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Wednesday 18 February 2026
AI factory boom in Taiwan fuels construction and land plays
As the "Nvidia effect" continues to gain momentum, companies such as Taiwan-based construction materials supplier Goldsun Building Materials are benefiting from the ongoing expansion...
Tuesday 17 February 2026
Thailand's BOI approves WD project to develop HAMR hard drives
Thailand's Board of Investment (BoI) has approved a THB2.3 billion (US$73.81 million) research and development project for WD's Thai unit, Western Digital Storage Technology (Thailand)...
Tuesday 17 February 2026
Contract dispute escalates between Anthropic and Pentagon over military use of Claude
Tensions have intensified between Anthropic and the Pentagon over how the company's AI model, Claude, may be used in US military operations, according to reports by Axios,...
Tuesday 17 February 2026
Anthropic opens Bengaluru office, expands partnerships across sectors in India
Anthropic has opened a new office in Bengaluru and announced a series of partnerships across enterprise, education, agriculture and public services, marking an expansion of its operations...
Tuesday 17 February 2026
LG Display uses Nvidia PhysicsNeMo for digital twin panel tool in South Korea
LG Display (LGD) announced that it has utilized Nvidia's physics artificial intelligence (AI) modeling platform PhysicsNeMo to develop a digital twin panel tool (DPS). At present,...
Monday 16 February 2026
Taiwan rolls out AI push to transform its 1.71 million SMEs
Taiwan's small and medium enterprises — the backbone of the island's economy — are getting a major government push into the AI era. On February 12, the Ministry of Economic...
Monday 16 February 2026
India seeks to democratize AI resources through global commons framework
India is positioning artificial intelligence at the center of its technology and geopolitical strategy as it prepares to host the India AI Impact Summit.
Sunday 15 February 2026
Taiwan's January exports jump nearly 70% on AI server boom, boosting 2026 growth optimism and tech defense push
Taiwan's export value in January 2026 surged 69.9% year-on-year, surpassing the NT$2 trillion (US$63.7 billion) mark for the first time, largely due to differences in the number of...
Sunday 15 February 2026
A Singaporean reality check for the semiconductor age

Joseph Liow, dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, said in a recent public lecture that technology...

Sunday 15 February 2026
From nanometers to nectar: the secret flavors of TSMC's fab honey
In a development few would associate with the world's largest contract chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has expanded an environmental initiative that now encompasses...
Saturday 14 February 2026
ByteDance expands chip team to 1,000, advancing four major design lines
Chinese tech giant ByteDance is rapidly scaling its in-house chip development efforts, with its chip R&D team now exceeding 1,000 employees, signaling a strong push into AI hardware...
Saturday 14 February 2026
Nvidia deepens South Korea ties in smart factory push
Nvidia outlined its role in advancing two major manufacturing trends—AI Factory and Physical AI—at SEMICON Korea 2026, emphasizing that it views South Korea as an important...
Saturday 14 February 2026
WD says 2026 capacity sold out as HDD prices post sharpest rise in two years

Hard disk drive (HDD) contract prices rose approximately 4% sequentially following the conclusion of fourth-quarter 2025 negotiations,...

Friday 13 February 2026
AUO to hire 1,000 in 2026 as AI expands display, smart mobility push
Under accelerating AI-driven industrial transformation, displays are emerging as critical human-machine interfaces enabling broader intelligent applications and deeper user interaction...
Friday 13 February 2026
SEMICON Korea: Samsung pushes hybrid bonding HBM, SK Hynix bets on platform AI
SEMICON Korea 2026, held in Seoul from February 11–13, brought senior executives from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to outline their AI-era memory R&D strategies. Samsung...