Centura Sculpta chip-making tool puts China further behind

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US engineering company Applied Materials’ new pattern-shaping tool demonstrates just how difficult it could be for China to catch up with leading-edge semiconductor production technology. Announced on February 28, the Centura Sculpta should make it possible to reduce the number of EUV (extreme ultraviolet) lithography steps used to manufacture integrated circuits at the most advanced process nodes, […]Continue Reading

Exabytes completes acquisition of APC Hosting  

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Customers can expect broader range of products, services 
Acquisition enables both parties to leverage complementary strengths, expand reach Southeast Asia’s leading digital enabler, Malaysian based Exabytes Group, has announced the successful acquisition of APC Hosting, one of Singapore’s leading web hosting, VPS and domain providers, as part of its market expansion strategy…Continue Reading

Company director sentenced to jail for inflating workers’ salaries to get more grants

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SINGAPORE: A 33-year-old company director was sentenced to 12 weeks’ jail on Wednesday (Mar 8) for conspiring with workers to inflate their salaries on paper to get more grants under a professional conversion programme (PCP). Malaysian Lim De Xian pleaded guilty last month to two charges of cheating. Another two counts of falsifyingContinue Reading

‘Japan will disappear’: an opportunity for tech investors?

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Japan’s plummeting birth rate has prompted an adviser to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to issue a stark warning.  Speaking to Bloomberg, Masako Mori said this week that the country will “disappear” if the falling birth rate is not slowed. “It’s not falling gradually, it’s heading straight down,” she said.  “A nosedive means children being born […]Continue Reading