Diet member Yoshihiro Seki said a bill to guarantee loans for the government-backed chip startup Rapidus will be presented to the legislature as early as this fall. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Semiconductors

Japan readying 'exceptional' bill to help Rapidus secure funding

LDP lawmaker says aim is for banks to provide bulk of chip startup's support

29 July 2024
iFlytek, a U.S.-sanctioned leader in China's AI industry, presents its products at this year's Hong Kong book fair. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
US-China tensions

China's iFlytek exec says U.S. sanctions have 'destroyed' market mechanism

AI leader invests in Hong Kong hub and seeks to expand presence in Japan

25 July 2024
SK Hynix credits its second-quarter turnaround to a recovery in the memory chip sector as well as rising demand for AI memory chips.
Artificial intelligence

SK Hynix swings to profit in Q2 on strong AI chip demand

HBM sales up, but shares in South Korean memory maker hit by U.S. tech selloff

25 July 2024
Lenovo Group looks to boost sales with AI-powered PC after seeing demand drop off from the pandemic. (Photo by Tomoko Wakasugi)
Artificial intelligence

Lenovo to put AI into all PCs by 2027: device chief

Chinese and U.S. consumers showing 'a lot of interest,' Luca Rossi says

24 July 2024
Nidec's water-cooling modules regulate AI server temperatures better than fans. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)
Electronics

Nidec spurs pivot to AI cooling with China, Philippines production

Japanese motor maker to expand from Thai base in bid to grow profits

22 July 2024
Olympus has been developing connectivity between endoscopes and AI-based cloud systems. (Olympus)
Health Care

Japan's Olympus uses AI to transform endoscope business

A pilot project will be set up in Europe this year to test cloud-based solutions

18 July 2024
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#techAsia

Rare earths in the red and an overhaul for AI infrastructure

The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

18 July 2024
Generative AI search engines sometimes pull content from news articles without requiring the user to click through to the article itself. (Source photos by Nikkei)
Artificial intelligence

Japan newspaper association calls for legal reform to curb AI search

Google AI overview and others use news content without permission, group says

18 July 2024
Johnny Liu, the president of Chief Telecom, one of Taiwan's top data center operators, says all aspects of data centers will need significant upgrades to meet the requirements of AI servers. (Photo by Chungi Chen)
Supply Chain

AI needs 'entirely new' infrastructure, says Taiwan's Chief Telecom

Leading data center operator eyes demand in Southeast Asia as supply chains shift

17 July 2024
Fujitsu is developing generative artificial intelligence services based on Japanese language models.
Artificial intelligence

Fujitsu invests in OpenAI rival Cohere, eyeing Japanese language model

Japan tech group envisions model serving digitization in many industries

17 July 2024
Tenstorrent CEO Jim Keller is well known in chip design circles. (Photo by Ryotaro Yamada)
Semiconductors

U.S. chip designer aims to bring down AI prices pushed up by Nvidia

Jim Keller's startup Tenstorrent targets uses from smartphones to cloud services

15 July 2024
One leg of the project envisions electric bus routes optimized based on passenger reservation data. (Itochu)
Technology

Japan's Itochu to bring AI bus optimization to Taiwan smart city

Trading house prepares pilot programs, angling for slice of government investment

13 July 2024
The Galaxy Z Fold6 is Samsung Electronics' first foldable smartphone equipped with generative artificial intelligence. (Photo by Nami Matsuura)
Electronics

Samsung plots smartphone comeback with AI-powered Galaxy Z Fold6

South Korean giant looks to keep Apple and Chinese competitors at bay

12 July 2024
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#techAsia

China's AI price war and Japanese who "don't know how to use it"

The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

11 July 2024
Under the hood of a Toyota Prius. As automobiles incorporate more electronic parts, component makers are boosting investment.
Business trends

Japan's electronic parts makers boost capital spending by 5%

Advanced automobiles and AI lift demand for capacitors and other parts

11 July 2024
A 7-nanometer AI chip designed by Japan's Preferred Networks and produced by TSMC. (Photo provided by the company)
Semiconductors

Japan's AI unicorn to use Samsung's 2-nm chip production tech

Preferred Networks is part of government push to revive domestic industry

10 July 2024
Baichuan AI, one of China’s top AI startups, promotes its health care chatbot at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai in early July. (Photo by Wataru Suzuki)
Artificial intelligence

China's AI startups race for customers as titans like Alibaba cut prices

Intensifying battle to generate revenue sows concern over industry sustainability

9 July 2024
Japan looks to become a leader in advanced chips for AI and EVs. (Photo by Masayuki Kozono)
Semiconductors

Sony and other Japan chipmakers to spend $30bn in production race

Top eight companies seek to regain ground in cutting-edge products

9 July 2024
iFlytek's finances are under pressure as the developer faces intense competition in the AI space, worse-than-expected monetization prospects and rising operating costs, an analyst says.
China tech

China AI leader iFlytek dips into red under 'ultimate' U.S. pressure

Blacklisted voice recognition developer vows to cement its 'national team' position

8 July 2024
Japanese people are not using generative AI as much as those in other countries, according to government data. (Photo by Nikkei)
6 July 2024
Samsung reported an increase in profit for the second quarter in a row thanks to a recovery in the semiconductor market. (Samsung Electronics)
Semiconductors

Samsung reaps chip comeback, but behind in AI competition

Memory powerhouse trails SK Hynix and others in cutting-edge development

6 July 2024
Sakura Internet said it plans to sell computing power in Southeast Asia via the cloud. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)
Artificial intelligence

Japan's Sakura Internet aims to sell AI power to Southeast Asia

Plans come as Tokyo seeks regional cooperation on artificial intelligence

5 July 2024
Guy Diedrich, senior vice president and global innovation officer at Cisco, says the generative AI boom is spurring a global race as countries rush to lead the emerging field.
Artificial intelligence

AI and cybersecurity top priority for 50 countries in tech race, says Cisco

U.S. networking and security provider ramps up investment in Taiwan, Vietnam

4 July 2024
A reliance on overseas players for cutting-edge technologies could poses risks for economic security. (Nikkei montage)
Artificial intelligence

Japan to help Southeast Asia develop AI in local languages

Public-private initiative to spearhead development of large language models

4 July 2024
Daren Tang, director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization. (Keystone via AP)
Artificial intelligence

China leads in generative AI patent applications, U.N. agency says

U.S. a distant second by this yardstick but No. 1 by some others

4 July 2024