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Tuesday 27 October 2026
SoftBank eyes US$50B Malaysia AI data-center expansion
SoftBank Group founder and CEO Masayoshi Son has selected investment sites in Malaysia and plans to invest US$50 billion in technology, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Mitsubishi Materials scales thermistor capacity sixfold amid AI boom
Mitsubishi Materials will expand production of thermistors, temperature sensors used in optical communications equipment, as the spread of generative AI drives demand for optical transceivers...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Malaysia conditionally approves first rare-earth export under new rules
Malaysia has approved its first export of unprocessed rare earths under a new regulatory framework, with the shipment intended for research and development, although officials did...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Vietnam's first fab reportedly faces doubts over 2027 target
Vietnam's first wafer fab may miss its 2027 trial-production target, Reuters reported on October 26, citing concerns about project execution and equipment procurement. Developer...
Sunday 25 October 2026
Moonshot's Singapore hiring shows how China's open-model labs plan to get paid abroad
Moonshot AI's first visible overseas sales hire marks a new stage in how Chinese developers of open-weight models compete outside China. They have given away model weights to win developers...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Chinese nickel producers weigh coordinated HPAL cuts in Indonesia
Executives from Chinese nickel producers plan to meet as early as October 20 to seek coordinated production cuts at Indonesian processing plants as weaker prices and rising costs pressure...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Starlink, FPT deploy satellite internet terminals on Vietnam islands
Vietnam has installed 10 Starlink satellite internet terminals on islands near Haiphong, highlighting how low Earth orbit networks are being used to extend connectivity beyond conventional...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Global Tek's new Thailand plant enters trial production in 3Q26, targeting AI liquid cooling and aerospace opportunities
Global Tek Industrial held an opening ceremony on the 20th for its Super Smart Manufacturing Park in Chonburi, Thailand. Spanning 177,600 square meters, the facility is the group's...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
US firms eye Malaysia to diversify rare earth supply chains
More than a dozen US companies are exploring opportunities to develop Malaysia's rare earth industry, seeking alternatives to China-dominated supply chains as Washington pushes to...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Malaysia says data center investors must fund transmission upgrades
Malaysia wants data center investors to bear the cost of transmission upgrades required by their projects, tying investment decisions more closely to local grid readiness. New applications...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
TiMotion targets robot market as Vietnam plant is set to open by year-end
Transmission systems integrator TiMotion Technology plans to begin trading on Taiwan's Emerging Stock Board on October 21 as it marks its 20th anniversary, with the company targeting...
Monday 19 October 2026
Anthropic opens Singapore office, signs AI cooperation agreement
Anthropic has opened its fifth Asia-Pacific office in Singapore and signed a memorandum of understanding with the city-state's digital ministry, broadening cooperation on AI safety,...
Monday 19 October 2026
Malaysia unveils six locally designed chips, but commercial adoption is the real test
Malaysia's push to move from assembling chips to owning the designs behind them has reached the point where it must find buyers. On October 16, the government unveiled six semiconductor...
Sunday 18 October 2026
Exclusive: EnterpriseSG positions Singapore's semiconductor SMEs for bigger roles in global chip supply chains
Singapore is targeting high-value semiconductor manufacturing, advanced packaging, and silicon photonics, building on its strengths in engineering, precision manufacturing, and reliability,...
Saturday 17 October 2026
Singapore's AI bet shifts from model race to deployment, resilience and trusted adoption
Singapore is moving its AI strategy beyond pilot-heavy experimentation toward a more deployment-focused model centered on enterprise adoption, sector transformation and resilient access...