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Business Spotlight
Malaysian 'Silicon Valley' seeds homegrown chip startups
Former Intel engineers attempt to push Penang to higher end of value chain
Pharmaceuticals
Fujifilm to invest $4.5bn by 2028 in biopharmaceutical plants
North Carolina facility to get more equipment as company boosts capacity fivefold
Technology
Taiwan's Foxconn and Quanta boost AI server production
Contract manufacturers aim to ease reliance on stagnating smartphone profits
Semiconductors
Renesas restarts shuttered plant to meet power chip demand
Japanese chipmakers refurbish old fabs to ramp up output quickly and cheaply
Technology
Huawei says it will start selling PCs powered by Intel's AI chip
MateBook X Pro features HarmonyOS and Pangu LLM, both developed in-house
Cryptocurrencies
Chinese fund managers apply to launch Hong Kong's first bitcoin ETFs
City aims to boost appeal by expanding access to crypto assets
Politics
'Made in Australia' act aims to beef up manufacturing, clean energy
Prime Minister Albanese pushes renewable vision but questions over feasibility persist
#techAsia
Huawei goes '007' and TSMC gets a grant
The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times
Semiconductors
Huawei building vast chip equipment R&D center in Shanghai
China tech company spending billions, snapping up talent in battle against U.S. crackdown
Markets
South Korea stocks see record foreign buying on appetite for chips
AI fever spurs investors toward Samsung and other 'Korea discount' names
Opinion
Time is ripe for Malaysia to move upstream into designing chips
Penang can build on success in downstream areas of semiconductor production
Companies
Jack Ma memo backs Alibaba reforms, urges staff to grasp AI opportunity
Founder, who has kept low profile of late, praises current execs despite struggles
Opinion
India-U.S.-South Korea tech cooperation has strategic logic
By capitalizing on competitive advantages, trio can strengthen supply chains
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Technology
Samsung Electronics unions vote to strike: 3 things to know
Thousand members set to hold rally next week for better working conditions
Semiconductors
Taiwan chip design support majors triple sales in four years
AIchip, others find growth in supporting U.S. tech giants' in-house semiconductors
Semiconductors
Japan outspends U.S., Germany on chip subsidies as share of GDP
0.71% figure is highest, even as America provides more support in value terms
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Companies
Microsoft to invest $2.9bn in Japan data centers amid AI boom
Move comes in response to push for 'data sovereignty' among governments
Podcast: Tech Latest
China's tech workers trapped in web of noncompete clauses
Tech Latest: Tune in to Nikkei Asia's podcast for the freshest updates on the tech sector
Startups
Indonesian VC recommends Tokyo IPO amid Japan stock boom
Indogen Capital says Nasdaq 'too far' to reach for Southeast Asian startups
Technology
Japan Inc. races to join U.S., U.K., China in nuclear fusion race
New national industry group to drive development of nascent energy source
Asia Insight
Japan's Expo 2025: Osaka triumph or billion-dollar folly?
World fair site on 'Dream Island' mired in construction delays and doubling of costs
Technology
Japan, U.S. team up on generative AI to modernize research
Initiative to be mentioned in joint statement by Biden and Kishida
Semiconductors
Shin-Etsu to bolster chip supply chain with first Japan plant in 56 years
Chemical maker seeks to boost strength in photoresists and more
Electric cars in China
China's Didi, GAC to roll out self-driving EV robotaxis
Joint venture plans to start production in 2025 for ride hailing
Semiconductors
TSMC expands Japan college collaboration amid worker shortage concern
Taiwan tech giant partners with Kumamoto University on chip research, personnel