TAIPEI, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn, the

world's largest contract electronics maker, reported on

Wednesday a 35% rise in second-quarter profit, beating analyst

forecasts, on continued strong demand for AI.

Net profit for the April to June period for Nvidia's ( NVDA )

biggest server maker and Apple's ( AAPL ) top iPhone

assembler was T$59.97 billion, versus an LSEG consensus estimate

of T$58.8 billion and compared with T$44.4 billion a year

earlier.