AOC Q27G4SD is here with a 360Hz QHD QD-OLED display and fully ergonomic stand

AOC Q27G4SD was unveild in China as an alternative to the AOC Q27G40SDE, which has an added fully ergonomic stand. Indeed, both monitors use the same 26.5-inch QD-OLED display with a QHD resolution and a 360Hz refresh rate. It has a native 10-bit color bit depth with 100% sRGB, 98% Adobe RGB, and 99% DCI-P3 color space coverage. The typical SDR brightness of the screen is 250 nits and its peak…

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Seventeen years of silicon trust: Foxconn bets deeper on Nvidia’s AI ascent

When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visits Taiwan, he commands rockstar-level attention as the “godfather of AI.” At Foxconn’s May 29, 2025, shareholder meeting, Chairman Young Liu leveraged this celebrity status to highlight something more substantial: the decades-long partnership between Nvidia and Foxconn that serves as the foundation for their increasingly close collaboration.

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South Korea’s chip crown becomes a strategic burden

South Korea’s leadership in DRAM, NAND, and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) is becoming a strategic liability amid rising US-China friction. With SK Hynix and Samsung holding a combined 70% of DRAM and more than half the NAND market, the country anchors a supply chain vital for AI training and HPC workloads. A single disruption could trigger global price shocks and shortages, particularly in AI computing and mobile devices.

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Modem independence proves elusive as Apple and Xiaomi grapple with custom designs

Apple’s first real effort to cut ties with Qualcomm’s modem dominance appears to have stumbled out of the gate. Qualcomm commissioned Cellular Insights to run real-world 5G tests on T-Mobile’s sub-6GHz standalone network in New York City. The results, reported by Bloomberg, MacRumors, TrendForce, and Mobile World Live, showed Android devices with Qualcomm modems consistently outperforming Apple’s iPhone 16e—Apple’s first handset powered by its self-developed C1 modem.

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