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Monday 17 August 2026
Apple reportedly builds China-specific AI model with Alibaba as Qwen partnership deepens
Apple has trained a large language model (LLM) specifically for the Chinese market with support from Alibaba, according to Reuters, marking a shift from its previous reliance...
Monday 17 August 2026
Apple faces US pressure over potential Chinese memory chip sourcing
The Trump administration is pressing Apple to find alternatives to Chinese memory suppliers as the company weighs ways to navigate a global memory shortage that has sharply increased...
Monday 17 August 2026
OCP APAC 2026: When AI starts running the hardware that runs it
The tech industry has long been fixated on one persistent bottleneck: the physical limitations of high compute in the AI era. But what if the industry's focus, rather than pouring...
Monday 17 August 2026
AI server growth is lifting Taiwan ODM revenue, but margins now face the harder test
Taiwan's top six original design manufacturers are seeing AI servers become the main revenue engine in 2026, but the boom is also bringing heavier exposure to expensive GPUs, CPUs,...
Monday 17 August 2026
Weekly news roundup: AI expansion fuels supernodes, post-HBM memory, liquid cooling and supply-chain shifts
This week's most-read stories traced the AI boom across the stack, from supernodes and next-generation memory to liquid cooling, solar power, telecom services and PCB demand. Below...
Monday 17 August 2026
Stripe reportedly agrees to buy AI routing startup OpenRouter for more than US$7 billion
Stripe has reportedly finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter, a startup that helps businesses switch between artificial intelligence (AI) models, for more than US$7 billion,...
Monday 17 August 2026
Modi pledges more chip plants, mass AI training, and an export push in Independence Day address
Prime Minister Narendra Modi used India's 80th Independence Day address from the Red Fort on August 15 to tie semiconductor manufacturing, artificial intelligence training, and trade...
Monday 17 August 2026
LG, Nvidia deepen ties on humanoid robots, AI factories, and vehicles
LG said on Wednesday that it is developing a next-generation bipedal humanoid robot with Nvidia technology, a move that could influence how factories, vehicles, and service robots...
Monday 17 August 2026
AI server tracker: Demand drives strong growth across Taiwan's CCL, design services, substrate, and testing supply chains
Taiwan's AI server supply chain continued to show strong growth in July 2026, with revenue rising across copper-clad laminate (CCL), design services, substrates, and testing. All four...
Monday 17 August 2026
India roundup: India's electronics push gains momentum as water, China ties, chip incentives collide

India's electronics and AI infrastructure ambitions are accelerating, but mounting environmental...

Monday 17 August 2026
DFI accelerates edge AI rollout in 2H26 with ‘Right Compute’ strategy
Industrial PC (IPC) maker DFI held its second-quarter 2026 earnings conference on August 14, reporting a sharp improvement in profitability as its embedded, intelligent automation...
Monday 17 August 2026
FSC plans MLPC trial production by end-2026 in passive component push
FS said it plans to begin trial production and shipments of high-end MLPC stacked solid-state capacitors by the end of 2026 as it expands beyond plastic injection molding machines...
Monday 17 August 2026
Fu Chun Shin lifts second quarter margins on stronger electronics demand
Fu Chun Shin Machinery said rising investment in smart manufacturing and AI infrastructure lifted demand for high-precision, high-efficiency, and intelligent equipment across ICT,...
Monday 17 August 2026
Solomon posts record 2Q26 profit as AI vision, robotics orders surge
AI vision specialist Solomon Technology Corporation reported strong financial results for the second quarter of 2026, with quarterly profit reaching a record high. Solomon chairman...
Monday 17 August 2026
Gogolook sees 2026 revenue hit new high as anti-fraud businesses expand
Taiwanese trust technology company Gogolook said its revenue and profitability are expected to stay strong in the second half of 2026, helped by continued growth, critical operating...