Communications & Technology
SEMPHIL expansion draws 30 Korean suppliers
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Philippines Corp.’s (SEMPHIL) P50.7-billion expansion is starting to draw interest from its Korean supply chain, with about 30 Tier 1 suppliers of parent Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (SEMCO) expected to come to the Philippines in October to assess potential local investments.
Tencent launches open-source Hy4 preview: high-power AI for productivity
Tencent has released Hy4 preview—an open-source, next-generation large language model with 770B total parameters, 49B active parameters, and over 1M-token context window.
Globe restores full services; rolls out monsoon relief for customers
Globe Telecom has fully restored mobile and broadband services disrupted by the Southwest Monsoon, following outages affecting nine NCR towns and two in Rizal for mobile, plus seven NCR cities and municipalities for broadband. Technical teams remain on site to monitor performance and finalize remaining repairs safely and quickly.
PH urged to commercialize homegrown innovation for growth
The Philippines needs to move more homegrown innovations from laboratories and prototypes into commercial use to raise productivity and sustain economic growth as the country moves into upper-middle-income status, government officials said Thursday.
Coherent eyes further PH expansion as AI demand grows
Global photonics company Coherent is exploring further expansion of its Philippine operations as surging demand for artificial intelligence, data centers, and semiconductors drives the need for advanced optical and connectivity technologies.
