Hisense U7Q specifications and features for Europe

The Hisense U7Q is the third series of Hisense ULED TVs with Mini LED for 2025. Unlike the U8Q and the U7Q Pro series, it comprises six models: Hisense 100U7Q – specifications Hisense 85U7Q – specifications Hisense 75U7Q – specifications Hisense 65U7Q – specifications Hisense 55U7Q – specifications Hisense 50U7Q – specifications For the Hisense U7Q series Hisense has used a mixture of IPS-ADS and…

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Hisense U7Q Pro specifications and features for Europe

The second 2025 Hisense ULED series of 4K Mini LED TVs is the Hisense U7Q Pro, which comprises five models and in many ways resembles the U8Q series: Hisense 100U7Q Pro – specifications Hisense 85U7Q Pro – specifications Hisense 75U7Q Pro – specifications Hisense 65U7Q Pro – specifications Hisense 55U7Q Pro – specifications In a similar fashion to the models from the U8Q series, the models from…

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SEMI Country excerpt 5: Global perspective in the new digital era

During China’s peak prosperity, Taiwan managed to survive under significant pressure. Now, freed from direct Chinese constraints, Taiwan continues to navigate challenges alongside global powers. Within the G2 dynamic, Taiwan grapples with internal limitations such as energy, talent, and land. Even the goal of maintaining the status quo poses an increasingly daunting challenge, with US policy toward Taiwan—especially under the Trump administration—remaining a critical factor.

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Sharp offloads dormant LCD plant to Aoi for semiconductor packaging pivot

Sharp Corporation announced on March 31 that it has agreed to sell an idle LCD panel factory in Mie Prefecture, Japan, to local electronics component maker Aoi Electronics. Known as Mie Plant 1, the facility spans roughly 60,000 square meters (approx. 14.83 acres) and has been inactive since 2015, when Sharp halted small- and medium-size LCD production there.

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TSMC’s JASM doubles workforce amid production delays

On April 1, 2025, TSMC’s Japanese subsidiary, JASM, hosted its annual new employee enrollment ceremony, a tradition for many Japanese companies, at its headquarters in Kikuyo Town, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu. Despite delays in the installation of some equipment at JASM’s first wafer plant and a postponed construction schedule for the second plant, the company saw a significant increase in the number of new hires this year.

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Made in China, built to compete: Loongson’s 64-core server takes on Intel in HPC race

At the 2025 ZGC Forum, Chinese chipmaker Loongson introduced the 3C6000/D—its first dual-socket 2U server fully designed and manufactured in-house. The launch highlights China’s efforts to advance homegrown high-performance computing (HPC) technologies amid tightening US export restrictions and signals progress in building domestic alternatives to foreign server chips.

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