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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
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
Taiwan robot dog platform could give island early edge in global robotics race
Taiwan's new quadruped robot dog platform highlights how global robotics supply chains may shift as companies seek alternatives beyond China, Europe, and the US. Supporters say Taiwan's...
Thursday 9 July 2026
Tesla skips the AIDV talk—it already owns SDVs

AI-defined vehicles (AIDVs) are built on software-defined vehicles (SDVs), and Tesla is arguably the world's most representative company...

Thursday 9 July 2026
Memory costs slash low-end phone output and pressure PA shipments

The 2026 smartphone market is facing a dark outlook as memory prices rise and shortages tighten supply, weighing on low- and mid-range...

Thursday 9 July 2026
Analog Devices acquires Empower Semiconductor and enters AI power market

Analog Devices (ADI) announced that it has completed its acquisition of Empower Semiconductor, a move it said is designed to bolster...

Thursday 9 July 2026
Team Group posts record first-half revenue on industrial and AI demand
Memory module maker Team Group reported a June 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$3.0 billion (US$94.2 million), up 18.1% from May and 35.0% from a year earlier. The Taiwan-based company...
Thursday 9 July 2026
Compal's Rayonnant expands liquid cooling lineup for AI servers
Compal Electronics subsidiary Rayonnant Technology has launched a full line of coolant distribution unit (CDU) products for AI servers, covering liquid-to-air sidecar, in-rack, and...
Wednesday 8 July 2026
AI servers squeeze MOSFET supply while PC slump tests power component pricing power

AI servers are tightening Taiwan's power component supply chain, lifting demand for MOSFETs, PMICs, cooling motors and power management...

Wednesday 8 July 2026
Microloops revenue hits record on cloud server cooling demand
Taiwan Microloops Corp. said July 6 that June revenue reached a record NT$503 million, up 52.41% from May and 29.30% from a year earlier, driven by stronger demand for AI server cooling...
Wednesday 8 July 2026
Pegatron chairman downplays Intel CPU price hike worries
Intel confirmed on July 6 that it will raise suggested prices for consumer and server CPUs, stirring questions about whether the move will push up PC costs and affect consumer demand...
Wednesday 8 July 2026
Kinko Optical sales jump 73% as smart glasses push takes shape
Kinko Optical reported June revenue of NT$430 million (approx. US$13.39 million) on July 7, up 5.89% from May and 73.31% from a year earlier.
Tuesday 7 July 2026
Exec pleads no guilty in Singapore over alleged smuggling of Nvidia chips to China

Alan Wei Zhaolun, an executive at Aperia Group, pleaded not guilty in a fraud case alleging that he and three others illegally misrepresented...

Tuesday 7 July 2026
Exclusive: Geckos bets on AI materials beyond nano copper powders and CPO waveguides
As generative AI drives rapid growth in high-performance computing (HPC) demand, the semiconductor industry is shifting from process-node competition to materials competition. Geckos...
Tuesday 7 July 2026
Fulltech's Thailand plant targets AI and satellite demand
Fulltech held the groundbreaking ceremony for phase one of its new Thailand plant on July 5, 2026, with chairman Yuan-Pin Chang saying the project will require about NT$3.1 billion...