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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...

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...

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...

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...

Friday 17 July 2026

Tata's India chip debut reportedly to lean on 90nm, a humbler start than its 28nm pledge

India's first large-scale wafer fab will begin production on decades-old 90nm technology rather than the 28nm node the Tata group publicly touted, a step that underscores how far the...

Thursday 16 July 2026

India trims chip subsidies but widens their reach as it courts electronics supply chain away from China

India approved two large incentive packages on July 15 that together recast how New Delhi subsidizes electronics manufacturing: learner-per-project chip subsidies spread across a much...

Wednesday 15 July 2026

India-UK trade pact takes effect, setting a template that reaches well beyond tariffs

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between India and the UK came into force on July 15, 2026. While the immediate...

Wednesday 15 July 2026

Taiwan's outbound investment shifts to US and ASEAN as manufacturers diversify supply chains

Taiwanese outbound investment rose more than 50% over the past five years, with manufacturers directing a growing share of capital toward the United States and ASEAN as global supply...

Wednesday 15 July 2026

Google pushes India from AI demos to daily deployment, focusing on startups, skilling, and agent safety

Google used its I/O Connect India 2026 developer event in Bengaluru on July 14 to reframe its India strategy around getting artificial...

Wednesday 15 July 2026

India fines HP India US$1.25 million over toner-cartridge cartel, part of a wider INR142 crore penalty

India's antitrust regulator has penalized HP India and 16 of its resellers for rigging bids in the sale of printer consumables, in one of two orders that together impose the country's...

Wednesday 15 July 2026

Parpro revenue jumped on defense and satellite shipments in June 2026

Industrial computer maker Parpro reported strong June revenue as higher shipments of defense-related products lifted its monthly, quarterly, and first-half results. The company said...

Tuesday 14 July 2026

Commentary: AI computing power map reshapes ASEAN, with Singapore still central

In the second quarter of 2025, DIGITIMES visited the rapidly expanding Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) and Wiwynn's massive AI server system integration (SI)...

Monday 13 July 2026

Applied Materials India eyes larger role in global chip equipment development

Applied Materials India is preparing to take on broader ownership of selected semiconductor equipment product initiatives, as the US-based chipmaking equipment supplier expands its...

Monday 13 July 2026

India opens first CMP pad technology hub in Hyderabad

India's first Chemical Mechanical Polishing pad technology hub could help reshape semiconductor supply chains far beyond the country. The new Hyderabad facility aims to build local...

Monday 13 July 2026

India roundup: India's chip strategy tests its ability to build a competitive ecosystem

India is moving from semiconductor planning to execution, using funding, tariff changes, foreign...

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