India roundup: Apple taps Indian COO amid supply chain relocation
Apple named Indian Sabih Khan as the new COO as the firm accelerates sourcing components from India.
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JEDEC’s LPDDR6 sets new pace for mobile and AI memory with faster, leaner architecture
On July 9, 2025, the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, the leading organization for microelectronics standards, introduced LPDDR6 (JESD209-6), its latest low-power DRAM specification. The new standard brings major advances in memory performance, power efficiency, and security, targeting mobile devices, edge AI, and high-performance computing. LPDDR6 marks a pivotal shift toward faster, leaner, and more secure DRAM technology.
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Taiwan looks to space for connectivity, but stays grounded by constraints
Taiwan’s government-backed low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite initiative—part of its Beyond 5G (B5G) communications technology roadmap—is facing mounting challenges, with progress on planned satellite launches and communications testing now uncertain. Despite plans to deploy six experimental satellites, officials acknowledge that the program is unlikely to evolve into a commercially viable system.
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Taiwan’s CAEC surges 877% on chip industry battery demand
Taiwan’s Changs Ascending Enterprise Co. (CAEC) posted June revenue of NT$48.6 million (approx. US$1.5 million), up 877% from a year earlier, as semiconductor manufacturers adopted its lithium iron phosphate battery systems for uninterrupted power supply applications.
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Hyundai sets 2028 goal for AI-integrated software-defined vehicles
Hyundai Motor, South Korea’s largest automaker, has announced plans to release its first production vehicle equipped with end-to-end (E2E) autonomous driving technology by 2027. The company also aims to launch a fully integrated software-defined vehicle (SDV), powered by artificial intelligence and cloud-based services, by 2028.
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Asus ROG Strix XG27ACMEG-G Hatsune Miku Edition and XG27ACMEG-R Hatsune Miku Edition go official
Asus unveiled two gaming monitors with sci-fi-inspired aesthetics and the signature blue-green and pink Hatsune Miku color scheme. These are the Asus ROG Strix XG27ACMEG-G Hatsune Miku Edition and the Asus ROG Strix XG27ACMEG-R Hatsune Miku Edition. The product pages of the two monitors on the Asus ROG global website are completely identical, listing the same specs and features. The only…
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Titan Army P275MV-A is a dual-mode 4K QD-Mini LED gaming monitor
Titan Army P275MV-A is a brand-new gaming monitor that combines a 27-inch 4K IPS display with a Mini LED backlight and Quantum Dot Color technology. The backlight employs 1152 local dimming zones and supports DC Dimming+. It delivers up to 1000 nits of peak HDR brightness, resulting in a VESA DisplayHDR 1000 certification. The 8-bit-FRC Quantum Dot display panel covers 99% of the sRGB, 99% of the…
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South Korea races to catch up in global humanoid robot competition
AI is already driving cars, writing papers, and coding computers. Society has now upgraded to humanoids and is on track to potentially become the norm.
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Nvidia set to dethrone Intel as Israel’s top tech employer with massive AI campus
For decades, Intel has stood as Israel’s most prominent private tech employer, bolstered by generous state subsidies and a deep-rooted presence that includes semiconductor fabs and IC design centers. The company contributes as much as 5.5% to Israel’s annual exports, according to Intel’s own reports, underscoring its weight in the local economy.
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China plots desert AI hub with 115,000 Nvidia chips, skirting US export bans
China plans to build at least 39 data centers in the desert regions of Xinjiang and Qinghai, outfitted with over 115,000 Nvidia H100 and H200 GPUs. These advanced chips have been under a US export ban since 2022, prompting concerns that they are being smuggled into the country, an issue now drawing heightened scrutiny from US officials.