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Wednesday 1 October 2025
China launches K-Visa to attract global STEM talent
China has officially introduced its K-visa, a new immigration pathway aimed at attracting foreign STEM graduates, just as the US sharply raised H-1B visa fees to US$100,000 per applicant...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
China's 12-inch SiC leap: SICC, Jingsheng in spotlight
The global race in third-generation semiconductors is intensifying, with larger silicon carbide (SiC) wafers seen as critical to cutting costs and enhancing power device performance...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Appointment highlights Samsung's strategy to strengthen India's semiconductor R&D leadership
Samsung Electronics has reportedly appointed Rajesh Krishnan as the new head of Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR), signaling a strategic push to strengthen local R&D...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
SEMI chief: Taiwan-India synergy to shape semiconductor future
Ajit Manocha, president and CEO of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), underscored Taiwan's role as a central innovation hub in the global semiconductor eco...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxi accelerates abroad, eyeing Southeast Asia and Australia
Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxi service, gaining traction in China, is fast-tracking expansion abroad with Southeast Asia and Australia as its next targets. Halton Niu, GM of Overseas...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Nvidia falters in China; Huawei moves to fill AI chip vacuum
Huawei is set to expand Ascend AI chip output, seizing on Nvidia's shrinking position in China as US export curbs and Beijing's security mandates squeeze the American company's market...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Apple supplier BOE expands beyond displays with robotics and AI software unit
BOE Technology, a major Apple display panel supplier, has established a wholly owned subsidiary to expand into robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) software. Sina and...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
China's copper foil sector pushes back against price war with processing fee hike
China's PCB industry has, in recent years, been entangled in a vicious price war, leading many local PCB manufacturers to collapse under the pressure of internal cutthroat competition...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
Rising AI glasses challenge next-generation smartphone designs
The AI glasses jointly launched by Meta and Ray-Ban have been selling well. With strong promotion from other major brands such as Google and Samsung Electronics, AI glasses are now...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
Allied Circuit, Meiko to co-build high-layer PCB plant in Vietnam for AI servers
Compal Electronics' PCB subsidiary, Allied Circuit Co., Ltd. (ACCL), has announced a joint venture with Japan's Meiko to establish a high-layer count (HLC) printed circuit board plant...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
Qualcomm balances AI PC tech and user experience, cites Apple as WoA ecosystem cornerstone
Qualcomm has launched its new Snapdragon X2 Elite PC chip platform in 2025, aiming to expand its reach in the AI PC market. Mandar Deshpande, senior director of product management...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
DB HiTek expands foundry presence in India through SmartSoC partnership
SmartSoC Solutions has entered a strategic partnership with South Korea's DB HiTek to strengthen access to specialty foundry services for India's semiconductor ecosystem. Under the...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
GlobalFoundries opens Beijing office, doubles down on localizing production for China market
US-based foundry GlobalFoundries (GF) has faced numerous challenges in its China strategy, from halting investment in a 12-inch fab in Chengdu to shifting toward mature process partnerships...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
DeepSeek launches new open-source AI model with Huawei, Cambricon, Hygon support
DeepSeek unveiled its next-generation large language model, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp, on September 29, 2025, and released it as open source on Hugging Face. The new model features a sparse...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
Richard Yu to lead Huawei's Investment Review Board in strategic AI pivot

Huawei is doubling down on its artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions. On September 29, company founder Ren Zhengfei personally signed...