The rise of powerful AI will be either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity. We do not yet know which."
—Stephen Hawking
The company’s first phase of AI-enabled facilities management at its Singapore site will integrate five fab-specific control centres into a single command centre, using AI-driven tools for predictive maintenance and faster troubleshooting.
The lab aims to advance quantum research and semiconductor capabilities. On the industry and market front, Samsung forecasts record-high Q3 2026 operating profit amid surging AI-driven memory-chip demand, chip shortages and rising costs as AI infrastructure expands.
India’s semiconductor push has reached commercial production, while Modi highlighted the next phase, skilling, ecosystem expansion across design, equipment, materials and testing, and investments in power to meet rising AI demand.
USIBC President Atul Keshap says semiconductors are central to the next phase of US-India technology cooperation, spanning trusted supply chains, critical minerals and advanced electronics.
The new framework covers six pillars and 10 categories across chip design, fabs, packaging, equipment, materials and talent, with India targeting one lakh semiconductor design engineers over five years.
India’s Union Cabinet has approved Semicon 2.0 with an outlay of ₹1,27,500 crore ($13.23 billion), expanding beyond ISM 1.0’s fab-first approach to fund chip design, advanced packaging, materials, equipment manufacturing and R&D across the semiconductor value chain.
A key supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips for NVIDIA’s AI accelerators, SK hynix plans to use the proceeds primarily for new semiconductor production facilities and advanced manufacturing equipment in South Korea as it expands its AI infrastructure capabilities.
Indium phosphide, a compound semiconductor made from indium and phosphorus, has become a critical enabler of the optical chips that move data inside AI data centres.
MEXT’s AI-powered predictive memory technology is designed to make flash storage behave more like DRAM, addressing a growing challenge in modern data center infrastructure.
Trade ministers from South Korea and Qatar agreed to expand cooperation in manufacturing AI, semiconductors, and biohealth, with talks covering the M.AX Alliance, robotics, and AI chipmakers, South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said.
