Asia Tech News Digest - October 30, 2026

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1 TechAsia Chinese AI drug firm XtalPi expands Singapore partnership Under the MARVEL-AI program, the companies will develop new materials using computational tools and automated laboratory experiments. AIPharmaceutical
2 DigiTimes Amazon's cloud acceleration lifts profitability as AI spending absorbs cash Amazon's third quarter showed its cloud expansion translating into stronger operating profitability, while the cash demands of building AI infrastructure kept rising. The result sharpens the company's central operating challenge: sustaining rapid AWS growth while bringing new capacity into service and maintaining the e AI
3 DigiTimes Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance reportedly seek 10-year DRAM deals Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance are reportedly seeking long-term server DRAM supply agreements with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, with some requests extending through 2035, as Chinese cloud service providers (CSPs) join US technology giants in competing for future memory capacity. Electronics
4 DigiTimes STMicroelectronics' recovery gains momentum, but power chips lag STMicroelectronics is turning a demand recovery into stronger factory economics, with communications and embedded-processing products driving the improvement. Yet the widening loss in its power semiconductor business shows that higher sales have not restored portfolio-wide profitability, leaving manufacturing utilizati SemiconductorElectronics
5 TechAsia These are Asia’s most active investors in AI We've compiled a list of investors that are pouring money into Asia’s AI startups. AI
6 CNA Commentary: AI agents need middle managers too When the cost of moving and reconciling corporate information collapses, the roles built to perform these functions must change, says Kai-Fu Lee for the Financial Times. AI
7 CNA Weak quarter for Intel sends shivers through cooling chip stocks Weak quarter for Intel sends shivers through cooling chip stocks Semiconductor
8 TechAsia Tencent expands overseas data centers as AI demand surges The company is using Southeast Asia as a base to sell its AI products in international markets. AI
9 NikkeiAsia Takeda bets on blockbuster drug trio to generate $11bn in peak sales Takeda bets on blockbuster drug trio to generate $11bn in peak sales Pharmaceutical
10 NikkeiAsia AI boom, soaring memory prices lift Japan's chip exports 41% AI boom, soaring memory prices lift Japan's chip exports 41% Semiconductor
11 NikkeiAsia Alphabet spells out more AI capex, China+1 doesn't add up Alphabet spells out more AI capex, China+1 doesn't add up AI

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