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Asia’s AI hardware bet has a financing problem
The region can build AI data centres, but the tougher question is how to pay for the GPUs inside them
Trump says Apple to partner with Intel on US chip design, production
The partnership helps Apple to diversify its manufacturing base as it seeks additional chip capacity
Why Singapore’s manufacturing story holds
Sector-level margin pressure appears more manageable than the headline cost data initially suggests
ByteDance in talks with China’s Iluvatar CoreX to purchase AI chips: sources
The potential deals demonstrate that efforts by Chinese chipmakers to offer alternatives to foreign AI chips are gaining traction
Chips still king of Singapore exports amid non-tech upswing in Asia
The Republic produces one in 10 chips globally and one in five pieces of semiconductor equipment
Nvidia begins Vera CPU sales pitch to Chinese clients: sources
The company is quickly pivoting to the new product to revive its rapidly declining fortunes in China
AI boom drives memory chip prices to ‘insane’ levels in US, adding to inflation pressures
Software and computer accessories are up a record 14.5% in May from a year earlier
Applied Materials boosts Singapore manufacturing operations with US$500 million campus to meet AI chip demand
Asia accounts for more than 80% of the American firm’s revenue
Taiwan eyes curbs on AI chip sales to China to align with US
Leaders in Taipei have already expressed discomfort restricting an industry that’s made Taiwan the world’s fifth-largest stock market
Alphabet taps Intel to make three million in-house chips: report
The chipmaker has secured billions of US dollars of investments from the Trump administration, Nvidia and SoftBank
