Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector.

In this episode, Katey speaks with Taipei tech correspondent Annie Cheng Ting-Fang about how runaway demand for AI computing power is having a powerful knock-on effect throughout the tech supply chain. 

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Check out this episode's ⁠⁠⁠⁠featured story below: ⁠⁠⁠⁠

Apple to prioritize premium iPhone launches in 2026 amid memory crunch
https://s.nikkei.com/4rr6Kak

Memory chip crunch to hit TVs and consumer devices hardest in 2026
https://s.nikkei.com/3O1IAoh

China's CXMT and YMTC to massively expand memory output amid global crunch
https://s.nikkei.com/3M5DF5i

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