SEMICON West 2026 wrapped up in San Francisco last week, with US officials, industry executives, equipment and materials suppliers, and workforce-development partners repeatedly highlighting...
South Korean automotive and machinery component makers are among 12 companies identified in a KRW2.2 trillion (approx. US$1.66 billion) private investment plan to develop a domestic...
Amkor Technology is tripling its planned investment in Gwangju to expand advanced packaging capacity for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing, bringing a semiconductor...
On October 19, 2026, China's Ministry of Commerce and eight other government departments issued guidelines on accelerating "technology-driven commerce" that call for deepening the...
SK Hynix, South Korea's industry ministry, the state-run Korea Trade Insurance Corp. (K-SURE), and four major commercial banks launched a KRW2 trillion (US$1.5 billion) loan guarantee...
Taiwan's leading business groups have urged the government to provide financial support for state-run energy utilities and accelerate the restart of nuclear power plants, as surging...
Nvidia is actively recruiting for a director of government affairs in Taiwan, as it deepens its presence on the island. The role is responsible for developing and executing government...
The economics of the foundry business have always carried a particular contradiction: semiconductor manufacturing demands enormous upfront capital and years of sustained investment,...
As geopolitical tensions reshape global supply chains, US regulations governing energy and battery energy storage systems (BESS) are undergoing rapid and unpredictable changes.
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,...
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs plans to add 25 gas-fired power units with a combined capacity of 26GW to meet rising electricity demand from the semiconductor industry and AI...
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...
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...
Taiwan plans to set up industrial parks in the US to help its supplier ecosystem reach customers like Nvidia and other local hardware manufacturers. It is starting with a complex in...
Five senior Samsung Electronics executives, including the heads of its semiconductor and consumer electronics businesses, reportedly traveled to Tokyo on October 13 while chairman...
