Deep Tech

Analog Devices completes $1.35B Alif Semiconductor acquisition

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

AMD, FuriosaAI and MangoBoost plan Seoul AI cluster

AMD, FuriosaAI and MangoBoost will develop a heterogeneous AI infrastructure system and target a Seoul reference deployment in 2027.

Metasurface completes Singapore-Hong Kong dual listing

Singapore precision engineering company Metasurface completed its SGX Catalist debut after raising S$9.72 million in a fully subscribed placement.

Viettel unveils VGC v1.0, first chip in Made-in-Vietnam line

Vietnam’s Government Cipher Committee and top telco Viettel have unveiled a secure semiconductor platform, with the VGC v1.0 chip as its first product.

Vietnam’s FPT starts trial operations at chip testing-packaging plant

Vietnam’s tech giant FPT has put its advanced semiconductor chip testing and packaging plant into trial operation in Bac Ninh province, northern Vietnam.

Neural Semiconductor opens VLSI design center in Penang

Neural Semiconductor Sdn. Bhd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Neural Semiconductor Inc., United States, has officially opened its VLSI design center at GBS@Mayang, Bayan Lepas, Penang.

DeepSeek open-sources dsh-superagent research prototype

DeepSeek has open-sourced dsh-superagent, a research prototype that routes approved software-development requests to separate agent sessions.

Foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan and the United States at the Quad meeting in Atlanta

Quad pledges over $85M for trusted AI in Indo-Pacific

The Quad plans more than $85 million in trusted AI assistance and a new review of semiconductor and AI-hardware supply-chain chokepoints.

EHang EH216-S pilotless passenger eVTOL aircraft

EHang opens Thailand hub for Southeast Asia eVTOL rollout

EHang has established a Thailand hub and plans an initial fleet of 25 EH216-S aircraft to support eVTOL projects across Southeast Asia.

IBS plans HK$563M acquisition of AI chip company

Hong Kong-listed IBS has agreed to acquire QuantumCompute Solutions for HK$563 million in a conditional move into AI chip design and edge computing.