Global supply chain: Mobile, telecom, computing

Mobile, telecom, computing trends

IN THE NEWS

Wednesday 8 April 2026

Apple's foldable iPhone reportedly still on track for September launch despite engineering hurdles

Apple's first foldable iPhone is reportedly facing a more complex-than-expected engineering testing phase, raising concerns about potential...

Wednesday 8 April 2026

Samsung Display secures exclusive Apple foldable OLED orders, partners poised to benefit

Samsung Display (SDC) has taken the lead in the industry by initiating mass production of 8.6-generation OLED panels for IT applications, as well as OLED panels for Apple's foldable...

Wednesday 8 April 2026

Samsung's Roh Tae-moon visits Tokyo, targets Japan Android leadership

Samsung Electronics's Device eXperience (DX) head Roh Tae-moon personally visited Tokyo on April 1, marking his first trip to Japan this year. Although Apple has long dominated Japan's...

Wednesday 8 April 2026

SpaceX's Starlink Mobile faces a slow climb to scale

Space-based cellphone service has long been pitched as the next frontier in connectivity. Now, SpaceX is testing that promise with Starlink Mobile — a bet that could reshape...

Wednesday 8 April 2026

Humanoid robots drive tactile sensor development as Taiwan firms vie for differentiation

Labor shortages in the service sector are more severe than in manufacturing. This, coupled with its largely unstructured environments, makes it a market urgently keen on adopting AI...

Tuesday 7 April 2026

Interview: Agentic AI is creating a new frontier of cybersecurity risks

AI agents and their high-powered capabilities are creating a new category of cybersecurity threats among enterprises using them, from accidental data breaches to bad actors breaking...

Tuesday 7 April 2026

Wonderful Hi-Tech bets on AI servers and satellites for next growth wave

After a slower second half of 2025, marked by elevated customer inventories and a softer ordering pace, high-end cable material provider...

Tuesday 7 April 2026

Advantech tops US$635 million in 1Q26 revenue on edge AI demand surge

Driven by accelerating real-world deployment of edge AI applications across major global markets, industrial PC (IPC) maker Advantech reported...

Tuesday 7 April 2026

Rapid deployment and flexible scalability drive the rise of modular data centers

As GPU platforms continue to iterate each year, the buildout of AI infrastructure is accelerating in tandem. For data center operators, cloud service providers, hyperscalers, and large...

Tuesday 7 April 2026

Foxconn posts strong March revenue, expects 2Q26 growth despite seasonal trends

Foxconn reported a robust consolidated revenue of NT$803.7 billion (approx. US$25.1 billion) in March 2026, driven by sustained demand for AI cloud products and restocking across all...

Tuesday 7 April 2026

With Vera, Nvidia stops borrowing and starts building its own CPU muscle

Since artificial general intelligence (AGI) depends heavily on the CPU, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang aims to build the most efficient "AI factory" by tightly controlling CPU development...

Monday 6 April 2026

Smartphone order cuts hit IC design as recovery pushes to 2027

Market sentiment toward the 2026 smartphone outlook has turned increasingly pessimistic. On the supply side, rising component costs have expanded beyond memory to include across-the-board...

Sunday 5 April 2026

Apple pricing seen as key to 2026 smartphone slump

The global smartphone market is set for its steepest decline in more than a decade in 2026, as surging memory prices drive up device costs and weaken demand, according to the International...

Friday 3 April 2026

Taiwan pushes ahead with AI and tech agenda even as budget deadlock threatens fiscal paralysis

Taiwan sits at a rare intersection of economic momentum and political gridlock. The island's economy expanded 8.68% in 2025, exports hit a record US$640.75 billion, and per capita...

Friday 3 April 2026

LG Energy Solution reportedly adopts new battery method for Tesla

LG Energy Solution has introduced a new "double stack" manufacturing process for prismatic batteries to be supplied to Tesla, according to South Korea's The Elec, as the battery...

2/1796 pages