【受伊朗戰爭影響 英國服務業大幅萎縮】受伊朗戰爭持續影響，英國占主導地位的服務業活動在6月份連續第二個月萎縮，創下2023年初以來的最大降幅。英國6月服務業PMI終值從5月份的49.3降至48.8，連續第二個月下滑，爲2023年1月以來的最低水平。該數據也低於此前公佈的48.7的初步估計值。低於50的讀數表明服務業處於萎縮狀態。整體而言，新業務萎縮速度創下2022年11月以來的最快紀錄。企業表示，他們擔憂誰將接替英國首相斯塔默及其財政政策，以及全球通脹壓力。

Tokyo-based Kioxia has started delivering samples of a next-generation, high-storage-density 3D flash chip to AI data center operators as it competes for share in the higher-margin data-center market, the company said on Friday. The chip features a 332-layer stack and is aimed at improving storage density, data throughput and energy efficiency for data-center SSDs. Production will be ramped at a new facility in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, to increase capacity for rising demand from AI service providers. Kioxia said it will also expand output of lower-cost ninth-generation scalable-bit-cost chips alongside its tenth-generation products.

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