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Friday 3 July 2026
Apple plans five iPhone launches to capture market share amid component shortages

Apple is reportedly planning to launch at least five new models by this time next year, with the company expanding its foldables' production...

Friday 3 July 2026
Chinese NOR Flash supplier Giantec raises prices 25% as memory market risks persist

China's memory price rally continues to gather momentum. Giantec Semiconductor Corporation, a Chinese NOR flash supplier, recently...

Friday 3 July 2026
Sharp, SES target Japan MEO satellite services as industrial connectivity demand rises
Sharp is moving deeper into satellite communications as it seeks to extend its networking technologies beyond consumer devices and into industrial infrastructure.
Friday 3 July 2026
Intel takes aim at TSMC's CoWoS lead with EMIB-T
As transistor density scaling slows, chipmakers are leaning on advanced packaging to keep improving accelerator performance. A SemiAnalysis roundup of this year's IEEE Electronic Components...
Friday 3 July 2026
Global server demand is set to stay strong through 2027 as supply chain pressure widens

Global server demand is expected to stay strong through 2027, with implications for cloud operators, hardware makers, and data center...

Friday 3 July 2026
Xiaomi and Huawei turn phone AI into a system-level fight for user workflows

A public spat between Xiaomi and Huawei over large models has exposed growing anxiety in China's phone AI market this year, while Apple,...

Friday 3 July 2026
Nvidia reportedly expands financing push with revenue-sharing model for AI cloud providers

Nvidia is deepening its role in the AI infrastructure market by offering financial guarantees to emerging GPU cloud providers in exchange...

Friday 3 July 2026
Meta's reported cloud push fuels debate over AI chip demand

Meta's reported plan to expand into cloud services is drawing fresh scrutiny from global investors and chip suppliers. The move could...

Friday 3 July 2026
Meta compute plan revives AI bubble worries, but server suppliers stay upbeat

Meta is reportedly preparing to sell excess AI compute, reigniting debate over whether the artificial intelligence boom is overheating...

Friday 3 July 2026
Zyxel Networks adds outdoor wireless access point for MSP customers
Zyxel Networks, the commercial networking brand under Zyxel Group, announced a new outdoor wireless access point on the 2nd as it targets managed service provider (MSP) demand for...
Friday 3 July 2026
UBTech CEO says robots will take over most physical jobs in 20 years
UBtech Robotics founder and CEO Jian Zhou said at the company's 2026 global launch event that humanoid robots will gradually take over most physical and repetitive work within the...
Friday 3 July 2026
Physical AI reshape IPC industry: edge adoption, new markets, and US expansion gain pace

Driven by Nvidia, the global AI wave is moving quickly from generative AI toward physical AI, and the shift is already changing the...

Friday 3 July 2026
Musk eyes Mesh Optical deal as AI data centers push beyond copper
Elon Musk has moved to acquire optical communications startup Mesh Optical Technologies, according to reports cited by Reuters on June 27 in the US. The deal comes as high-speed...
Friday 3 July 2026
Apple's iPhone slips in China as local brands hold off challenge
Apple's iPhone lost momentum in China in the first five months of 2026, while domestic smartphone brands largely preserved their home-market advantage. The shift came as volatile memory...
Thursday 2 July 2026
Supermicro: We are cooperating with Taiwan, not under investigation

Supermicro has pushed back against media characterizations of this week's events in Taiwan, saying the company is a cooperating party...