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Thursday 6 August 2026

China auto exports shift production and pressure suppliers in the first half of 2026

China’s auto industry shifted sharply in the first half of 2026 as export growth offset weakening domestic demand, pushing production toward export-connected manufacturing hubs...

Thursday 6 August 2026

Chicony Power wins US communications customer as AI server products move toward production

Chicony Power Technology Co. said on Aug. 4 that stronger demand for communication and server power improved its second-quarter 2026 product mix, even as higher raw material costs...

Thursday 6 August 2026

Adlink posts record second-quarter revenue on AI edge computing demand

Adlink reported record second-quarter 2026 revenue of NT$4.459 billion (approx. US$138 million), lifted by demand in AI edge computing and intelligent edge applications. The industrial...

Thursday 6 August 2026

Wistron reports strong first-half profit and expands AI capex in Taiwan and the US

Wistron said on August 4 that it delivered strong first-half 2026 results and expects artificial intelligence demand to remain robust in the second half. The Taiwan-based electronics...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

LG Electronics posts strong second quarter as new businesses drive growth

LG Electronics reported consolidated revenue of KRW23.83 trillion (US$16.7 billion) and operating profit of KRW1.58 trillion (US$1.1 billion) in the second quarter of 2026 as AI cooling,...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

Taiwan approves NT$27B plan to commercialize 6G, satellite, and all-optical AI networks

Taiwan is moving from early-stage research into commercialization of next-generation communications technologies after the Executive Yuan approved a NT$27 billion (US$833 million)...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

Kioxia and Sandisk unveil faster, denser QLC flash memory for AI infrastructure

Kioxia and Sandisk have introduced a next-generation QLC 3D flash memory technology that boosts storage density, bandwidth, and power efficiency, a development that could help global...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

Airoha optical comms revenue doubles as broadband lands CSPs

Airoha sees faster growth ahead as AI infrastructure, optical networking, and wireless edge products expand across global supply chains. The chip designer said its 2026 product mix...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

Analysis: Musk's empire closes in on China — from orbit to the factory floor

SpaceX's rapid growth in AI, satellite connectivity, and space infrastructure is widening the strategic challenge for China beyond...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

Anthropic's scramble for compute is reshaping how AI labs finance their chips

Anthropic's US$10 billion computing agreement with seven-month-old startup Volta Infra Holdings Ltd. is the latest sign that the Claude...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

From rockets to data centers: SpaceX's US$15.8B AI bet reshapes its post-IPO investment story

SpaceX's first quarterly report as a public company revealed that its fastest-growing business is no longer confined to rockets or satellite broadband. Instead, artificial intelligence...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

Open weight models excluded from US frontier model review

Open weight models made by US companies are reportedly exempt from new guidelines by the US Trump administration overseeing the safety of new frontier models. The White House also...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

Memory crunch deepens PC slump as Apple, Nvidia emerge as rare bright spots

After a brief recovery in 2025, the PC supply chain had hoped the market would return to sustained growth. Instead, AI server demand has squeezed memory production capacity, driving...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

Apple seeks injunction against OpenAI as trade secrets battle over AI hardware intensifies

Apple has asked a US federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction preventing OpenAI and two former Apple employees from accessing, using,...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

SpaceX revenue surges 92% as Starlink and AI offset widening rocket investments

SpaceX posted stronger-than-expected second-quarter results this year as rapid growth in Starlink connectivity and AI infrastructure revenue helped narrow losses, even as heavy investment...

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