Pat Gelsinger, Lisa Su and Cristiano Amon were among the tech industry CEOs attending Computex 2024 in Taipei. (Photos by Shinya Sawai)
Technology

The race for AI PCs: Who's winning and what's at stake

Intel, AMD and Qualcomm all hope to reignite the computer market, but will users bite?

6 June 2024
Copper is a key resource for building infrastructure, such as transmission wires.
Supply Chain

Japan to raise cap on state backing for copper mine stakes to 75%

JOGMEC aims to reduce private sector's risk exposure, secure supplies

6 June 2024
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, left, chairman of the African Union, speaks as South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol listens during a joint news conference on June 4.
Supply Chain

South Korea woos African nations over critical mineral supplies

High-tech economy aims to cut reliance on China for lithium and graphite

5 June 2024
TSMC affiliate Vanguard and leading Europe chipmaker NXP are tying up for plant in Singapore. 
Technology

TSMC affiliate Vanguard to build $7.8bn Singapore plant with NXP

Venture to make power management and analog chips for cars, industry and more

5 June 2024
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks to reporters in Taipei on June 4. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Technology

Nvidia CEO to increase investment, build 2nd supercomputer in Taiwan

Most valuable chipmaker praises partner TSMC but still 'interested' in Intel services

4 June 2024
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says his company's technological lead over Chinese rivals can give the U.S. chipmaker a competitive edge in the local market. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Semiconductors

Intel talks up China chip market 'opportunity' amid U.S. tensions

CEO Pat Gelsinger warns overly strict chip export rules risk spurring Chinese advances

4 June 2024
TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei attends the chipmaker's annual general meeting in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on June 4. (Photo by Cheng Ting-Fang) 
Technology

TSMC's new chairman weighs raising production fees for Nvidia

C.C. Wei says Taiwan still 'first priority' for chipmaker despite China tensions

4 June 2024
A liquefied hydrogen receiving terminal has been built in Kobe as part of a supply chain pilot project. (Photo by Atsushi Ooka)
Energy

Japan companies to launch $1bn fund for hydrogen supply chains

Initiative to prioritize investments among IPEF countries

4 June 2024
TSMC CEO C.C. Wei has said geopolitics are a new challenge for the semiconductor industry. (Photo by Cheng Ting-Fang)
Semiconductors

'Humility and indomitable will': TSMC's C.C. Wei steps into spotlight

CEO set to takes reins as chairman of chip powerhouse from Tuesday

3 June 2024
Sharp plans to close its LCD television panel factory in the Japanese city of Sakai by September.
Technology

Sharp, KDDI to turn old factory into Nvidia-powered AI data center

Exclusive: Japanese partners will repurpose shuttered Sakai LCD plant

3 June 2024
Jensen Huang gives a keynote speech in Taipei on June 2 ahead of the official start of Computex 2024. (Screenshot from Nvidia YouTube channel)
Technology

Jensen Huang hints Nvidia is aiming for new AI chip every year

CEO of AI chipmaker stresses Taiwan suppliers' importance at speech in Taipei

2 June 2024
SG Holdings is looking to secure more drivers and streamline facilities by acquiring competitor C&F. (SG Holdings)
Business deals

Japan's SG Holdings sparks bidding war for rival trucking firm

C&F Logistics embraces higher bid over earlier offer from AZ-COM

1 June 2024
Members of the National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU) hold banners that read "Respect labor" in front of the Samsung Electronics Seocho Building in Seoul on May 24. 
Technology

Samsung 1-day walkout to have limited impact but full strike on cards

28,000-member union threatens to go on all-out strike demanding better pay

31 May 2024
Southeast Asia is emerging as the latest battleground for tech suppliers serving Apple, Google and others. (Nikkei montage/Photo by AP and Takuya Fujiwara)
Business Spotlight

From Vietnam to Thailand, tech suppliers face tougher battle as China moves in

Taiwanese companies and others face stiff competition from deep-pocketed rivals

31 May 2024
Japan seeks to protect the technologies behind chipmaking materials, an area of strength for the country. (Photo by Masayuki Kozono)
Technology

Japan to tie chip, machine tool subsidies to tech leak safeguards

New rules to include staff restrictions, prior notice for overseas production

30 May 2024
A worker attends to machinery at a smelter plant at Anglo American Platinum's Unki mine in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe, on May 16, 2019. 
Business deals

BHP walks away from $49bn Anglo American deal

Both sides unable to agree on British miner's South African assets

30 May 2024
Sumitomo Chemical President Keiichi Iwata spoke with Nikkei on May 28. (Photo by Emi Okada)
Materials

Japan's Sumitomo Chemical aims to double chip materials sales

Group will focus on new growth drivers after record loss, president says

29 May 2024
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim speaks at a semiconductor event in Kuala Lumpur on May 28. (Photo by Norman Goh)
Semiconductors

Malaysia to train 60,000 engineers in bid to become chip hub

Government to allocate $5.3bn in new National Semiconductor Strategy

28 May 2024
TSMC and other industry heavyweights are setting up cross-border programs to foster the next generations of talent in the chip industry. (Photo by Cheng Ting-Fang)
Semiconductors

'Confucian culture' gives Asia edge in chipmaking, former TSMC exec says

But Konrad Young warns that 'critical' human resources can't be taken for granted

28 May 2024
China and the U.S. are locked in an intense competition over semiconductor technology.
Supply Chain

China launches $47bn chip fund to counter U.S. restrictions

Beijing's investments for self-sufficiency expected to focus on AI semiconductors

27 May 2024
AMD recorded $6.5 billion in data center revenue for 2023, while Intel reported $15.5 billion in revenue for its data center and AI segment last year. (Source photos by AP)
Technology

Nvidia's AI dominance leaves Intel and AMD scrapping to be No. 2

Chipmakers eye AI 'inferencing' and PCs as new battlegrounds

23 May 2024
A Tesla factory in Shanghai. China is a major market and production hub for the U.S. EV maker.
Supply Chain

Tesla pushes suppliers to produce parts outside of China and Taiwan

Move comes amid rising geopolitical tensions and competition from Chinese rivals

23 May 2024
Taiwan Printed Circuit Association Chairman Maurice Lee said nearly 30 new investments in printed circuit boards in Thailand have been announced since the beginning of last year, and most of the new factories will go online by the end of next year. (Photo by by Lauly Li)
Supply Chain

Thailand power supply in question as tech investment floods in

Flurry of new Taiwanese and Chinese PCB projects to test industrial infrastructure

22 May 2024
India could ease a U.S. workforce shortage in the semiconductor sector, but American immigration policies remain a challenge.
Semiconductors

India touted as option to ease U.S. chip workforce gap

Partners look to bolster semiconductor cooperation amid immigration limits

22 May 2024
Following a drop in demand for electric batteries from some customers like Tesla, Panasonic could modify some production lines in Japan to make the more advanced batteries that carmakers are looking for.
Automobiles

Panasonic to ramp up EV battery production in Japan

Output to more than double to supply potential customers like Mazda and Subaru

22 May 2024