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Wednesday 17 June 2026

Li Auto's new automotive chip and what it says about China's EV market

Li Auto announced details of its new Mach M100 chip, a self-developed 5nm chip focused on autonomous driving, on June 15. This development...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Alibaba moves Qwen AI into robotics with first embodied intelligence suite

Alibaba Group has unveiled its first suite of artificial intelligence (AI) models for robots, taking its Qwen family beyond chatbots and software agents into machines that can navigate,...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Lithium carbonate prices recover as battery costs face fresh pressure

Lithium carbonate prices are beginning to recover as demand from China's power batteries and the global energy storage market strengthens...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

SpaceX to acquire Cursor in US$60 billion stock deal after blockbuster IPO

SpaceX has agreed to acquire Anysphere, the San Francisco company behind AI coding agent Cursor, in an all-stock deal valuing the startup at US$60 billion, giving Elon Musk's newly...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

PCIM 2026: How high-voltage infrastructure is unifying AI and e-mobility sectors

Semiconductor manufacturers, market analysts, and engineering departments have long tracked the clean energy transition through siloed vertical markets. For example, they will calculate...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Poland turns to Taiwan to build up chips as Foxconn seals EV assembly deal

Poland is seeking major Taiwanese investment to strengthen its manufacturing base, a shift that could reshape Europe's supply chains...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Nvidia highlights role of optical networking as Coherent breaks ground on Texas AI chip facility

AI infrastructure is increasingly dependent on light, and more of that technology is being built in Texas. Coherent's new Sherman expansion, backed by public and private funding, could...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Xiaomi Auto veteran says Tesla's EV edge starts on factory floor

Xiaomi Auto is putting manufacturing and supply chain control at the centre of its electric vehicle strategy, with former Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory head Song Gang saying Tesla's real...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

China cuts AI compute prices, revealing pressure to fill supercomputing capacity

China's state-backed National Supercomputing Internet has launched a 618 computing-power promotion, offering low-priced token packages, free tokens, and discounts on optical character...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

AI PC design wins, drone business to boost Elan in 2H26

In light of tensions concerning non-China supply chains, microcontroller unit (MCU) supplier Elan Microelectronics expects stronger performance in the second half of 2026 as new AI...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Acer E-Enabling posts nearly 20% revenue growth as AI agent demand boosts cloud and security services

Acer E-Enabling Service Business said enterprise adoption of AI Agent applications has driven stronger demand for cloud services, cybersecurity, and AI solutions, lifting its revenue...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Space data centers face cooling hurdles and cost barriers

As SpaceX's listing has sparked discussion of space data centers, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the concept requires no magic and is simpler than existing Starlink systems. But supply...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Research Insight: Japanese automakers pivot to HEV profits, AI, and SDV

Toyota, Honda, and Nissan are accelerating strategy shifts as Chinese automakers rise rapidly, global EV competition intensifies, and...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Huawei raises end-consumer product prices from July

Huawei has notified partners and channel distributors that it will raise end-customer prices across its Intelligent Collaboration product line from July 1 this year, as the AI computing...

Wednesday 17 June 2026

China's six-network plan signals a long-term infrastructure and technology self-reliance push

China's elevation of six infrastructure categories to national strategic priority status could reshape its industrial base, reduce...

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