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Wednesday 30 September 2026
ASE Technology buys Singapore factory for AI chip testing expansion
ASE Technology Holding's Singapore unit has approved the purchase of a factory in Yishun Industrial Park from Dutch LED maker Lumileds Singapore for about US$68.44 million, or about...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
VSMC bets on value over cost as Singapore fab builds next-generation R&D and IP capabilities
VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC), the joint venture between Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and NXP Semiconductors, opened its 12-inch wafer fab in...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Broadcom-Toppan venture opens Singapore's first high-end FC-BGA substrate plant
Advanced Substrate Technologies (AST), a joint venture between Japan's Toppan Holdings and Broadcom, officially opened a manufacturing facility in Singapore on September 29, 2026,...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
GlobalFoundries Singapore capacity utilization tops 90% as silicon photonics expansion hits equipment lead-time bottleneck
GlobalFoundries (GF) is expanding its Singapore footprint following its acquisition of local silicon photonics foundry Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF), integrating 200mm and 300mm silicon...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Dat Bike challenges VinFast with simpler EV scooter strategy
Vietnamese electric scooter brand Dat Bike has launched its family-oriented ERA model with a starting price of VND29.9 million (US$1,151.22), pairing it with a self-developed "integrated...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Meta reaches agreements with Firmus on securing AI compute in Southeast Asia
Meta reached several agreements to source AI compute capacity from Firmus, an Australian neocloud, which will lease GPU compute capacity at its AI factories in Southeast Asia. The...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
In global semiconductor race, Singapore bets on critical, mature technologies
Amid the ongoing restructuring of the global semiconductor supply chain, Singapore is focusing on advanced packaging, heterogeneous integration, silicon photonics, and optical interconnects,...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Advanced packaging shifts toward system integration as AI renews semiconductor talent appeal

At Singapore's Innovate Together 2026 conference on September 25, executives and researchers from A*STAR's Institute of Microelectronics...

Tuesday 29 September 2026
Beyond 16 layers: HBM stacks test advanced packaging equipment makers
At Singapore's Innovate Together 2026 conference on September 25, equipment makers including ASM, ASMPT, and KLA said the challenges facing next-generation advanced packaging are expanding...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
VSMC Singapore fab fully booked as VIS weighs Fab 2
Capacity at VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (VSMC) first 12-inch wafer fab in Singapore is fully booked as the joint venture between Vanguard International Semiconductor...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
TSMC helps VSMC build first Singapore fab in 22 months at lower cost than US
VSMC, the joint venture between Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and NXP Semiconductors, officially opened its first 12-inch wafer fab in Singapore on September 28, completing...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Vanguard chairman says AI slowdown won't free up chip capacity

Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and NXP Semiconductors' joint venture, VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC),...

Friday 25 September 2026
Singapore brands its chip sector as it tries to move up from manufacturing
Singapore is deepening semiconductor R&D ties with Applied Materials, KLA, GlobalFoundries (GF) and other industry players across advanced packaging and silicon photonics, as the...
Thursday 24 September 2026
Yusin Malaysia plant to fully ramp up by 4Q26

Brake system parts maker Yusin said at an investor conference on September 23 that key equipment at its new Malaysia plant is expected...

Thursday 24 September 2026
Anthropic joins OpenAI, Google DeepMind in Singapore

Anthropic will open its Singapore office in October, making it the company's fifth office in the Asia-Pacific region after Tokyo, Bengaluru,...