At CES 2025, Jensen Huang declared it is now the “ChatGPT moment for robotics,” as Nvidia intensifies its development of robotics technology to build a comprehensive robotics ecosystem. Nvidia unveiled its generative world model platform, Cosmos, designed to address industry issues related to data shortages.

Amid uncertainties in the Chinese market and reduced spending by automotive chip and power semiconductor manufacturers, Japanese semiconductor equipment makers have revised their sales forecast for fiscal year 2025 (April 2025 – March 2026). Nevertheless, demand for advanced process chips, especially those needed for artificial intelligence (AI), is anticipated to lead to a 5% year-over-year sales growth in 2025.

China’s Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has reportedly adopted the 1z process for its 10nm-class DDR5 production, prompting heightened concern at Samsung Electronics, which is now closely monitoring the status of advanced DRAM production in China.

During the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, China’s Vice Premier Xuexiang Ding stated that there are “no winners” in a trade war while acknowledging the numerous difficulties and challenges currently facing the Chinese economy.