ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) plans an $8.6 billion Shanghai IPO, holding a 7.7% share of the global DRAM market despite lacking advanced EUV tools, demonstrating that China has bypassed U.S. ex…
TIFFCOM will expand its Tokyo IP Market: Adaptation & Remake for its 2026 edition, running Oct. 28–30 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center Hamamatsucho-kan, adding conference sessions on …
Thinking Machines released Inkling-Small, a lightweight AI model that is a quarter the size of its predecessor Inkling but delivers equivalent performance, cutting GPU memory use by 75% to enable loca…
Noetra CEO Hironobu Tamba called his robot AI startup a 'last chance' for Japan to matter in the coming wave of artificial intelligence, as the Tokyo-based company leads a state-backed programme with …
Tower Semiconductor will spend roughly $3bn expanding its 300mm operations in Japan, net of about $1bn in grants from the Japanese government, to boost production of optical components for AI data cen…
Kepco CIO Akio Ueda argues that the fundamental factor determining AI performance is not the model or tool but the quality of a company's proprietary data, stating that 'AI is a mirror of data.' Ueda …
Samsung projects an 18-fold profit surge and plans $70 billion in memory investments through 2026, while Micron expands its Hiroshima HBM fab with $4.8 billion in Japanese government subsidies, aiming…
Micron Technology broke ground on a $9.3 billion expansion of its Hiroshima factory to produce high-bandwidth memory for AI accelerators, with commercial shipments expected by summer 2028. The Japanes…
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is considering 11.5 billion yen in subsidies to support overseas promotion for about 15 companies, including publishers Shueisha, Kodansha, Square Enix,…
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry proposed on June 5 a draft policy to replace 11 to 14 aging nuclear reactors by the 2050s, marking the first explicit numerical targets for reactor rebu…