Murata doubles down on quality as Chinese rivals expand in MLCC market
Murata Manufacturing, the world’s largest MLCC producer, is reinforcing its strategy around quality in the face of intensifying competition from…
MediaTek aims to boost smartphone market share to 40% with sew flagship chips
MediaTek this week unveiled its flagship Dimensity 9500 SoC. After the launch event in Taiwan, senior executives outlined their outlook…
Huawei launches ‘safe’ DeepSeek R1 through academic collab, trained on 1,000 Ascend chips
Huawei introduced the DeepSeek-R1-Safe at Huawei Connect 2025, a security-enhanced version of its DeepSeek R1 developed with Zhejiang University. The…
Taiwan, US defense firms set 18-month plan to build drone capacity
Taiwan’s top military research institute has signed partnership deals with six leading global defense firms, a landmark move aimed at…
Samsung secures IBM chip orders, taps China clients as advanced node struggles linger
Samsung Electronics has reportedly won IBM’s foundry order for its next-generation Power11 data center CPU, produced on an enhanced 7nm…
Zyxel subsidiary ZyFlex launches reusable hard-kill drones
Zyxel Group chairman Shun-I Chu stated that the government’s commitment to increasing the defense budget is correct, and he hopes…
Meta AI glasses fall short in demos yet avoid major backlash
At Meta Connect 2025, Meta unveiled three new products, including the smart glasses Live AI, which fell short of expectations.…
Huawei patents SiC cooling tech to power next-gen AI chips
Huawei has disclosed two new patents in China targeting advanced cooling solutions for AI chips, highlighting the rising urgency around…
Nvidia’s US$5B Intel stake sparks foundry jitters for TSMC, Samsung
Nvidia’s US$5 billion stake in Intel has shaken the global semiconductor landscape, sparking debate over future foundry competition and supply…
Phison resumes quotes as NAND flash prices surge 10% on AI SSD boom
NAND flash prices are climbing alongside the broader memory recovery. Micron and Phison Electronics suspended quotations, sparking expectations of further…