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ASIA IN BRIEF Chinese memory-maker CXMT claims to have made a miniaturization breakthrough.
The company on Sunday posted news that it has started mass production of chips made with a fifth-generation process that doubles memory density, meaning it can cut twice the number of dies for memory chips from a single wafer.
CXMT says its breakthrough is a high-k dielectric metal gate process adapted to baking DRAM. The company claims its new process puts it on par with rival memory-makers.
The proof of the pudding is a pair of LPDDR5X memory modules for smartphones or other high-end consumer electronics.
If CXMT’s claims of improved density and mass production are correct it’s good news for Chinese electronics manufacturers who, like their global peers, are struggling to source affordable memory thanks to supply chain crunches caused by demand for AI-related products.
Democratic governments, however, are mostly uncomfortable with allowing their smartphone manufacturers to use Chinese components.
India’s National Payments Corporation last week introduced fees to use its Unified Payments Interface for the first time.
UPI launched in 2016 and has until now been free for shoppers and merchants alike. The NCP last week announced it will soon need merchants to pay 0.4 percent fee for when taking payments above 2,000 rupees.
The researcher found that China-registered companies held no more than 3.9 percent of the CDN market between 2024 and 2026, and that US-registered companies dominated, ranging from 95.9 percent to 99.6 percent.