Asia Tech News Digest - October 01, 2026

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1 CNA ‘Neither feasible nor desirable’: Why AI slowdown debate looks different in India Fears that increasingly powerful artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat have fuelled calls for a slowdown. India, however, is not yet pushing the AI frontier, making wider adoption - and managing its consequences - a more immediate concern, say analysts. AI
2 CNA What's in Trump's AI deal and who has reacted? US President Donald Trump has signed a deal with tech companies to create voluntary rules for AI safety, including cybersecurity and biosecurity measures. AI
3 EETAsia TAIA and SAIA Sign MoU to Advance Taiwan-Singapore AI Talent Development and Business Cooperation Taiwan and Singapore AI associations establish cooperation framework linking businesses, technical expertise, talent development and overseas expansion opportunities. The post TAIA and SAIA Sign MoU to Advance Taiwan-Singapore AI Talent Development and Business Cooperation appeared first on EE Times Asia . AI
4 DigiTimes 'I tell myself every day it'll ease': Phison CEO sees years of memory shortage Phison Electronics CEO Pua Khein-Seng says he tells himself every day that the memory shortage will ease tomorrow. In reality, he says, AI-driven demand has opened a gap between memory supply and demand that could take many years to close. Electronics
5 DigiTimes Gold Circuit turns Amazon into a shareholder for Trainium servers Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) plans to bring in Amazon as a strategic investor through a private placement expected to raise NT$1.59 billion (US$49.88 million), lifting the two companies from a simple supply-chain relationship to a strategic partnership backed by equity. The deal would also turn a GCE customer into a ElectronicsSemiconductorLogistics
6 DigiTimes Apple A20 Pro ditches PoP memory packaging for WMCM Apple's A20 Pro chip has dropped traditional package-on-package (PoP) packaging in favor of Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module (WMCM), with memory and processor dies laid out side by side to potentially improve packaging yield and thermal performance, according to a teardown analysis by TechInsights. The findings come as Qu Semiconductor
7 NikkeiAsia The future of AI belongs to the orchestrators The future of AI belongs to the orchestrators AI
8 NikkeiAsia US fintech Stripe eyes AI shopping in Japan with launch of Meta's Muse US fintech Stripe eyes AI shopping in Japan with launch of Meta's Muse AI

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