Technology
South Korea and Google have announced plans to establish a new artificial intelligence campus in Seoul, aiming to strengthen collaboration between global tech experts and local engineers and startups. The initiative involves Google and its AI research division Google DeepMind, in partnership with the......
South Korea’s SK Hynix has launched mass production of a new high-capacity memory module designed for next-generation artificial intelligence servers, marking a key step in the buildout of future data center infrastructure. The SOCAMM2 192GB module is tailored for Nvidia’s upcoming Vera Rubin......
Apple has removed several high-end configurations of the Mac mini and Mac Studio from its online store, as a global memory chip shortage tightens supply across the consumer technology sector. According to reports from 9to5Mac and AppleInsider, multiple models are now listed as unavailable in the United......
LG AI Research introduced EXAONE 4.5 on Thursday, a vision-language model blending a proprietary vision encoder with a large language model to handle text and images together. The South Korean firm's research unit claimed superior average scores over OpenAI's GPT-5 mini and Anthropic's Claude......
Asia's artificial intelligence ambitions face a significant test as the conflict in Iran drives up energy prices, strains supply chains, and raises production costs across the region's semiconductor industry, even as chip exports reach historic highs. South Korea's semiconductor exports......
The energy crisis triggered by the war in Iran is reshaping how banks assess risk across hundreds of billions of dollars in planned data center investments throughout Asia, as rising electricity costs and supply uncertainty force lenders to treat power not as an operating expense but as a fundamental......
The upcoming edition of GITEX Africa 2026 is set to highlight growing technological cooperation between Africa and Asia, as a group of seven South Korean startups prepares to take part in the major event scheduled in April. This initiative reflects a broader strategy led by the Korea-Africa Foundation......
Nvidia shares fell about 4% Thursday as investors reacted to competitive, legal and regulatory challenges facing the AI chip leader. Google unveiled TurboQuant this week, an algorithm that cuts AI memory use by up to six times and boosts H100 inference speed by eight times without accuracy loss. Set......
South Korea is stepping up its efforts to strengthen national defense by investing in next-generation aircraft technologies, President Lee Jae Myung announced during a ceremony marking a milestone in the country’s aviation industry. The initiative includes the development of key components such......
Capcom has said it will not include content generated by artificial intelligence in its video games, drawing a clear line between using AI as a development tool and allowing it to create final in-game assets. The Japanese publisher outlined its position during an investor question and answer session,......
A supply shock triggered by the conflict involving Iran is disrupting the global smartphone market, as a sharp reduction in helium supply threatens semiconductor production while a parallel shortage of memory chips continues to drive device prices higher and weaken shipment forecasts. The crisis intensified......
Patent filings in quantum computing since 2020 show strong activity from major US and Asian technology companies, alongside specialized startups and industrial hardware firms. The landscape reflects competition across hardware design, software frameworks, and cloud-based quantum services. Among large......
AMD has named Samsung Electronics as its primary supplier of next generation HBM4 memory for its upcoming AI accelerators, deepening ties as competition intensifies in high performance semiconductor infrastructure. Chief executive Lisa Su traveled to South Korea for the first time since taking the role......
