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SMIC's co-CEO revealed that wafer starts are 'far exceeding' earlier forecasts, driven by AI infrastructure demand — and BCD power-management chip orders are already locked in through end-2027,…
At the 2026 Runway AI Summit, Nvidia's Richard Kerris demonstrated how real-time generative AI — powered by the Vera Rubin GPU…
Nvidia's official X account on 13 August 2026 flagged a striking idea: the story is becoming the interface for AI. The post…
Nvidia has released its AI Tokenomics Guide, a framework that maps GPU compute directly to enterprise revenue. Targeting…
Nvidia has framed large-scale GPU clusters as 'AI factories' producing tokens as a commodity, opening a thread on token economics…
Chinese researchers have built a lightweight AI that identifies F-22 and F-35 mock-ups by their infrared heat signatures with…
DeepSeek quietly launched its flagship V4 Pro model on 13 August 2026, only to see it rank 12th on the Vals Index — behind even…
Zhejiang University scientists have engineered brewer's yeast to produce 164.9 mg/L of catharanthine — nearly 1,000 times any…
For the first time, China's YMTC has cracked the global NAND top 3 by shipment volume, seizing 14% bit-share in Q2 2026 and…
