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Monday 3 August 2026
Xiaomi raises flagship phone prices as memory and chip costs climb
Xiaomi raised prices on several flagship smartphones in China on August 2, including the REDMI Turbo 5, K90 series, and Xiaomi 17 series, according to Xiaomi Store. The move adds CNY300...
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...
Saturday 1 August 2026
Tandem OLED clears key automotive qualification hurdle, wider adoption expected after 2030

LCD panels still account for more than 90% of automotive display shipments, but OLED has now crossed a critical qualification threshold...

Friday 31 July 2026
AWS backlog reaches US$496 billion; Amazon to double power capacity by end-2027

Amazon disclosed a US$496 billion AWS backlog growing at triple-digit rates in the second quarter, and CEO Andy Jassy used the call...

Friday 31 July 2026
Amazon lifts 2026 capex to US$220 billion, pins the increase on memory prices

Amazon has raised its 2026 capital expenditure plan by roughly US$20 billion and attributed the increase to a single input cost: me...

Friday 31 July 2026
Microsoft Windows price hikes add to PC cost pressure in 2026
PC makers are facing higher costs in 2026 as memory and processor prices rise and Microsoft lifts Windows operating system prices. Vendors said the latest Windows increase averaged...
Friday 31 July 2026
Apple braces for "hundred-year flood" in component costs
Apple's June quarter showed the strength of its core hardware business. Still, it also exposed a looming challenge: rising memory prices, tight supply of advanced chips, and heavier...
Friday 31 July 2026
Qualcomm, MediaTek set Sept flagship SoC showdown
Qualcomm and MediaTek are preparing to unveil their latest 2nm flagship smartphone system-on-chip (SoC) platforms in September 2026, with both brands expected to launch standard and...
Thursday 30 July 2026
Meta earnings series 2/2: Zuckerberg defends higher AI expenditure, outlines the path to returns

Meta Platforms' second-quarter results showed a widening gap between its fast-growing advertising business and the cost of building...

Thursday 30 July 2026
Samsung device business swings to loss in 2Q26 as memory boom drives up component costs

While record memory earnings powered Samsung Electronics to an all-time-high quarter — consolidated revenue of KRW171.5 trillion...

Thursday 30 July 2026
Kinko says Taiwan optics can cut AR glasses weight and cost for mainstream adoption
AR smart glasses are shaping up as the next revolutionary device after PCs, smartphones, and smartwatches, but the global optics supply chain still faces a major hurdle: making them...
Wednesday 29 July 2026
Analysis: How Xiaomi's range-extended EV push could redraw China's supplier map

Xiaomi is preparing to unveil a new car technology platform on July 30, signaling a deeper move into the range-extended electric vehicle...

Wednesday 29 July 2026
Smartphone chip earnings will gauge 2026 demand as prices rise

Major smartphone system-on-chip vendors are set to report earnings this week and share outlooks for the traditional second-half peak...

Tuesday 28 July 2026
Qualcomm chip price hike to squeeze China's Android makers on two fronts
China's smartphone brands are bracing for a new round of cost pressure after Qualcomm reportedly notified customers of double-digit percentage price increases on products shipped from...
Monday 27 July 2026
Pegatron unveils AMD EPYC server platform for AI and HPC
Pegatron unveiled a new server platform powered by AMD's sixth-generation EPYC processors at AMD Advancing AI 2026, targeting enterprise AI, agentic AI, high-performance computing...