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Monday 20 July 2026

BYD targets Japan's Kei-car stronghold with low-cost EV challenge

BYD is pressing ahead with plans to enter Japan's all-electric kei-car market, stepping up promotional activity and appointing a brand ambassador in a sign of growing confidence about its formal expansion into one of the world's most specialised automotive segments.

Monday 20 July 2026

Interview: AI's rise is pushing Singapore and ASEAN firms toward multicloud and security bets

As AI moves from experimentation to deployment, enterprises in Singapore and across ASEAN are shifting their focus from cloud adoption to multicloud integration, cybersecurity, and sovereign data control. Cloudmile chief commercial officer Jeremy Heng said the next phase of AI will be defined less by model hype than by the infrastructure needed to make systems secure, flexible, and commercially useful.

Monday 20 July 2026

Cloud competition in SEA shifts toward AI, sovereignty, and cost

Singapore's relatively neutral stance on cloud adoption is helping make performance, compliance, and value the main factors in global companies' decision-making. As AI moves from pilot projects to production, businesses across ASEAN are rethinking which cloud, model, and location best fit each workload.

Monday 20 July 2026

Hanmi Semiconductor speeds up HBM tool output and plants US flag as equipment shortage looms

South Korea's Hanmi Semiconductor is racing to expand output of the bonding equipment that global memory and foundry makers rely on to build high-bandwidth memory (HBM), warning that demand could outstrip supply from 2027, a bottleneck that would ripple across the AI chip buildout now being funded by the likes of Micron, SK Hynix, and TSMC.

Monday 20 July 2026

India roundup: India deepens semiconductor and AI ambitions as local ecosystem expands beyond fabs and assembly

India is broadening its technology strategy from attracting chip factories to building semiconductor equipment, materials, AI capabilities, supply chains and trade partnerships as it seeks a larger role in global electronics.

Monday 20 July 2026

MiTAC packs 96 AMD GPUs into 52U liquid-cooled rack

MiTAC Computing Technology, a subsidiary of MiTAC Holdings, showcased its server lineup and high-density liquid-cooled rack solutions at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai.

Saturday 18 July 2026

LG bets on India as its biggest AC base, as its third plant runs ahead of schedule

LG Electronics is on course to bring its third Indian plant online earlier than planned, a step that would make India the company's single largest air-conditioner production base and a springboard for exports across the Global South.

Saturday 18 July 2026

Column: South Korea's semiconductor strategy faces foresight and structural gaps

South Korea's technology policies—including the two semiconductor strategies discussed previously and the broader K-Moonshot initiative introduced more recently—have been drafted by different government bodies, including the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), the Presidential Office, and the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT). Yet they share several common characteristics.

Saturday 18 July 2026

As AI expands nanotech, Samsung fortifies ecosystem and LG pivots to chip equipment

Nanotechnology is increasingly seen as a key enabler in the AI era, with competition broadening from semiconductors, manufacturing to home appliances. At Nano Korea 2026 held in Goyang, South Korea, Samsung Electronics again highlighted its integrated semiconductor solutions, while the LG Group moved beyond home appliances to showcase its deployment in semiconductor equipment and materials.

Saturday 18 July 2026

Dutch report frames Chinese interference in chips, ports and aerospace as a systemic threat

Chinese foreign interference in the Netherlands' strategic industries should be treated as a systemic, long-term threat rather than a series of isolated incidents, according to "Beyond Borders," a report published under the China Knowledge Network (CKN) and written by analysts at the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS). The study warns that while individual acts of espionage, coercion, or influence may look manageable on their own, their aggregate effect risks eroding the Netherlands' technological edge, economic independence, and strategic autonomy.

Saturday 18 July 2026

TCL starts OLED monitor panel production ahead of Guangzhou fab opening

TCL CSOT has started producing a 27-inch inkjet-printed OLED monitor panel at its Gen 5.5 line in Wuhan, giving the Chinese display maker an early foothold in consumer OLED monitors before its larger Guangzhou factory comes online, according to ETNews.

Saturday 18 July 2026

JNTC-TOPPAN glass substrate push signals AI packaging supply-chain shift

As AI accelerators and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) packages grow larger and more complex, substrate technology is becoming a new constraint in advanced packaging. Organic substrates remain widely used, but rising demand for high-density interconnects, lower signal loss, and better dimensional stability is pushing glass substrates closer to commercial adoption.

Saturday 18 July 2026

China's AI sector pivots to system-level "super-nodes" as chip curbs bite at WAIC 2026

The largest World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) to date opened in Shanghai on July 17, and its dominant signal was strategic: China's answer to US limits on advanced chips is shifting from chasing single-chip performance toward lashing thousands of domestic processors together into system-level "super-nodes."

Friday 17 July 2026

Japan's ACSL eyes Taiwan drone supply chain expansion, commits to TADTE 2027

Japanese industrial drone maker ACSL is open to expanding procurement from Taiwan as it strengthens its international supply chain strategy, with the company accepting an invitation to participate in the 2027 Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition (TADTE) during a visit by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) Chairman James C.F. Huang to ACSL's R&D headquarters on July 15.

Friday 17 July 2026

Taiwan drone sector expands Japanese tie-ups

Taiwan's drone industry has grown rapidly in recent years, with output surging from about NT$5 billion (US$154.87 million) in 2024 to NT$12.9 billion in 2025, while export value jumped from NT$140 million to NT$2.9 billion. Still, compared with semiconductors and electronics assembly, the drone sector remains small, making it critical for the industry to expand technology cooperation and secure government subsidies.

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