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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...

Friday 10 July 2026

CSP ASIC demand drives structural growth in high-speed interconnects

As cloud service providers (CSPs) continue to ramp up capital expenditures, demand for high-speed interconnects within data centers is accelerating. Multiple research firms forecast...

Friday 10 July 2026

India's clearance of the Dixon-Vivo venture marks a cautious opening for Chinese electronics money

India's decision to clear a smartphone-manufacturing joint venture between Dixon Technologies and Vivo Mobile India could reset how...

Friday 10 July 2026

Liteon Technology June revenue jumps 37% on AI server power demand

Liteon Technology reported consolidated revenue of NT$18.7 billion (US$580 million) in June 2026, up 8% from May and 37% from a year earlier, as demand for AI and cloud computing high-end...

Friday 10 July 2026

Arbor posts record June sales as edge AI demand lifts first-half revenue

Taipei-based industrial PC maker Arbor reported record consolidated revenue in June 2026 and said demand for edge AI, smart manufacturing and industrial digital transformation continued...

Friday 10 July 2026

LGES turns idled US EV battery lines toward AI data centers as storage demand fills the EV gap

LG Energy Solution's move to convert part of an idled US electric-vehicle battery plant into a line making lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells for energy storage shows how South Korea's...

Friday 10 July 2026

China's StepFun, ZTE's Nubia vie for 'world's first AI agent smartphone' at WAIC

Two Chinese technology players will use the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), running July 17-20 in Shanghai, to present what each bills as the world's first AI...

Friday 10 July 2026

Neousys posts June revenue growth as edge AI demand broadens globally

Neousys Technology reported stronger June revenue, reflecting rising global demand for edge AI, intelligent automation, and edge computing. The industrial PC maker said shipments from...

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