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Wednesday 26 March 2025
IC distributors upbeat about 2025 prospects given end of inventory adjustments for industrial and automotive chips
IC distributors have expressed optimism regarding the semiconductor market outlook for 2025, generally believing that overall circumstances will exceed those of 2024. They anticipate...
Wednesday 26 March 2025
Exclusive: Google partners with Foxconn for US$90 million valued cloud project
Industry sources suggest that Google has landed a major project with Foxconn (Hon Hai Group) valued at over NT$3 billion (US$90.74 million). This alliance is expected to boost Foxconn's...
Wednesday 26 March 2025
India's Netrasemi to launch AI-optimized SoCs for edge computing, eyes global market
Indian semiconductor startup Netrasemi is set to launch its first AI-optimized system-on-chips (SoCs) for edge computing applications, with tape-outs scheduled at TSMC in April and...
Wednesday 26 March 2025
China Ant Group builds 300B-parameter AI model without Nvidia GPUs
As Washington ramps up restrictions on exporting advanced AI chips to China, Chinese tech giants are accelerating efforts to reduce reliance on foreign hardware. Ant Group emerged...
Wednesday 26 March 2025
IPC firms optimistic about 2Q25 edge device opportunities
As inventory clearance gradually comes to an end, coupled with the rise of edge markets associated with artificial intelligence (AI) applications, industrial PC (IPC) vendors generally...
Wednesday 26 March 2025
IC design firms navigate foggy 2Q25 landscape as US tariff looms
As 2025 unfolds, IC design and component companies have generally reported that the first quarter proved more resilient than expected, with many observing that the "off-season" was...
Wednesday 26 March 2025
China floods world with AI models after DeepSeek's success
DeepSeek did more than just show the AI industry you don't have to spend billions to build artificial intelligence. It fired up a long-dormant Chinese tech industry — and now...
Wednesday 26 March 2025
Taiwan matters: Qualcomm focuses on trio of areas
Qualcomm recently hosted a media luncheon in Taiwan to commemorate its 40th anniversary. The chip vendor outlined technological trajectories for the AIoT industry in the AI era and...
Wednesday 26 March 2025
Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia urge Trump to revise chip export curbs
Tech companies with a combined market valuation of more than US$8 trillion are urging the Trump administration to rethink chip export restrictions that they fear will push US allies...
Wednesday 26 March 2025
Xiaomi, BYD secure billions for EV global push
On March 25, 2025, Xiaomi Group made waves in the market with its announcement of an 800 million new share offering, aiming to raise a substantial HKD42.5 billion (US$5.47 billion)...
Wednesday 26 March 2025
TCL rules out US manufacturing, cites lack of competitiveness and policy risk
TCL founder and chairman Li Dongsheng said the company has no current plans to establish manufacturing operations in the US, calling the move economically unviable and lacking competitive...
Wednesday 26 March 2025
Samsung to reportedly mass-produce ADAS chips for Hyundai
Samsung Electronics will reportedly mass-produce advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) chips using its 5nm process for Hyundai Motor, according to South Korean media outlets....
Wednesday 26 March 2025
SDC triumphs in OLED patent dispute with BOE
Samsung Display (SDC) has won its lawsuit against the Chinese display company BOE for "OLED patent infringement" filed with the US International Trade Commission (ITC). However, the...
Tuesday 25 March 2025
DeepSeek in China-US AI competition
DeepSeek influences US-China competition and cooperation, temporarily impacting the US AI industry while also triggering stricter chip controls on China.
Tuesday 25 March 2025
Tencent's Hunyuan T1 model challenges DeepSeek and OpenAI in cost efficiency and fast computation
Tencent introduced its new Hunyuan Thinker-1 (Hunyuan T1) reasoning model on March 21, 2025, offering advanced data processing capabilities comparable to DeepSeek's R1 model.