Senior executives from chipmakers including Intel, GlobalFoundries, Amkor and Marvell are expected to attend a business meeting on Monday in Hanoi
China's consumer prices returned to positive territory while factory-gate price declines slowed, pointing to signs of stabilisation in the economy
The sweeping deal aims to link South Asia and the Middle East to help the flow of energy and trade from the Gulf to Europe
While India and the US are not formal treaty-bound allies, Washington wants New Delhi to be a strategic counterweight to China
The chief of one of the world’s biggest chip equipment-makers, ASML, said isolating China completely will ‘force’ the country to ramp up innovation
"The significance is that it shows that China has been able to stay 2-2.5 nodes behind the world's best (chip) companies," Dan Hutcheson, an analyst with TechInsights said
China's ban on iPhone use by government workers was extended to local government entities last month, raising fears that Apple and its suppliers could be hit hard by rising Sino-US tension
State media said the investment was a clear sign of Beijing's push to end the country's reliance on foreign semiconductor firms
Guterres warned of fragmentation "in world economic and financial systems" amid differing views on technology and security; he also urged solutions for poor nations' debt and climate change
Among major backers of the chip designer is smartphone giant Xiaomi, which won approval last month from China's state planner to manufacture electric vehicles
Chinese Premier told a summit of Southeast Asian leaders it was important to oppose taking sides, to avoid bloc confrontation or a new Cold War; after talks on the South China Sea made no progress yet again
The development follows sanctions-hit Huawei's success in building an advanced 7-nanometer processor, in collaboration with state-backed SMIC