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Friday 26 June 2026
Analysis: Why Apple can't wait out this memory shortage
Apple raised prices across its Mac and iPad lineup on June 25, and the timing wasn't a choice so much as a deadline.
Friday 26 June 2026
Analysis: Sidelined by Nvidia's Asia tour, Japan bets on Foxconn-Sharp for AI relevance
The rapid rise of artificial intelligence is reshaping the dynamics of competition in the global technology landscape. From hyperscale data center expansion and government-backed sovereign...
Thursday 25 June 2026
Commentary: Micron turns AI memory crunch into a buyback story
Micron Technology is turning the AI memory boom into a new Wall Street story: not just record DRAM, NAND and HBM demand, but stronger free cash flow, long-term customer commitments...
Tuesday 23 June 2026
Commentary: Google defines AI path to ASI, validates chip boom
Google released a 30,000-word AI roadmap on June 14 that, for the first time, clearly defines AI having the capability of 100 million humans as a key milestone on the path to artificial...
Friday 19 June 2026
Commentary: G7 AI fight moves to who controls frontier model access

The G7 debate over AI has moved beyond regulation and safety pledges into a harder fight over frontier model access: who can use the...

Wednesday 17 June 2026
Commentary: US delays DeepSeek blacklist, exposing AI export-control dilemma
The US has held back from adding Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, memory chipmaker CXMT, and more than 100 other entities to a key trade blacklist, underscoring Washington's struggle to...
Tuesday 16 June 2026
Commentary: AI memory boom turns WF6 squeeze into an opening for CXMT

The semiconductor supply chain is facing another raw material shock — this time from tungsten hexafluoride, or WF6, a specialty...

Saturday 13 June 2026
Commentary: Precision vs. breadth—Why Taiwan's lens giants have opposite CPO playbooks

Optical industry leaders Largan and Genius Electronic Optical (GSEO) have recently discussed progress in co-packaged optics (CPO), a...

Saturday 13 June 2026
Commentary: Five things I noticed at SuperAI Singapore that the keynotes did not tell you
Ten thousand attendees. One hundred and fifty speakers. Three exhibition floors. Two days. SuperAI Singapore 2026 generated enough keynote content, panel discussion, and product announcements...
Saturday 13 June 2026
Commentary: The cost of over-concentration—How TSMC's liquidity dominance is reshaping Taiwan's banking system
TSMC's financial dominance has reached unprecedented heights, with the world's leading foundry posting first-quarter 2026 profit of over NT$570 billion (approx. US$18.04 billion) and...
Thursday 11 June 2026
Commentary: TSMC's pricing power stays intact as AI demand keeps fabs full
Market chatter about TSMC has intensified, with reports that its advanced process and packaging prices will rise again in the second half of 2026 and 2027, while some Google TPU production...
Thursday 11 June 2026
Commentary: At WWDC 2026, Apple's AI platform eclipses the OS

Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote pointed to a major shift in the company's platform strategy, as Apple Intelligence, Siri, and Safari moved...

Thursday 11 June 2026
Analysis: Taiwan suppliers pivot to physical AI as humanoid robots draw attention
Humanoid robots are attracting global interest, and COMPUTEX 2026 has opened its first robotics zone. Yet Taiwanese suppliers are focusing on physical AI, including AI computing platforms,...
Wednesday 10 June 2026
Commentary: How AI boom gave Nokia and BlackBerry a second life
The artificial intelligence boom has created clear winners among semiconductor and memory manufacturers. Shares of companies such as Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology...