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Wednesday 26 August 2026
Cook's parting shot: Apple takes AI compute out of data centers
Apple took pre-orders on August 25 for a new Mac mini and Mac Studio. Both will ship on September 22. Prices of the Mac mini start at US$899 with the M6 chip, or $1,699 with the M5...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Trump weighs Apple China chip deal as CXMT runs full
Apple is seeking to diversify its supply chain to ease pressure from rising memory costs and has reportedly sought US government clearance to buy memory from blacklisted Chinese chipmaker...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Apple gives 2nm debut to Mac, not iPhone: M6 leads TSMC node transition
Apple on Aug. 25 introduced M6 in a new Mac mini and M5 Ultra in a new Mac Studio, framing both chips around AI compute and memory bandwidth rather than conventional CPU headline numbers...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Apple is only the test: Chinese memory makers CXMT, YMTC target North American cloud market
The memory industry is entering a powerful growth cycle, with Apple seeking to add Chinese suppliers CXMT and YMTC to its memory supply chain. With a meeting between US President Donald...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Apple ships M6 Mac mini and M5 Ultra Mac Studio — and hands Ternus a memory bill
Apple unveiled new Mac mini and Mac Studio desktops on August 25 in what Reuters called "likely the final product launch of Tim Cook's tenure as CEO." The machines read less...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
Smartphone lens maker Largan spends US$179m on four Taichung plants in two months
Largan Precision, the world's largest maker of smartphone camera lenses and a longtime supplier of lenses for Apple's iPhone, said on August 25 it would buy land and buildings in Taichung's...
Monday 24 August 2026
Notebook brands shift production back to China as Southeast Asia costs rise
Notebook brands that rushed into Southeast Asia for manufacturing are moving production back to China, as the cost gap remains too wide and the impact of substitute tariffs has proved...
Friday 21 August 2026
Apple's VR retreat deepens with rumored layoffs in its Vision team
Apple's spatial computing ambitions are narrowing rather than disappearing, but the direction is increasingly clear: fewer people are building VR headsets, and more are building AI-driven...
Thursday 20 August 2026
Qualcomm targets NT$10,000 entry-level PCs as 4 brands adopt
Qualcomm is moving into the entry-level PC market with its Snapdragon C platform as Apple's US$599 MacBook Neo and surging DRAM and NAND costs squeeze low-priced Windows laptops from...
Thursday 20 August 2026
Commentary: How iPad Air became a catalyst for IT OLED expansion
Apple kicked off the tablet OLED era in 2024, introducing Tandem OLED in the iPad Pro to overcome bottlenecks in display lifespan and brightness. The iPad mini followed, set to adopt...
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...
Friday 14 August 2026
Apple opens advanced manufacturing center in Houston to expand US smart skills
Apple opened of its new 20,000-square-foot Advanced Manufacturing...
Wednesday 12 August 2026
Foxconn earnings call eyes four themes: AI racks, transaction models, Apple, EVs
Foxconn will hold its second quarter 2026 earnings call on the afternoon of August 12, as AI racks continue to ship and July consolidated revenue topped NT$900 billion (approx. US$27.9...