AI

Vietnam and Japan have signed a memorandum of understanding on artificial intelligence (AI) research and development and a bilateral agreement to speed up patent examination, during the official visit to Japan by General Secretary-State President To Lam.

Japan's SoftBank Group, Singapore-based Grab Holdings, and Malaysia's Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (PETROS) will jointly build AI infrastructure in Malaysia, backed by $1.85 billion in initial combined seed capital.

Equinix has opened its $290 million SG6 data center in Singapore, adding 1,550 initial cabinets and capacity for high-density AI workloads.

Haoyang Data Center 1 has secured facilities of up to $590 million and THB610 million for the first phase of a Thailand data-center project.

NPCI has formed NPCI Tech Solutions Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary focused on AI, blockchain and India's digital public infrastructure.

ZD Energy has launched smart charging, storage and charging-robot systems in Thailand and set new production targets for its Chonburi factory.

Tencent has released the full Hy4 model with visual understanding, computer use, enterprise integrations, and internally tested safety controls.

Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor's third-quarter profit rose 147.1 percent as record revenue and stronger specialty-chip demand lifted margins.

Analog Devices has completed its $1.35 billion purchase of edge-AI chipmaker Alif Semiconductor, which has engineering operations in Singapore and India.

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