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Shanghai start-up Dongfang Suanxin has unveiled the DF1000 — a 14nm AI chip delivering 520 teraflops — backed by Alibaba, JD.com, and Xiaomi, with mass shipments targeted for late 2026. Its…
Midea doubled its daily portable AC output to 6,000 units and manufactured all 20,000 France-bound air conditioners in just three…
China has made vehicle connectivity mandatory for all new intelligent driver assistance vehicles from January 2026, even as a…
Zhipu AI defied a broad Chinese AI stock rout on 13 July 2026, closing flat at HK$1,645 while rival MiniMax plunged 17%, after…
Despite US-Iran military strikes and a sharp slowdown in Strait of Hormuz shipping, India's 60-day crude buffer and pre-secured…
Peking University researchers have linked standard FPGA chips using a 400 Gbps silicon photonic transceiver, achieving over 100x…
China Life Insurance, backed by the State Council, is committing 5 billion yuan to a new semiconductor fund — the same week…
Chinese scientists have formally proposed beaming solar energy via laser from sunlit crater rims to rovers in the moon's…
Memory and SSD prices in Shenzhen's Huaqiangbei have tripled — and in some cases risen fivefold — in 12 months as AI…
