Techworks Asia will be highlighting the achievements of Asian women in tech, in forthcoming articles. The start of this series comes at a timely moment in history, as Kamala Harris becomes the first person not just of colour but of Asian ethnicity to take the office of Vice President of the United States of America. This first post takes a look at the formidably distinguished career of Lisa Su, President and CEO of AMD
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Historic RCEP Agreement Creates Powerful Asia-Pacific Trading Partnership
15th November 2020 saw the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), an historic free-trade deal between China and 14 Asia-Pacific countries. It was signed over a video link, after eight years of negotiations.
Nvidia’s Potential Acquisition of Arm: More Questions than Answers?
They say that politics, and certainly that of the geo-political variety, weaves itself into every walk of life. Well, it seems that this is no more true than in the major announcement the other week of the possible US$40 billion acquisition of Arm by Nvidia. It probably doesn’t take a tech genius nor economics whizz to figure out how far-reaching the implications of this could potentially be.
To the Stars and Moon and Back
On Tuesday June 23, China successfully launched the final satellite of the third generation Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3), completing global coverage of China’s own GPS-type navigation system, while marking China’s independence of the US-owned GPS.
Taiwan Turns High-Tech Market Mayhem to its Advantage
Taiwan appears to be turning US-China trade tensions to its own advantage. While the US has been imposing restrictions on any exchanges of high technology with China, a complex web of supply chains, also buffeted by the COVID-19 crisis, has been seeking to adjust. Taiwan is now proposing that its own high-tech base might be the solution.
China Starts to Un-lockdown, Production Lines Power Back On
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to grip most countries of the world, some definite shoots of recovery are taking hold, not least in China.
Techworks Asia Clients Carry off Four CEM Editor’s Choice Awards 2019
Techworks Asia clients have picked up several prestigious and much-coveted “Editor’s Choice” accolades in recent CEM magazine awards.
Wounded Wuhan: What Lies Behind the Name?
Now plunged into absolute crisis by the outbreak of coronavirus Covid-19, Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province, is an astonishing dynamo at the heart of China’s push for high-tech development, building directly on the city’s growth into an established industrial base. Home to 11 million, this huge manufacturing centre is frequently dubbed ‘the Chicago of the East’, and ‘four times the size of London’.
The Great Las Vegas Invasion: Techworks Clients Attend CES 2020
Between January 7-10, four Techworks Asia clients attended this mammoth event: CEVA Inc.; Navitas Semiconductor; Nordic Semiconductor; and Silicon Mitus. If you couldn’t manage to see them on the show floor, here’s what you missed.