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Intel pledges to retake innovation crown
Intel is still the biggest chip maker but has lost its technology edge to TSMC and Samsung
July 27, 2021
Semiconductor
GlobalFoundries expands Singapore presence amid global semiconductor boom; local counters to gain
GlobalFoundries' expansion here has highlighted the increasingly volatile world that semicon companies are in despite a boom.
June 25, 2021
Semiconductor
Japan needs billions now to stem chip decline, top advisor warns
Chips shortages that have crimped global production of everything from refrigerators to game consoles to cars this year
June 22, 2021
Disruption and Digitalisation
$5,899 PCs sign of pandemic blues
Last year, smartphones shipment dropped 5.9% over 2019; PC sales rose 12.9% and is seen to grow by another 18.2% this year
March 19, 2021
Global Economy
One of the world's most stubborn central banks gives in
SINGAPORE (July 22): Asia’s most stubborn central bank just reversed course. With the US Federal Reserve all but certain to renew its easing cycle at the end of the month, the Bank of Korea (BOK) preemptively cut its benchmark interest rate to 1.5% from
July 19, 2019
Grab partners Samsung to drive digital inclusion in Southeast Asia
SINGAPORE (Feb 1): Grab and Samsung Electronics today announced that they have signed a multi-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) to drive digital inclusion in Southeast Asia.
February 01, 2018
Global Economy
Singapore soars up innovation rankings, US falls out of top 10
SINGAPORE (Jan 23): Singapore jumped ahead of European economies Germany, Switzerland and Finland into third place on the strength of its top ranking in the tertiary-efficiency category in the 2018 Bloomberg Innovation Index.
January 23, 2018
Tech
Stakes are high as Samsung launches new Note 8
(Aug 24): The stakes are high for Samsung Electronics Co.’s rollout of the Note 8, after the previous model’s exploding battery fiasco last year.
August 24, 2017
Will Samsung win the chip war against Intel?
SINGAPORE (July 26): Intel’s quarter-century reign as the world’s biggest chipmaker by sales may be about to come to an end.
July 26, 2017
Global Economy
Vietnam rejoins club of 6%-GDP-growth nations as exports surge
HANOI (June 30): Vietnam’s economy recovered this quarter with a surge in exports allowing it to rejoin a small group of nations posting growth rates of more than 6%.
June 30, 2017