Qualcomm recently held its 2026 Automotive Technology and Cooperation Summit in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, marking the fourth consecutive year it has hosted a China-focused automotive industry event. At the main forum, Frank Meng, chairman of Qualcomm China, said: "2026 is the year of the agent."
Aker Technology plans to expand capacity by 20% in 2026 as automotive demand grows and the quartz component supplier pushes further into AI servers, optical modules, and industrial control applications.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is visiting South Korea on June 5 for meetings with major Korean business leaders, as the company's cooperation with local companies broadens beyond high-bandwidth memory into robotics, automobiles, gaming, and cloud infrastructure.
China's electric vehicle (EV) makers are increasingly designing their own artificial-intelligence (AI) chips. Manufacturing them, however, remains a more complicated challenge.
Samsung Electronics has overtaken Micron Technology to become the world's largest supplier of automotive memory chips for the first time, according to new S&P Global Mobility data, marking a shift in a market long led by the US memory maker.
Taiwanese automotive components maker Kian Shen Industry says it is experiencing a surge in demand driven by a wave of electric bus replacements in Taiwan and rising orders from commercial vehicle customers, as the company prepares to trial a new lightweight chassis technology it believes could reshape parts of the industry.
In recent weeks, Stellantis, one of the world's five largest automakers, unveiled an ambitious five-year plan titled Fastlane 2030. At its core is a striking reallocation of capital: 60% of its EUR60 billion (approx. US$69.8 billion) investment program will be directed toward North America.
