Asia-Pacific

China is set to launch a $40-billion state-backed fund to boost local chip manufacturing to accelerate its journey towards self sufficiency.

After a four-year moratorium, Singapore issues licenses for 80MW in new data center capacity with the hope of attaining sustainable growth. But will the limited scale be enough?

Despite valiant efforts, India is unable to get it right where semiconductor policy is concerned.

The new data centers will support Princeton Digital Group's operations in Singapore as tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet are facing intensifying competition in Southeast Asia.

The company's semiconductor division is expanding rapidly in an effort to compete with the likes of Intel and TSMC.

“Global telecom companies are struggling to change, and that’s why their shares are discounted,” says CEO Ku Hyeon-mo.

The growing war chest underscores Huawei’s do-or-die effort to develop chips, networking gear and even smartphones free of American technology.