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Vietnam’s tech giant FPT breaks ground on 10.5-hectare education complex for semiconductors, UAVs
Vietnam's technology giant FPT broke ground on a 10.5-hectare education complex in Dien Bien province, northwestern Vietnam on Tuesday, focusing on technology fields such as semiconductors and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
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.
Dutch chipmaker NXP breaks ground on Malaysia factory, expanding site to 900,000 sq ft
NXP Semiconductors, a Dutch chipmaker, broke ground on a new assembly and test factory expansion in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, expecting to more than double the facility's output once fully operational.
Singapore okays Texas Instruments’ $7.5B acquisition of Silicon Labs, amid fragmented global market
Singapore's Competition and Consumer Commission (CCS) has given its nods to Texas Instruments' proposed $7.5 billion acquisition of fellow US chipmaker Silicon Laboratories, finding that the deal poses no substantial lessening of competition in Singapore or globally.
Vietnam’s QTSC, Singapore’s SSIA to cooperate in semiconductor training, R&D, investment promotion
The Quang Trung Software City (QTSC), the high-tech industrial park in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, and the Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association (SSIA) will collaborate in semiconductor activities.
Taiwan’s semiconductor firm Powertech Technology to invest $400M in Singapore chip packaging joint venture with Broadcom
Taiwan's semiconductor firm Powertech Technology plans to invest $400 million to establish a chip packaging joint venture in Singapore, in a cooperation with US semiconductor giant Broadcom.
Korea’s LG Innotek to begin building $1B semiconductor substrate plant in Vietnam’s Hai Phong in Q3/2026
LG Innotek is set to kick off the construction of its $1 billion semiconductor substrate packaging plant in Vietnam's northern coastal city of Hai Phong, in the third quarter of 2026.
Gobi Partners leads Khazanah-backed investment in Malaysia’s GreatAsic to build chip design capabilities
Gobi Partners has invested in GreatAsic through multiple funds, including Gobi Dana Impak Ventures, a fund backed by Khazanah Nasional Berhad through Dana Impak, as part of GreatAsic's recently closed $6.9 million Pre-Series A round led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India.
Chipmaker Intel walks away from Vietnam once, now returns with $2.6B additional investment
In 2023, Intel walked away from a $3.3 billion chip project in Vietnam because the country had no mechanism to offer the cash support that Intel wanted, but in 2026, Intel returned to Vietnam with an additional investment of $2.6 billion, or $4.1 billion in total.
Austria’s AT&S secures AMD deal, to invest €2B to expand chip capacity in Malaysia, China
Chipmaker Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft (AT&S) will expand production capacity for high-end IC substrates for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing, with investments spanning its Kulim facility in Malaysia and its Chongqing plant in China, totaling €1.5-2.0 billion ($1.74-2.32 billion).
