Asia’s technology news in August of 2024 for obvious reasons covered a huge range of successes and developments, and issues and challenges. Items we saw across Asia and the Indo-Pacific included, for instance: Indian states competing to offer the best incentives for ‘Foxconn City’ manufacturing; NVIDIA’s Japan-focused micro-services for artificial intelligence; the Malaysian Government partnering Worldcoin for ID-check technologies; China’s $4.21 billion tech-focused investment fund-of-funds; and many more. Hit the links below – which include last month, and Q2 summaries for each country – to read each Asia-focused tech news item in full.
Plus: Critical technologies news in August 2024 >
Cushman & Wakefield: Asia Pacific Data Center Market H1 2024
- Australian tech: August 2024
- Australian population (2023): 26 million
- Australia’s online population: 25.3 million / 97.6%
- Australia’s median age: 38.1 years
Indo-Pacific Space and Earth Conference – Australia in November
- Cambodia snapshot: August 2024
- Cambodian population (2023): 17 million
- Cambodian online population: 5.4M / 32.8%
- Cambodia’s median age: 27.9 years
McKinsey: Navigating the physical realities of the energy transition
- China tech: August 2024
- China’s population (2023): 1.4 billion
- China’s online population: 1.1 billion / 77.3%
- China’s median age: 40.2 years
Global megatrends: Shaping the future of societies, economies, and values
- Hong Kong tech: August 2024
- Hong Kong population (2023): 7.5 million
- Hong Kong online population: 6.9M / 93.0%
- Hong Kong’s median age: 47.2 years
HSBC: Asset Tokenization in the Quantum Age
- Indian tech: August 2024
- India’s population (2023): 1.4 billion
- India’s online population: 881M / 62.6%
- India’s median age: 29.8 years
Carnegie India: Geopolitics, India and semiconductors
- Indonesian tech: August 2024
- Indonesian population (2023): 277.5 million
- Indonesian online population: 215.6M / 78.8%
- Indonesia’s median age: 31.5 years
East Asia Forum: Indonesia’s critical minerals strategy
- Japan’s tech news: August 2024
- Japan’s population (2023): 123.3 million
- Japan’s online population: 117.4M / 94.2%
- Japan’s median age: 49.9 years
KPMG: Q2 2024 Venture Pulse Asia Report
- South Korean tech: August 2024
- South Korea population (2023): 51.8 million
- South Korea online population: 49.4M / 95.4%
- South Korea’s median age: 45.5 years
South Korea Web3 Market Guide
- Malaysian tech: August 2024
- Malaysian population (2023): 34.3 million
- Malaysian online population: 25.3M / 75.5%
- Malaysia’s median age: 31.8 years
MYStartup – Single window on Malaysia’s startup ecosystem
- New Zealand tech: August 2024
- New Zealand population (2023): 5.2 million
- New Zealand online population: 5M / 97.5%
- New Zealand’s median age: 37.9 years
Microsoft and Accenture: New Zealand’s Generative AI Opportunity
- Philippines tech news: August 2024
- The Philippines’ population (2023): 117.3 million
- The Philippines’ online population: 73M / 64.1%
- The Philippines’ median age: 25.7 years
The decade of digital dollars: Economic efficiency with stablecoins
- Singapore tech: August 2024
- Singapore population (2023): 6 million
- Singapore online population: 4.8M / 81.1%
- Singapore’s median age: 39.4 years
GITEX Asia Tech Conference & Expo: April 2025 in Singapore
- Taiwan tech news: August 2024
- Taiwan population (2023): 24 million
- Taiwan online population: 21.9M / 91.9%
- Taiwan’s median age: 44.6 years
Generally Faster – the economic impact of generative artificial intelligence
- Thailand snapshot: August 2024
- Thai population (2023): 71.8 million
- Thai online population: 54M / 75.5%
- Thailand’s median age: 41.5 years
Consumer Crypto Catalyst – Decentralized Apps for Everyday Users
- Vietnam tech: August 2024
- Vietnam population (2023): 98.9 million
- Vietnam online population: 68M / 69.9%
- Vietnam’s median age: 33.1 years
Critical technologies, globally: August 2024
Critical tech news: August 2024
- ‘Next stop, next-gen‘, an analysis of supply chain innovation in 1148 companies across 15 countries and 10 industries
- India: Country’s first small-scale quantum computer nears completion, feeding into National Quantum Mission with plans for 24-qubit computer in 3 years and 100-qubit system within 5
- Samsung Electronics hits milestone in auto semiconductors with LPDDR4X chip gaining certification for integration with Qualcomm Snapdragon Digital Chassis platform
- Japan: Rapidus preps for April 2025 test production of 2-nanometer semiconductors, backed by IBM as investor and client…
