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Sandisk’s 1,600% rally keeps going after ‘unprecedented’ quarter

Memory and storage companies have historically traded at lower valuations due to their cyclical nature

Nintendo's Switch 2 sales remained strong, with the console being the best-selling video game hardware in the US in 2025.

Japan’s Nintendo and Sony face memory price pressures

NINTENDO and Sony Group will face scrutiny over how soaring memory chip prices driven by AI demand have affected their game console profitability when they report earnings next week.

Andaman Island is a 30-year development with an estimated gross development value of about RM60 billion, placing it among Malaysia’s largest private township projects.

Penang’s rising horizon: E&O’s RM60 billion Andaman project moves from homes to hubs

Malaysian state’s Gurney Drive gains a new neighbour with the opening of a second bridge linking the artificial island to George Town

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says: “If H200 is approved, we will work with TSMC to schedule and plan the supply and deliver as fast as we can.”

Nvidia’s CEO says China is still finalising licence for H200 chip

Huang says Nvidia needed to compete quite vigorously as China has many strong chip companies

In Asia, attention is on the race for leadership in next-generation HBM4, which is set to be integrated with Nvidia’s upcoming flagship Rubin processors.

From Meta to Samsung, global tech unleashes spending to chase AI

Memory manufacturers are reallocating production lines towards lucrative HBM to satisfy the needs of AI data centres

While not binding, the document by the EU and Vietnam carries political weight and includes indirect criticism of the international strategies of US, China and Russia.

EU, Vietnam to boost work on minerals, chips and ‘trusted’ 5G, draft document says

The EU will also explore the possible transfer of defence technology to Hanoi, it adds

ASML kept the long-term guidance to 2030 untouched.

ASML reports big orders beat as AI drives chipmaker demand, to lay off 1,700

The orders beat forecasts as the global chip market ramps up for AI and data centre expansion

The agreement is “not expected to have a material impact” on Sembcorp’s earnings per share and net tangible asset per share for FY2026.

Sembcorp expands Micron power deal to support AI growth

The chipmaker has begun construction on a Woodlands facility as part of a US$24 billion investment

The approval covers several hundred thousand H200 chips and was granted during Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang’s visit to China this week.

China approves first batch of Nvidia H200 chip imports: sources

Three major Chinese internet companies will be the first to receive them

DPM Gan Kim Yong (seventh from left) says R&D and advanced manufacturing, among others, will further reinforce Singapore’s position as a semiconductor hub.

Micron invests US$24 billion to expand Singapore manufacturing complex; 1,600 jobs to be created

This brings the company’s total investments in Singapore to around US$60 billion