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[News] Rumors of Selling Indian iPhone Assembly Plant? Pegatron Denies Media Speculation

Earlier, Reuters reported that contract manufacturer Pegatron was in talks to sell its sole iPhone assembly plant in India to Tata Group, and discussions were in advanced stages. Regarding this matter, Pegatron told CNA reporters that this report was speculative …

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[News] AI Market Growth Rescues HDD, Driving Half-Year Price Surge of 20%

The surge in demand from the artificial intelligence (AI) market has sparked a substantial need for data storage. Coupled with HDD manufacturers reducing supply due to market conditions last year, the shortage of high-capacity HDDs since the second half of …

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[News] SSD Prices Keep Rising

Following the shortage of HBM memory production capacity, the memory market is experiencing another shortage. As the memory market plunged into a downturn in 2021, SSD prices continued to slide for about two years. In response to market changes, memory …

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[News] TSMC Receives USD 6.6 Billion for Chipmaking from the US Government, Commits to Constructing Third Fab

The U.S. government officially announced today that it will provide a USD 6.6 billion subsidy to TSMC, and in its latest press release, confirmed that TSMC will build its third fab in Arizona, USA, with total investment rising to USD …

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[News] Apple Reportedly Joins the Foldable Phone Market, Setting Stage for Three-Way Competition

Currently, the global foldable phone market is dominated by non-Apple players, with Samsung and Huawei acting as the key players, continuously expanding their related product lines. Although Apple has yet to debut any foldable hardware, rumors cited by a report …

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