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Monday 6 May 2024
Samsung SDI expanding investment among weak 1Q24 results
Leading South Korea-based battery manufacturers LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI, and SK On reported unsatisfactory financial performance in the first quarter of 2024 due to slow EV...
Friday 3 May 2024
Microsoft CEO wraps up Southeast Asia tour, pledging billions into AI talent boost and establishment of data centers
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's tour across Southeast Asia has concluded, having visited three key countries: Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia, as part of the company's strategic outreach...
Friday 3 May 2024
Meta struggled to monetize AI products in near term
Meta regained market focus with the widespread popularity of its open Llama. Nevertheless, as its AI investments are still in the early stages, it will take years to see returns.
Friday 3 May 2024
Microsoft's OpenAI investment driven by fear of falling behind Google: 2019 email unveils
A newly surfaced internal email revealed what drove Microsoft's decision to invest in OpenAI.
Thursday 2 May 2024
Microsoft CEO pledges US$2.2 billion in latest Asian AI investment
Microsoft Corp. will invest $2.2 billion to build digital infrastructure in Malaysia, the latest in a series of big-ticket bets on Asia's rising prominence as a technology market.
Thursday 2 May 2024
PSMC inaugurates Tongluo fab in Taiwan
On May 2, Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) held the grand opening ceremony for its new Tongluo Fab at the Miaoli Tongluo Science Park.
Monday 29 April 2024
Excess inventory becomes a risk with no brake on semiconductor investment
After the successive introduction of chip acts in the United States, the European Union, and Japan, a global trend of building chip fabs has emerged.
Monday 29 April 2024
Google Taiwan to expand hardware R&D space; electricity price increase won't affect overall investment
Google Taiwan opened its second hardware R&D office building in Banqiao, New Taipei City.
Thursday 25 April 2024
SK Hynix selects Cheongju as new DRAM production base, investing KRW5.3 trillion
SK Hynix has announced plans to expand production capacity for next-generation DRAM, including HBM, a critical component of AI infrastructure. This decision is in response to the...
Wednesday 24 April 2024
Is the US semiconductor talent pool ready for investments from Samsung and SK Hynix?
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are accelerating their investment pace in the US, and are collaborating with universities near factory sites to ensure a steady supply of semiconductor...
Monday 22 April 2024
Tim Cook boosts Apple campus investment to US$250 million for Singapore AI talent expansion
Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced plans to increase investment in the Ang Mo Kio campus, eyeing to expand the AI talent pool of the country.
Friday 19 April 2024
Taiwan companies repatriate US$46.3 billion back from China in 2023
Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) released data showing that as of December 2023, 1,209 Taiwanese companies had invested NT$2,735.6 billion (US$84.2 billion) in China,...
Thursday 18 April 2024
Micron poised to get over $6 billion in chips grants in announcement next week
Micron Technology Inc., the largest US maker of computer-memory chips, is poised to get $6.1 billion in grants from the Commerce Department to help pay for domestic factory projects,...
Thursday 18 April 2024
Chinese EDA company attracts investment from Big Fund
China's National Semiconductor Industry Investment Fund (aka the Big Fund) has provided financial support to NineCube, a Chinese electronic design automation (EDA) company established...
Wednesday 17 April 2024
UAE's G42 chooses US over China for Nvidia chips and US$1.5 billion investment from Microsoft
Microsoft's substantial investment of US$1.5 billion has secured it a board seat in the United Arab Emirates-based AI firm G42, albeit with a trade-off.