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Opinion

Why the semiconductor industry\'s next growth requires more investment in collaboration

The semiconductor industry is evolving rapidly, expanding opportunities for value-creating innovation in areas such as AI optimisation in fabs, advanced packaging and sustainability. As technology development and commercialisation become more complex, collaboration among stakeholders is becoming increasingly important and a key factor in competitiveness. Lam Research is accelerating ecosystem-building through Lam Capital, its corporate venture arm. Its venture competition connects promising semiconductor and deeptech startups with companies, investors and experts, offering finalists networking and a $250,000 investment offer for the winner.

Finance

Four major financial groups\' Q1 results split as AI, digital finance spread

South Korea\'s financial sector has entered the first-quarter earnings season, with non-interest income and non-bank units driving diverging results among major financial holding companies. KB Financial Group, Shinhan Financial Group and Hana Financial Group posted record results, while Woori Financial Group recorded a decline. Strong stock markets lifted securities firms\' earnings, and new savings and investment products were launched. The industry is also accelerating a shift toward AI and digital finance, alongside calls for stronger controls and risk management.

AI & Enterprise

Three reasons DeepSeek\'s new V4 model matters: high performance, low cost and Chinese AI chips

Chinese AI company DeepSeek unveiled its next flagship model, V4, stepping up its push into the open-source AI market. The model expands long-context handling, improves price competitiveness and highlights optimisation for Chinese-made chips. DeepSeek released two versions, V4-Pro and V4-Flash, with web, app and API access. It also touted benchmark performance and resource reductions versus its prior model. V4 is its first model optimised for Huawei Ascend chips, though analysts say a full shift away from Nvidia is unlikely yet.