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Monday 3 August 2026
Apple says advanced-node capacity tightens amid 2nm race

Apple reported its best-ever third-quarter results for fiscal 2026, but its guidance for the fourth quarter showed much slower growth...

Monday 3 August 2026
Taiwan manufacturing business climate improves in June, headlined by electronics sector
Taiwan's manufacturing climate improved in June 2026, with the electronics sector once again showing the clearest visibility, according to the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research...
Monday 3 August 2026
OpenAI says next-generation model solved 10 longstanding math problems
OpenAI said an internal version of its next-generation Astra model produced new results for 10 longstanding mathematical problems, including several conjectures and questions that...
Monday 3 August 2026
Weekly news roundup: Intel revives DDR4, Samsung challenges TSMC at 2nm, Qualcomm raises chip prices
AI-driven chip shortages, rising memory costs and intensifying foundry competition dominated the technology sector, with Intel reviving DDR4 platforms, Qualcomm raising prices, Samsung...
Monday 3 August 2026
Column: AI agents are advancing rapidly, but the automation map remains smaller than expected

Token prices are falling while overall AI usage continues to surge — a trend this column examined in March 2026 and one that...

Monday 3 August 2026
Flexible PCB maker Flexium sees AI server shipments doubling after 2Q margin turns positive
Flexium Interconnect said its second-quarter operating loss narrowed from the previous quarter as new flexible printed circuit products entered mass production for a US customer's...
Monday 3 August 2026
Liteon lifts 2026 capex after AI data center demand sends 2Q profit up 126%
Liteon Technology posted record profit and margins for the second quarter of 2026, fueled by surging demand for AI data center power infrastructure. The company raised its full-year...
Monday 3 August 2026
C.C.P. Contact Probes teams with chipmaker on MEMS probes and test-cleaning sheets
C.C.P. Contact Probes said it has expanded its presence in the AI sector through a joint development project with a major semiconductor company covering microelectromechanical systems...
Monday 3 August 2026
AI server demand revives long-term MLCC supply agreements as shortages intensify
Surging demand for AI servers is tightening global capacity for high-end passive components, prompting customers to once again pursue long-term supply agreements (LTSAs) as they seek...
Monday 3 August 2026
Holtek raises MCU prices by up to 20% as wafer and OSAT costs continue climbing
Microcontroller unit (MCU) supplier Holtek Semiconductor has confirmed a broad price increase across its entire microcontroller portfolio, marking its first company-wide adjustment...
Monday 3 August 2026
Beijing's AI 'golden circle' draws Moonshot, Z.ai, US$14B in funding
Beijing is emerging as one of China's most prominent artificial intelligence clusters as competition in large language models intensifies. Moonshot AI's recently released open-source...
Monday 3 August 2026
Realtek sees broad 2026 growth despite cost pressure and uneven demand
Taiwanese IC design house Realtek said on July 29 that it expects all of its product lines to grow year-on-year in 2026, even as tight supply in memory, substrates, and mature-node...
Monday 3 August 2026
CATL rises to No. 3 as electrification reshapes global auto suppliers
According to Automotive News' newly released 2026 Top 100 Suppliers ranking, China's CATL climbed from No. 5 to No. 3 as power batteries gained more weight in the global Tier...
Sunday 2 August 2026
Research Insight: AIDVs reshape smart cars with world models and agents

DIGITIMES Intelligence said its observations from the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) show that AI is...

Sunday 2 August 2026
Memory costs overtake smartphone chip costs as SoC shipments are set to fall 14%
Memory costs have moved ahead of smartphone system-on-chip (SoC) costs, and Counterpoint Research said the shift was already reshaping handset pricing and demand. The research firm...