Asia-Pacific

The Australian application control vendor has completed an ASD-endorsed IRAP assessment, strengthening its position in government and critical infrastructure markets.

Advanced Smart Mobility is trialling Cerence's audio-based emergency vehicle detection in autonomous buses, targeting commercial deployment in Japan by 2027.

Singapore and Vietnam are racing to host AI compute capacity while Alibaba stakes $10.2bn on the infrastructure underpinning it all.

The four-year HELIX Corporate Lab will focus on memory-centric architectures and embodied AI hardware built on ST's 18nm FD-SOI process.

The US defence assessor and Taiwan's state-linked manufacturing R&D body will jointly help Taiwanese firms qualify for the DCMA Blue List.

Finnish deep-tech firm Canatu has secured a further CNT100 SEMI reactor order from Korea's Fine Semitech, in a deal valued above EUR 5

Alipay's full-stack platform lets merchants convert existing digital workflows into AI agent-ready services, with cross-device reach via its Ah Bao super

The Wellington-based AI startup secured seed funding led by Blackbird to expand its autonomous finance workflow platform into Australia and the US.

ACM Research has secured a production order and an evaluation order for its Ultra ECP ap-p horizontal panel electroplating system from two Asian customers.

KAYTUS says it cut a typical 180-day deployment cycle by 60%, delivering a high-density compute cluster for a Japanese cloud provider in 72

Researchers have built a computer vision system that monitors crack and spalling progression on bridges using routine drone imagery, with under 5% measurement error.

The Australian neocloud said the agreement, with an unnamed global AI platform, will see revenue begin in Q1 2027 and lifts contracted capacity to 120MW.

NASDAQ-listed DirectBooking Technology is forming a 51/49 joint venture with Beijing's DeepYou to build an AI agent-based travel booking platform for

The fine jewellery retailer will deploy Impact Analytics' AI-native platform across demand forecasting, replenishment and assortment planning in three markets.

Navitas and Magnachip have struck a licensing deal giving the Korean chipmaker access to GeneSiC SiC technology spanning 1200 V to 3300 V and beyond.

The Nasdaq-listed Chinese battery maker says customers are testing its full-tab 26650 LFP cells, targeting AI data centre UPS and BBU applications.

Fitch Ratings says domestic infrastructure and semiconductor suppliers stand to gain most from Japan's physical AI push, though credit benefits will be uneven.

Tower Semiconductor is investing up to $3bn in a dual-track Japan capacity build-out, backed by $1bn in METI grants, targeting $3.6bn revenue

OceanBase received a Strong Performer ranking in Forrester's Q2 2026 Wave for Multimodel Data Platforms, scoring highest in five criteria.

Nokia will deploy its AirScale portfolio and AI-driven software to modernise Taiwan Mobile's 5G network, targeting automation, capacity and energy efficiency.