China policy containment eases DDR5 price fears as Taiwan’s DDR4 supply sells out

China’s AI-driven supply chain expansion is reshaping the DRAM landscape. CXMT, the country’s top DRAM producer, will pivot entirely to DDR5, LPDDR5, and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) in 2025. While fears of oversupply had raised concerns of DDR5 price swings, industry sources say Beijing is ring-fencing advanced DRAM for domestic use. This policy curbs export leakage and is expected to stabilize DDR5 pricing, with a gradual market upturn likely in 2026.

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Episil bets on SiC and GaN for Q4 rebound as compound semiconductor market bottoms out

Episil and its epitaxy-focused subsidiary Episil Precision, spanning both silicon (Si) and wide-bandgap semiconductors such as silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN), told investors on Sept. 17 that its SiC and GaN businesses sank to a low point in the first half of 2025. The company expects recovery only by the fourth quarter.

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Exclusive: ByteDance readies new AI glasses prototypes and waiting for Apple to heat up trend

The smart-glasses boom shows no signs of cooling, with market demand clearly established. Yet shipments have consistently fallen short of expectations, constrained by hardware limits and immature software ecosystems. ByteDance, meanwhile, has kept conspicuously silent. Despite rumors in August that it was preparing to launch an AI glasses product, the company publicly denied the reports.

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Nvidia invests in Intel; Acer founder says TSMC still far ahead in foundry sector

Nvidia’s investment of US$5 billion in Intel sent shockwaves through the semiconductor industry. Stan Shih, founder of Acer, commented that while the US requires a healthier industry with more diversified suppliers, the more significant factor lies in Nvidia’s integration with the x86 ecosystem, which will profoundly influence the future trajectory of artificial intelligence (AI) development.

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