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Monday 13 July 2026
AI buildouts accelerate MLCC shortages; Taiwan firms eye 2H26 spillover orders
As AI server supply chains move into the component stocking phase, the market for high-end passive components has heated up sharply, with tight supply of multilayer ceramic capacitors...
Monday 13 July 2026
Trio revenue rises on AI server battery backup demand in June
Trio Technology said June 2026 revenue rebounded on stronger stocking demand for battery backup units used in AI servers, even as the broader second quarter remained pressured by tight...
Monday 13 July 2026
Largan ramps variable aperture lens in 3Q as smartphone demand rebounds
Optical leader Largan Precision said on July 9 that customer demand for new smartphones is picking up in the second half, while Chairman En-Ping Lin highlighted that strong technology...
Sunday 12 July 2026
SmartSens targets 2027 commercialization of Micro LED optical interconnects for AI infrastructure
The rapid expansion of AI servers and large language models (LLMs) is driving unprecedented demand for data center computing, making high-speed interconnect technologies one of the...
Sunday 12 July 2026
InP supply crunch leaves South Korea exposed
Coherent has agreed to prepay AXT US$22.3 million under a three-year agreement for committed 6-inch indium phosphide substrate capacity, showing how buyers are moving to reserve future...
Saturday 11 July 2026
Flytech lifts second-quarter revenue 38% on box PC and POS demand
Flytech Technology reported stronger June 2026 and second-quarter revenue as demand in the Americas and the commercial computing market continued to support shipments. The industrial...
Friday 10 July 2026
China recovers Long March 10B booster in reusable rocket milestone
China marked a major step in rocket reusability on July 10, 2026, after successfully recovering the first-stage booster of its Long March 10B rocket following an orbital launch mis...
Friday 10 July 2026
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max BOM could jump US$300 as memory costs soar

New figures from Counterpoint Research estimate that the bill of materials (BOM) for the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro Max could rise nearly...

Friday 10 July 2026
Smartphone financing set to cover 42% of India sales in 2026

India's smartphone buyers are increasingly turning to financing, a shift that could shape device sales patterns in other price-sensitive...

Friday 10 July 2026
Asus June revenue tops NT$100 billion as AI servers drive growth outlook
Asus reported June 2026 group revenue of NT$106.72 billion (US$3.3 billion), crossing the NT$100 billion threshold for the first time, as strong demand for AI servers continued to...
Friday 10 July 2026
Apple's US$30 billion Broadcom deal puts its server-chip plans back in focus

Apple and Broadcom have extended their custom-chip partnership through 2031 under agreements expected to exceed US$30 billion, reinforcing...

Friday 10 July 2026
Apple drives 70% surge in edge AI smartwatch sales as health features gain traction

Shipments of smartwatches with edge AI features leaped 70% in the first quarter of 2026, with Apple overwhelmingly leading the charge,...

Friday 10 July 2026
Huawei joins China Mobile, Baidu to build China's first NPO optical interconnect standard

Huawei has joined more than 20 Chinese technology companies and research bodies to launch OPEN NPO, the country's first multi-source agreement...

Friday 10 July 2026
Taiwan seeks a bigger role in the global LEO satellite race

As the global low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite industry enters a new phase of rapid expansion, Taiwan faces a pivotal opportunity to...

Friday 10 July 2026
Meta readies Iris chip, locks in supply for push to 14 gigawatts
Meta Platforms plans to begin manufacturing its Iris AI accelerator in September 2026 while securing long-term supplies of memory, storage and optical equipment for a computing expansion...