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Saturday 15 November 2025
Memory panic buying grips tech industry as shortage extends to 2027
The memory buying surge escalated into the fourth quarter of 2025, sparking panic purchases across the supply chain. According to market sources, brands and system vendors such as...
Saturday 15 November 2025
Wieson sees strong growth as AI and HPC markets boost demand for connectors
Wieson reported significant gains in its third-quarter 2025 results, driven by heightened demand for connectors in artificial intelligence (AI) servers and high-performance computing...
Saturday 15 November 2025
China fine-tunes its Thousand Talents campaign to lure South Korean scientists
China's talent-recruitment efforts in South Korea's science and technology sector are entering a far more targeted phase. Under the Thousand Talents Plan (TTP), Beijing is reportedly...
Saturday 15 November 2025
Commentary: The AI bubble question resurfaces, yet China's cycle logic diverges sharply
As 2025 nears its close, the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom is again prompting debate over whether the sector is entering speculative territory. From Silicon Valley to Wall...
Saturday 15 November 2025
Research insight: SpaceX strengthens lead in LEO satellites with reusable rockets, standardized bus, and cost-efficient components
The US satellite industry has evolved over nearly seven decades through sustained investment from NASA and the Department of Defense (DoD). Early NASA commercial resupply and launch...
Friday 14 November 2025
Taiwan's EV market heats up as Luxgen N5 prepares for debut
Taiwan's electric vehicle market (EV) is poised for a wave of new launches in the second half of 2025, with the upcoming Luxgen N5, based on Foxtron's Model B platform, attracting...
Friday 14 November 2025
Applied Materials faces sharp China retreat in 2026, but AI workloads keep the upgrade cycle alive
Applied Materials reported US$6.8 billion in revenue for the quarter ended October 26 in FY25, a 3% year-over-year decline but still ahead of the US$6.68 billion market forecast....
Friday 14 November 2025
G-Shank sees strong AI-driven growth for stamping parts
G-Shank, a supplier of stamping parts, achieved double-digit revenue growth in the first three quarters of 2025, driven by demand for AI servers and high-performance computing (HPC),...
Friday 14 November 2025
SMIC warns of 2026 memory squeeze: AI demand surges, customers turn cautious
SMIC warns that an emerging memory shortage could disrupt production of cars, smartphones, and consumer electronics as early as 2026. Co-CEO Zhao Haijun said Chinese manufacturers...
Friday 14 November 2025
China's Maxone steps into the global probe-card elite with IPO approval, Huawei support

Maxone Semiconductor (Suzhou) has cleared the Shanghai STAR Market IPO review, a notable milestone in China's effort to end foreign control...

Friday 14 November 2025
Premiumization boosts Qualcomm as Apple posts fastest growth in India
India's smartphone market hit a five-year peak in the festive third quarter of 2025, growing 4.3% year-over-year to 48 million units, according to IDC data released recently. The...
Friday 14 November 2025
SMIC's AI-fueled 3Q rebound sets up a US$9B year despite margin pressure
SMIC posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter results as China's surging AI investment and state-backed chip localisation fuelled earnings. Beijing's push for semiconductor self-sufficiency,...
Friday 14 November 2025
Coretronic and Radiant expand beyond displays, betting on drones and advanced optics
Taiwan's leading backlight module suppliers, Coretronic and Radiant Opto-Electronics, are diversifying into new sectors as demand in the traditional display market slows. The new...
Friday 14 November 2025
AI chip test interface demand surges; Taiwan orders visible through 2026
As AI ASIC makers accelerate the release of next-gen chips to catch up with AI GPU leaders, industry observers expect a major shift in the AI chip landscape by 2026. This transformation...
Friday 14 November 2025
Edison Opto expects automotive momentum to reboot operations in 2026
LED firm Edison Opto reported weak results for its lighting products in the third quarter of 2025, with shipments to customers in the Middle East and Europe falling short of expectations...
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.