Asia Tech News Digest - July 25, 2026

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1 CNA Malaysia targets 2028 to produce its first human vaccine to cut import reliance Malaysia’s first locally produced human vaccine will be for treating illnesses like pneumonia, meningitis, sepsis and blood infections, says Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Chang Lih Kang. Biotechnology
2 DigiTimes Samsung, SK, Hyundai join Jensen Huang and Korea's President Lee at San Francisco AI Summit South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and a delegation of the country's most powerful business leaders convened with NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang in Silicon Valley this week, in a series of meetings and public appearances that cast Korea as a cornerstone of the global AI infrastructure push. AI
3 DigiTimes 89 fabs by 2030, 50 more by 2035: chip industry spreads risk through global collab AI infrastructure investment is reaching unprecedented levels, with estimates showing it will lift global semiconductor output past US$1 trillion in 2026, four years earlier than previously expected, and expand the market to US$1.5 trillion by 2030. SEMI Global Chief Marketing Officer Terry Tsao said nearly 89 fabs are SemiconductorAI
4 DigiTimes PlayNitride bets on Tantium architecture, chip scaling to cut MicroLED costs 75% by 2030 Taiwan-based PlayNitride aims to reduce MicroLED production costs by 75% by 2030 through smaller chip designs and its proprietary high-efficiency Tantium chip architecture, positioning the technology for broader adoption across consumer electronics, automotive displays, AR devices, and optical interconnects, founder an ElectronicsSemiconductor
5 TechAsia Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5 AI model Opus 5 offers capabilities close to Fable 5 but at about half the price. AISemiconductor
6 TechAsia Meta launches Seller app for Facebook Marketplace Meta's Seller app offers AI tools and a unified inbox for Facebook Marketplace sellers in the US. AI
7 TechAsia Nvidia to invest $1b in Naver AI data center Naver’s GAK Sejong campus aims to reach gigawatt scale capacity by 2029. AI
8 NikkeiAsia China's cleaning robots mop up 70% of global share through innovation China's cleaning robots mop up 70% of global share through innovation Automation

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