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Monday 18 August 2025

Hua Hong Semiconductor to acquire HLMC to expand 12-inch chipmaking capacity

Hua Hong Semiconductor announced on August 17 that it will acquire a controlling stake in Shanghai Huali Microelectronics Corporation...

Monday 18 August 2025

Dixon Technologies, HKC seal joint venture agreement for display manufacturing in India

Dixon Technologies formed a joint venture with China's HKC, highlighting a thaw in India-China business ties, even as US President Donald Trump's 50% tariff on Indian goods unsettles...

Monday 18 August 2025

Huawei escalates IP battle with Africa's dominant smartphone vendor

Chinese handset maker Shenzhen Transsion Holdings Co., known as the "king of phones in Africa," is facing a fresh legal challenge from Huawei, highlighting growing intellectual property...

Monday 18 August 2025

ASML's uneasy role in the tech war: What 3 years inside the Dutch giant reveal about US–China rivalry

The United States has steadily ratcheted up export controls on semiconductor technology to China, with its ban on ASML's extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines standing as...

Monday 18 August 2025

Tolls replace tariffs: Industry scrambles to adapt to Trump's evolving chip policy

According to recent reports, the US government will collect 15% of revenue from shipments approved for Nvidia and AMD to China, funneling these funds into the national treasury. This...

Monday 18 August 2025

Strong demand for advanced nodes drives Topco's 1H25 revenue growth

Topco Scientific (TSC) stated during an earnings call on August 14, 2025, that current semiconductor market conditions are on par with the first quarter of 2025, adding that advanced...

Monday 18 August 2025

Huawei tests China's first HBM3 as CXMT accelerates expansion to counter supply squeeze

China's push for self-reliance in artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors is running into fresh obstacles as Washington tightens controls on advanced memory. In response, ChangXin...

Monday 18 August 2025

Weekly news roundup: Apple's US$599 MacBook, China's HBM3 breakthrough, and TSMC 2nm leak update

Below are the top DIGITIMES Asia stories from August 11 to 17, 2025. Leading the headlines: Apple is preparing to launch a US$599 MacBook, with mass production of key components expected...

Monday 18 August 2025

Tariff standoff, soft demand threaten to undercut Taiwan’s auto supply chain

In Taiwan, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) form the backbone of the domestic auto supply chain—supplying everything from...

Monday 18 August 2025

China commands 60% of global AI patents, races to close US gap in computing power

China is entering the second half of 2025 by reviewing its "14th Five-Year Plan" technology milestones and mapping priorities for the upcoming "15th Five-Year Plan." Liu Liehong,...

Monday 18 August 2025

Intel demonstrates cutting-edge 18A process for non-x86 SoCs, aiming to challenge TSMC

Intel has showcased a non-x86 reference system-on-chip built on its Intel 18A process, underscoring the US chipmaker's commitment to expanding its most advanced manufacturing technology...

Monday 18 August 2025

India roundup: India approves four chip projects

The number of chipmaking projects in India that qualify for the country’s incentive policy has increased to ten, following the approval of four new initiatives. Concurrently,...

Sunday 17 August 2025

Analysis: AI startups target Chrome as major AI application battleground

Rising AI startups, including OpenAI and Perplexity, have shown interest in acquiring the Google Chrome browser, with Perplexity offering US$34.5 billion. Yahoo has also expressed...

Sunday 17 August 2025

Market research predicts staggering growth for microLED TV market starting in 2028

The microLED market—considered a "game changer" in the next-generation display panel industry—is expected to enter a rapid growth phase starting in 2028, according to...

Sunday 17 August 2025

Applied Materials faces lawsuit from smaller Chinese rival

Chinese semiconductor equipment makers are increasingly taking the offensive in protecting their technology and intellectual property. Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology has...

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