Malaysia and the Netherlands have signed a cooperation agreement to strengthen ties in the semiconductor industry, aiming to reinforce Malaysia’s role as a global chip hub and the Netherlands’ position in advanced manufacturing and innovation. The Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) was signed in The Hague by Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz and Dutch Economic Affairs Minister Vincent Karremans. This agreement builds on an initiative first pro

FILE PHOTO: A Samsung Electronics logo and a computer motherboard appear in this illustration taken August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Samsung Electronics said on Friday it is in "close discussion" to supply its next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, or HBM4, to Nvidia, as the South Korean chipmaker scrambles to catch up with rivals in the AI chip race. Samsung, which plans to market the new chip next year, did not specify when it aims to

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech at the National Assembly in Seoul on Nov 4, 2025. (Photo: AFP/Chung Sung-Jun) South Korea will triple spending on artificial intelligence and make its biggest defence budget increase in six years, President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday (Nov 4) in his annual parliamentary budget speech. Lee said 10.1 trillion won (US$7 billion) would go towards "a major transformation aimed at propelling South Korea into the ranks of the

FILE PHOTO: OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo OpenAI has partnered with Broadcom to produce its first in-house artificial intelligence processors, the latest chip tie-up for the ChatGPT maker as it races to secure the computing power needed to meet surging demand for its services. Shares of Broadcom rose more than 10 per cent. The companies said on Monday that OpenAI would design the chips, which Broadcom w