10 Sep
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Apple names a 2nm node for the first time since 2024 — and raises prices on every iPhone it still sells

Apple used its 2026 iPhone launch to do two things it had avoided for years: it named the process node in its flagship chip, and it raised the price of phones already on sale. Both moves point to the same pressure. Memory is expensive, the packaging that binds memory to logic has become the hard part of building a phone chip, and Apple has stopped absorbing the cost.

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10 Sep
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Apple’s first foldable lands at US$1,999, and the constraint is the panel

Apple has entered the foldable market at the top of it. iPhone Duo, announced in Cupertino on 9 September, starts at US$1,999 with 256GB and goes up to 2TB — above the US$1,899 Samsung charges for the wide-format Galaxy Z Fold8 — and is priced as a halo product rather than a volume one. The interesting question is not whether Apple can sell it. It is who gets to build it, and how few of them there are.

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10 Sep
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Apple bets on new sensors and S11 chip to differentiate its 2026 watches

Behind the foldable, Apple used the same event to rebuild the sensing hardware in its wearables and to push active noise cancellation down to US$129. Apple announced the Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 4, and AirPods 5 in Cupertino on 9 September, and the two watches share the key upgrades: an all-new Health Sensing System and the S11 chip, which Apple calls its most powerful wearable silicon.

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09 Sep
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HKC, KOORUI, and ANTGAMER earn five major Display Innovation Honors at IFA 2026

Three fast‑rising display brands – HKC, KOORUI and ANTGAMER – made a strong impact at IFA 2026, securing five awards across two major industry programs and underscoring their growing influence in next‑generation monitor technology. At the 2026 Global Product Technology Innovation Awards, HKC was recognized with the Advanced Display Technology Brand Award, while KOORUI earned the Innovative…

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09 Sep
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AI computing power propels tech sector to US$30 trillion, putting servers at the core of 2027’s supply chain

Taiwan’s Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC) expects servers and data center supply chains to become the primary growth drivers for major information and communications technology (ICT) products in 2027. Global server shipments are projected to increase 12.4% year-over-year to 18.6 million units, with AI server shipments rising 17.8% to 5.4 million units.

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09 Sep
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AI servers push Asus’ August revenue up 51%

Asus reported consolidated revenue of NT$94.96 billion (US$3.02 billion) in August 2026, up 12.87% from July and 51.17% from a year earlier — the second-highest monthly figure in company history. Revenue for the first eight months reached NT$645.19 billion (US$20.5 billion), up 42.3% year over year. The company attributed the gain to AI server and PC demand, with motherboard orders also recovering.

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