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South Korea plans future fund backed by chip tax windfall
South Korea plans a fund backed by semiconductor tax gains to finance AI, chip clusters and talent while buffering public finances from industry cycles.
Thailand electronics investment tops $30.5 billion since 2023
Thailand says electronics investment has exceeded $30.5 billion since 2023, including $10.1 billion across 224 PCB and component projects.
Vietnam, Singapore to deepen technology cooperation in semiconductors, AI at first strategic dialogue
Vietnam and Singapore will deepen cooperation in technological areas, including semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), quantum technology, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, and the data economy.
Temasek Trust’s C3H backs British grid-battery firm Certain Energy’s $13.62M Series A round
Temasek Trust’s Catalytic Capital for Climate and Health (C3H) has led British grid-battery firm Certain Energy's £10 million ($13.62 million) Series A round.
Mech-Mind seeks up to HK$2.7 billion in Hong Kong IPO
Chinese industrial robotics company Mech-Mind is seeking up to HK$2.7 billion in a Hong Kong IPO to fund R&D and international expansion.
STMicroelectronics, NUS launch four-year lab to develop energy-efficient edge AI chips in Singapore
STMicroelectronics, an European chipmaker, and the National University of Singapore (NUS) launched a research lab to develop energy-efficient semiconductors for edge AI, the processing of AI tasks on or near a device rather than in the cloud.
Malaysia’s Oppstar, Alphaswift Industries gain access to Arm computing technology
The Malaysian government has on Friday presented offer letters to Oppstar Technology Sdn. Bhd. and Alphaswift Industries Sdn. Bhd. to obtain access to Arm Compute Subsystem (CSS) technology and the Arm Flexible Access (AFA) program under the Strategic Collaboration between the Malaysian Government and Arm Limited.
RHB expects Malaysia’s technology sector momentum to remain intact into the second half on AI infrastructure spending
RHB Investment Bank expects Malaysia technology sector’s momentum to remain intact into the second half, supported by robust supply chain order flows amid elevated artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure spending, an improving earnings growth trajectory, and positive management guidance.
White House Transshipment report names 9 of 10 ASEAN members, but no tier-1 risk
The White House's "The Great Transshipment Scam" report on illegal transshipment, released in August 2026, names nine of the ten ASEAN member states among the roughly 40 jurisdictions it identifies as part of a global "Shadow Transshipment Network."
Malaysia’s chip sector faces uneven AI gains, supply risks – HSBC
Malaysia’s semiconductor sector is benefiting from the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom, but gains remain uneven across the industry, while supply risks and the challenge of moving further up the value chain continue to weigh on its longer-term outlook, HSBC said on Thursday.
