2028 at the latest, with...
Thursday 12 September 2024
Dixon signs MoU with HP for PC manufacturing in India
Padget Electronics, a subsidiary of India-based Dixon Technologies, has signed an MoU with HP to manufacture notebooks, PCs, and all-in-one PCs as part of India's initiative to encourage...
Thursday 12 September 2024
IC distributor GMI warns of still-high inventory in China
IC distributor GMI Technology has cautioned about persistently high inventory levels in China. Still, it remains optimistic about semiconductor demand in communications, AI, and automotive...
Thursday 12 September 2024
Ultra-large LCD TVs now dominate the market price war
As emerging technologies and changing lifestyles impact consumer behavior, fewer people are choosing to watch TV at home. This has led to a decline in global TV shipments, urging...