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Thursday 13 August 2026
Asus projects up to 150% server growth as AI demand lifts results
Asustek Computer said growth in its AI server and PC businesses pushed revenue, operating profit, and net profit to record highs in the second quarter of 2026. The Taiwan-based hardware...
Thursday 13 August 2026
South Korea plans new sovereign wealth fund to back AI, robots, supply chains
South Korea plans to establish a strategic investment account with at least 20 trillion won in assets within the Korea Investment Corporation in 2027 as it moves to strengthen its...
Thursday 13 August 2026
ChipMOS lifts capex for 2026-2027 on memory and AI ASIC growth

ChipMOS said strong demand for automotive panels and memory products drove revenue and profit to record highs in the second quarter...

Thursday 13 August 2026
Foxconn sees AI rack shipments grow multiple-fold in 2026 after 2Q operating profit rises 68%
Foxconn's AI server business powered stronger-than-expected second-quarter 2026 revenue and profit, with growth in its cloud network products segment helping operating profit rise...
Thursday 13 August 2026
Foxconn broadens beyond AI servers with EVs, robotics and Japan chip fab above 90% utilisation
Foxconn used its second-quarter 2026 earnings conference on August 12 to detail progress beyond its fast-growing AI server business, spanning cloud and data centre solutions, electric...
Thursday 13 August 2026
Pegatron sees 2026 server growth beat expectations
Pegatron said its server business had posted significant growth in shipments and revenue so far this year, giving it strong confidence that it will meet—and likely exceed—its...
Thursday 13 August 2026
Tencent starts paying for AI in cash, core business is covering the bill
Tencent Holdings used its second quarter to show what an AI build-out costs a company that can afford one. Capex reached CNY52.8 billion (US$7.81 billion), up 176% from a year earlier,...
Thursday 13 August 2026
Cisco's falling margin shows hyperscaler AI is now big enough to reshape the business
Cisco Systems closed fiscal 2026 with results that would normally have looked decisively positive. Revenue rose 18% to US$17.3 billion, networking orders posted double-digit growth...
Thursday 13 August 2026
Tencent steps up AI infrastructure spending as compute costs cut into near-term profit
Tencent Holdings reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of CNY204.8 billion (US$30.30 billion), up 11% year-on-year, as it sharply increased artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure...
Thursday 13 August 2026
Cisco leans further into AI networking as hyperscaler orders near US$9.3 billion for the year
Cisco Systems closed fiscal 2026 with record results and told investors that the AI-driven "networking supercycle" it has described is still in its early stages. The company backed...
Thursday 13 August 2026
Honor's Robot Phone launch signals a bigger bet: turning smartphones into AI hardware
Honor unveiled the Robot Phone on August 12, 2026, calling it the world's first "robot phone" and positioning it as the clearest hardware expression yet of the company's push to become...
Thursday 13 August 2026
Column: Forecasting the planet, one foundation model at a time

Typhoons and extreme heat have dominated headlines since the summer of 2026, while heavy rain and drought have alternated with increasing...

Thursday 13 August 2026
Alphabet's DeepMind shake-up caps months of AI stumbles
Alphabet's decision to shift day-to-day control of Google DeepMind from Demis Hassabis to his deputy, Koray Kavukcuoglu, was not sudden—it capped a difficult year in which Google...
Thursday 13 August 2026
PC 2H26 pull-forward correction hits peripheral chip makers
As 2026 enters its second half, the PC market is facing pressure from both demand and supply. Rising memory and CPU prices are pushing up system prices and weighing on end-market demand,...
Thursday 13 August 2026
ITTS reports first-half growth as ERP and AI projects gain traction
Information Technology Total Services (ITTS) said its business recovered in the first half of 2026 as enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation work advanced and data governance...