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DeepSeek and Huawei open Ascend AI programming tools
DeepSeek and Huawei have developed open-source compute, communication and programming tools for Huawei's Ascend AI chips.
MBSB sees talent shortage to limit Malaysia’s technology sector earnings growth
MBSB Research said on Tuesday that talent shortage will limit the earnings growth for Malaysia's technology sector.
Japan’s TOPPAN, US’ Broadcom open Singapore’s first high-end AI-chip substrate plant
A joint venture between Japan's TOPPAN and U.S. chipmaker Broadcom opened Singapore's first plant for high-end FC-BGA chip substrates on Tuesday, a component in short supply as demand for AI processors surges.
Cloudflare plans public certificate authority for post-quantum web
Cloudflare plans to become a public certificate authority supporting conventional TLS certificates and post-quantum Merkle Tree Certificates.
South Korea’s LS Eco Energy to invest $8M in Vietnam rare-earth samarium plant
LS Eco Energy, under South Korean chaebol LS Group, will establish a subsidiary in Vietnam to produce rare-earth samarium metal for defense and high-tech uses.
Kinwong raises HK$5.1B in Hong Kong listing
Shenzhen-listed printed circuit board maker Kinwong raised about HK$5.1 billion in a Hong Kong offering and ended its first trading day above the issue price.
Advanced packaging is Malaysia’s next test in AI semiconductor value chain – AMRO
Malaysia’s growing role in advanced semiconductor packaging could help the country capture more value from the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, but the next challenge will be ensuring that foreign investment translates into higher domestic productivity, technology ownership and skilled employment, the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said on…
EHang-backed Hanoi sandbox to test pilotless aircraft taxi
Hanoi's Department of Science and Technology and Vietnam-based HungViet have signed an agreement to pursue a controlled regulatory sandbox for EHang's pilotless EH216-S electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (taxiing, flying taxi) at Hoa Lac High-Tech Park.
Samsung invests $1B in KKR’s AI-infrastructure firm Helix, joining NVIDIA, Vistra
South Korea's Samsung and five affiliates will invest a combined $1 billion in Helix Digital Infrastructure, an AI-infrastructure company set up by private-equity firm KKR.
Samsung Electro-Mechanics to invest $4.9B in AI-chip substrates, including $1.8B for Vietnam
South Korea's Samsung Electro-Mechanics will invest KRW6.78 trillion won ($4.9 billion) to expand production of chip-packaging substrates in South Korea and Vietnam, its biggest bet yet on components for AI processors.
