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Wednesday 11 June 2025
WWDC 2025: Apple's AI lag and challenges in agentic AI development
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2025 officially kicked off this week. Weeks before the event, market rumors suggested that Apple Intelligence's progress was far behind...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Fragmented IPC demand spurs modular shift: speed, profit stability in spotlight
Driven by Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, and edge computing, the industrial PC (IPC) market is undergoing structural change. As deployment scenarios become more fragmented, manufacturers...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
China's STAR Market reforms spark record M&A wave as tech firms seek scale and strategy
Marking the first anniversary of China's "Eight Measures for the STAR Market"—a landmark reform package aimed at boosting tech innovation and industrial upgrading—the...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Samsung and Groq to produce world's fastest AI chip using 4nm process, mass production slated for 2H25
Samsung Electronics' foundry division is targeting the artificial intelligence (AI) chip market with a new collaboration alongside Groq, aiming to bring their jointly developed chip...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
China IC exports up 18.9%; ASEAN overtakes US as largest trade partner
China is ramping up trade ties with ASEAN and the EU as US-China tensions deepen and global supply chains continue to shift. According to June 2025 data from the General Administration...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
AMD nears 40% server market share in 1Q25, poised to match Intel in 2026
In 2017, AMD held nearly zero market share in the server processor segment. After CEO Lisa Su implemented a comprehensive platform strategy overhaul, AMD set ambitious goals for annual...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
SEA emerges as key battleground for MCU industry amid G2 tech rivalry
As geopolitical tensions between China and the US continue to escalate, the Southeast Asian market has become a new strategic focal point for global semiconductor players—particularly...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Hygon absorbs Sugon in US$16.2 billion share swap to forge China's full-stack compute giant
Chinese processor developer Hygon Information Technology and supercomputing firm Dawning Information Industry Co. (Sugon) unveiled a CNY116 billion (US$16.2 billion) share-swap merger...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Chinese carmakers agree to standardize supplier payment periods
Several of China's state-owned automakers have pledged to standardize bill payment periods for their suppliers to 60 days after authorities raised concerns about supply chain finan...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
US, China officials agree on plan to ramp down trade tensions
The US and China de-escalated trade tensions, agreeing to a preliminary deal on how to implement the consensus the two sides reached in Geneva, negotiators for both sides said.
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Nintendo’s Switch 2 ignites IC order boom for Taiwan’s design houses
Nintendo's highly anticipated Switch 2 has officially launched to an extremely enthusiastic response across Europe, the US, and Japan. Retail channels report being "highly optimistic"...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Trump's EDA cutoff cripples China's advanced node, HBM ambitions
The Trump administration has escalated its tech crackdown on China with a sweeping ban on Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software exports. On May 29, 2025, Synopsys, Cadence,...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Uber acquires Crown Taxi in Taiwan
Uber has announced its first fleet acquisition in Taiwan by purchasing long-time partner Crown Taxi. The ride-hailing giant plans to introduce an integrated operating model combining...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
China's 10 rare earth powerhouses driving 70% of global supply

In April 2025, China imposed new export restrictions on seven critical mid-to-heavy rare earth elements—samarium (Sm), gadolinium (Gd),...

Tuesday 10 June 2025
YMTC sues Micron over 'spyware' allegations amid ongoing patent, IP battles
Chinese memory chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) has filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, DC, accusing US-based Micron Technology of launching a disinformation campaign...
Wednesday 23 December 2015
Samsung PRO Plus 128GB microSD cards
Samsung Electronics has unveiled its PRO Plus 128GB microSD card series, which is built with company's MLC NAND flash solution. With the introduction of its new 128GB microSD card, Samsung provides consumers with a memory card solution for capturing heavy-loaded, high-resolution video, photography and multimedia contents for use in today's mobile devices. The PRO Plus 128GB microSD is the newest addition to Samsung's PRO Plus lineup, which was first introduced in 32GB and 64GB versions in May 2015. The 128GB microSD features the highest-quality MLC NAND flash memory and UHS-I Speed Class 3 (U3) and Speed Class 10 support, offering the industry's fastest speeds of up to 95MB/s and 90MB/s for read and write respectively, Samsung said. The new PRO Plus 128GB microSD is meant for use in high-end smartphones and tablets, as well as fulfilling the security, capacity, performance and environment requirements inherent in newly emerging audio and video consumer electronics, specifically action cameras and drones. The new memory card is equipped to handle storing and transferring professional-grade photos and 4K UHD video recording and playback. It can record up to three hours and 50 minutes of 4K UHD video or 16 hours and 20 minutes of Full HD video in action cameras without the need to change or replace the memory card. In addition, the PRO Plus 128GB microSD can store a maximum of 10,940 photos or 30,670 MP3 songs based on Samsung's estimated user settings and configurations. Samsung will now offer the new PRO Plus 128GB microSD memory card in more than 50 countries including China, Europe, Korea, the US and other regions.